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dislecksea:
OK. I can confirm that it can boot other DVDs. I can also confirm that the TinyXP disk does boot on other computers. I have now tried 2 different brands of DVDs with no success.
Also, no joy from Plop Boot - I tell it to boot from the drive and it just freezes.
I tried your suggestion of using the Microsoft Download Tool - it says that the iso is not valid (which is weird, since I already burnt it on a DVD and tested it on another computer - it works fine).
Just plane strange. I appreciate the ideas, but any other suggestions?
Oh - and re: your earlier post. Yes, my XP license code is printed on the side of my tower. :)
dislecksea:
Oh, and just to add to the puzzle, I just tried booting a burn of Micro-X with the same result.
:banghead:
IG-88:
I might of missed it but did you try a different DVD drive in the computer you are wanting to install the OS on? And you are sure that you have your system set to boot from the CD/DVD right?
dislecksea:
IG-88 (love the name, BTW),
I only have the one drive for this computer, so no, I haven't tried it in a different drive.
But I can confirm that the BIOS is set to boot from CD/DVD.
IG-88:
Thanks. Been my fav character since I first saw him in the theaters some 30+ yrs ago :o
OK. The reason I ask is in my experience of installing these modified XP's, (and I've done it 100's of times trust me), 75% of it installing correctly depends on the hardware you are using to install it with/onto. I have boxes & boxes full of various DVD drives, CD Drives, ribbon cables, memory modules, audio cards, video cards, power supplies ect ect. and it often requires me to swap out parts SEVERAL times in order to get it to go correctly.
AND, there are irregularities within the various .iso versions that you get off the internets, so that doesn't help either.
Now I'm not saying all installs give me a headache but some do. These eXperience mods are pretty good and when they work they are usually rock solid. But sometimes.... :banghead:
For instance I have one up on the bench right now that got "saved" form the curb down the street that will hopefully make it into a bartop this summer. It may find its way back there tho. I've tried installing an O/S on it 7-8 times in the last 2 days and it's just not co-operating.
So I guess I'm saying it could be alot of things yet.
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