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please help a poor mumpty who can't install his o/s
here's the problem:
second-hand ibm laptop - turns out the version of XP on it is beta. so
Windows Update doesn't work. (ironically enough, i need to update the update
software so i can download updates, but update tells me it can't do that
because i've got an incompatible version of xp).
so i need to install a new version of XP. i have a disc copy, that came with
my last computer, a Samsung X10.
the IBM x40 doesn't have a CD drive, but i have an external USB drive.
however, because (i presume) the xp on the machine is beta, when i try and
run windows setup from the samsung disc it says that i've got an incompatible
version of xp and so won't run.
i could perhaps wipe the hard drive and do a clean install from the samsung
disc, but if i do that, will the laptop be able to read the usb disc drive?
please help. my head hurts.
m.
here's the problem:
second-hand ibm laptop - turns out the version of XP on it is beta. so
Windows Update doesn't work. (ironically enough, i need to update the update
software so i can download updates, but update tells me it can't do that
because i've got an incompatible version of xp).
so i need to install a new version of XP. i have a disc copy, that came with
my last computer, a Samsung X10.
the IBM x40 doesn't have a CD drive, but i have an external USB drive.
however, because (i presume) the xp on the machine is beta, when i try and
run windows setup from the samsung disc it says that i've got an incompatible
version of xp and so won't run.
i could perhaps wipe the hard drive and do a clean install from the samsung
disc, but if i do that, will the laptop be able to read the usb disc drive?
please help. my head hurts.
m.