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butter · 01-08-2008, 08:30 PM

I've got two windows XP installation CDs:

1. WinXP Home. Boots and installs perfectly, but needs activation which i lost and don't have anymore.

2. WinXP Pro. Installs perfectly, activation-friendly, but wouldn't boot.

So every time i reinstall my OS i have to install Win #1, then out of its shell install Win #2. Cause Win #2 DOESN'T BOOT!! and it sucks so bad. Such a pain to double install it everytime.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Here's what i've tried already:

Burned a bootable data-CD with Nero. Result: boots in DOS-mode. then i get into the directory with Win #2, type setup.exe. And.. it still wouldn't work, saying that this file can be started from WIN32 only.

01-08-2008, 08:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
butter Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: massapequa, ny Posts: 149	lammer's question (how to boot CD) I've got two windows XP installation CDs: 1. WinXP Home. Boots and installs perfectly, but needs activation which i lost and don't have anymore. 2. WinXP Pro. Installs perfectly, activation-friendly, but wouldn't boot. So every time i reinstall my OS i have to install Win #1, then out of its shell install Win #2. Cause Win #2 DOESN'T BOOT!! and it sucks so bad. Such a pain to double install it everytime. Does anybody have any ideas? Here's what i've tried already: Burned a bootable data-CD with Nero. Result: boots in DOS-mode. then i get into the directory with Win #2, type setup.exe. And.. it still wouldn't work, saying that this file can be started from WIN32 only.