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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ReerwofReeby on January 03, 2010, 11:10:53 PM

Title: Help me install WindowsXP
Post by: ReerwofReeby on January 03, 2010, 11:10:53 PM

I got a new lap top for Christmas Dell Inspiron 8 mini and as you may know it doesn't have a CD drive, but I have an external CD drive to use. When I insert the Windows XP setup disk into the drive it doesn't start the setup it just show me the contents of the CD. I've tried to click on the setup icon with the file extension .exe and it won't start but jeust tell me that there is no application to run the program and i can't boot from the removable devices either. SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE.

Title: Re: Help me install WindowsXP
Post by: Vt102 on January 04, 2010, 12:39:08 AM

What OS is installed in it now?

Title: Re: Help me install WindowsXP
Post by: sheep2001 on January 04, 2010, 03:25:57 AM

you'll probably need to change the boot order in the bios (del, esc or F10 when you boot up) to try to boot from USB 1st.