Hi everyone,
I recently bought a system off a friend which came pre-installed with an unlicesened copy of XP Pro. Therefore I have bought a licensed copy.
However, upon attempting to install the licensed OS from within Windows, I am asked to do a full instalation as there is no upgrade option. Setup goes through the motions while in Windows, then restarts the computer and enters DOS. Then all that appears is a blue screen with 'Windows Setup' in the corner, and then the system hangs
Is it that i will need to do a clean install? Though I have problems booting into DOS. There is no floppy drive installed and for some reason the BIOS doesn't recognise my CD-ROM (it does work fine). Can I boot from a USB pen? Where are the necessary setup files?
Many thanks.
I recently bought a system off a friend which came pre-installed with an unlicesened copy of XP Pro. Therefore I have bought a licensed copy.
However, upon attempting to install the licensed OS from within Windows, I am asked to do a full instalation as there is no upgrade option. Setup goes through the motions while in Windows, then restarts the computer and enters DOS. Then all that appears is a blue screen with 'Windows Setup' in the corner, and then the system hangs
Is it that i will need to do a clean install? Though I have problems booting into DOS. There is no floppy drive installed and for some reason the BIOS doesn't recognise my CD-ROM (it does work fine). Can I boot from a USB pen? Where are the necessary setup files?
Many thanks.