Vi$ta disabled XP bootdisk?

[Man-wai Chang ToDie]

Ever since I installed Vi$ta, I could no longer boot from the WinXP
installation CDROM.

How could I solve this problem?

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[Man-wai Chang ToDie]

Ever since I installed Vi$ta, I could no longer boot from the WinXP
installation CDROM.

How could I solve this problem?

XP Installation CD showed a blank screen after prompting "Setup is
detecting hardware...".

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Ever since I installed Vi$ta, I could no longer boot from the WinXP
installation CDROM.

How could I solve this problem?

Instruct your BIOS to use your CD drive as the primary boot device.

 

[Man-wai Chang ToDie]

How could I solve this problem?

Instruct your BIOS to use your CD drive as the primary boot device.

The setup CD basically freezed after the prompt "Setup is ...". I waited
nearly 5 minutes for the blank screen to change. Should I wait longer?

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The setup CD basically freezed after the prompt "Setup is ...". I waited
nearly 5 minutes for the blank screen to change. Should I wait longer?

I would try a different CD (a copy from a friend) and/or
a differed CD drive.

 

[Man-wai Chang ToDie]

The setup CD basically freezed after the prompt "Setup is ...". I waited

One more word: Setup is inspecting ....

I would try a different CD (a copy from a friend) and/or
a differed CD drive.

Thanks. I waited 15 minutes and still a blank screen....

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[Man-wai Chang ToDie]

One more word: Setup is inspecting ....


Thanks. I waited 15 minutes and still a blank screen....

I began to think that WinXP was designed to lose itself when seeing a
newer version of OS than itself.... the disk LED was on since the "Setup
is inspecting...." message.

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/ v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!
/( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) Linux 2.6.23.1
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[Man-wai Chang ToDie]

I began to think that WinXP was designed to lose itself when seeing a

newer version of OS than itself.... the disk LED was on since the "Setup
is inspecting...." message.

I said so because when there was no partition in the RAID 0 stripe,
there was no such delay...

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[NoConsequence]

Ever since I installed Vi$ta, I could no longer boot from the WinXP
installation CDROM.

How could I solve this problem?

Why ask here? You use VISTA now, so ask in one of those groups.

Ask elsewhere

 

[Man-wai Chang ToDie]

Why ask here? You use VISTA now, so ask in one of those groups.

Ask elsewhere

It's about XP behavior and design. No, I am not gonna activate my Vi$ta
until SP1 comes and 64-bit Vi$ta works for everything in my PC.

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/ v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!
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