Help with new install!

[Guest]

I think I'm up a creek without a paddle. I got a new computer and decided to
give my mom my old one so I put in the windows cd to do a new install to get
rid of all my old files and let the pc run faster. However after waiting for
the install for 2 days and seeing the time remaining button stuck on 1 hour
for over 47 hours I looked in the booklet and it said if the installation
freezes to restart, this however made me uneasy but what else was I supposed
to do. So of course I restart and it had deleted my old windows already and
now it won't let me install because I only have an upgrade cd. And I just
bought a new upgrade cd because someone installed a pirated xp on my
computer. Please don't tell me I have to go and buy a new install cd. Note I
did have a legal version of windows prior to the xp upgrade, I got a virus
and paid someone to fix it and he fixed it by installing a pirated xp.

 

[DL]

Presumably you lost your origonal legal win cd?
You either have to buy a full retail version or Ebay or similar for a win9*
cd
There is no need to install the early version, you just need the cd to pop
it in when your upgrade complains

 

[Ayush]

What else can you do if you say it deleted the previous one. Aer you
thinking of going to past and telling yourself not to do that ?

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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

|I think I'm up a creek without a paddle. I got a new computer and decided
to
| give my mom my old one so I put in the windows cd to do a new install to
get
| rid of all my old files and let the pc run faster. However after waiting
for
| the install for 2 days and seeing the time remaining button stuck on 1
hour
| for over 47 hours I looked in the booklet and it said if the installation
| freezes to restart, this however made me uneasy but what else was I
supposed
| to do. So of course I restart and it had deleted my old windows already
and
| now it won't let me install because I only have an upgrade cd. And I just
| bought a new upgrade cd because someone installed a pirated xp on my
| computer. Please don't tell me I have to go and buy a new install cd.
Note I
| did have a legal version of windows prior to the xp upgrade, I got a virus
| and paid someone to fix it and he fixed it by installing a pirated xp.

 

[Guest]

My old computer didn't come with an original cd I bought an open box item
from fry's. Do you know if you need the cd key from an older version of
windows or just the windows cd? I found some cheap cd's on ebay without key's.

 

[Rock]

My old computer didn't come with an original cd I bought an open box item
from fry's. Do you know if you need the cd key from an older version of
windows or just the windows cd? I found some cheap cd's on ebay without
key's.

All you need is a CD of a qualifying product; the CD key is not needed. Get
a win98 CD. They are cheap.