Old box set WinXP cannot install in new PC!?

[herman]

Hi masters,

I have a new PC running Q6600 and P43 chipset motherboard.
I also have a box set WinXP Pro which I used on my old PC (bought 2002).
Now I want to use this pack to install into my new PC.
Problem comes, when it loads all the drive for installation, blue screen
appears.
Then it held.

My friend told me that it might because the old CD doesn't support new
hardwares.
What can I do? I tried to install it from another CD with SP2, but when I
input
the Product Key of the box set, it tells the Product Key is not valid.

Please help! Thanks a lot@!!

herman

 

[GlowingBlueMist]

Hi masters,

I have a new PC running Q6600 and P43 chipset motherboard.
I also have a box set WinXP Pro which I used on my old PC (bought 2002).
Now I want to use this pack to install into my new PC.
Problem comes, when it loads all the drive for installation, blue screen
appears.
Then it held.

My friend told me that it might because the old CD doesn't support new
hardwares.
What can I do? I tried to install it from another CD with SP2, but when I
input
the Product Key of the box set, it tells the Product Key is not valid.

Please help! Thanks a lot@!!

herman

Your CD should load if your computer is properly set to boot from the CD
drive and not the hard drive. This is something you will need to check
while having your PC in the BIOS mode. It may have come set to boot from a
hard drive and or floppy but not the CD. The CD needs to be the first boot
device in the list of bootable devices, again something that is set at the
BIOS level. It don't hurt to clean the CD of finger prints or other stuff.

As for your product key not being valid, that is most likely from mixing
different versions of XP Pro. An OEM CD for installing XP and a Retail
(bought from a computer store) version use different product keys. If your
CD is an OEM, as in it was created to load onto say a Dell computer then it
will only allow itself to be installed on a Dell computer. Many OEM's lock
the XP CD that they issue with their computer to just their brand of
computer.

If your CD was a retail version of XP Pro then you can use anyone's copy of
XP Pro (retail) to install from and then use your actual product key to
activate it.

For what it's worth you should not be able to use a product key from a XP
Pro CD to activate a XP Home CD version either.

 

[smlunatick]

Your CD should load if your computer is properly set to boot from the CD
drive and not the hard drive.  This is something you will need to check
while having your PC in the BIOS mode.  It may have come set to boot from a
hard drive and or floppy but not the CD.  The CD needs to be the first boot
device in the list of bootable devices, again something that is set at the
BIOS level.  It don't hurt to clean the CD of finger prints  or otherstuff.

As for your product key not being valid, that is most likely from mixing
different versions of XP Pro.  An OEM CD for installing XP and a Retail
(bought from a computer store) version use different product keys.  If your
CD is an OEM, as in it was created to load onto say a Dell computer then it
will only allow itself to be installed on a Dell computer.  Many OEM's lock
the XP CD that they issue with their computer to just their brand of
computer.

If your CD was a retail version of XP Pro then you can use anyone's copy of
XP Pro (retail) to install from and then use your actual product key to
activate it.

For what it's worth you should not be able to use a product key from a XP
Pro CD to activate a XP Home CD version either.

Older PC might have been using the standard IDE / ATAPI hard drives,
at that time. The newer PCs all usually come with the newer SATA
standard, which might require to add a special driver at the time of
install (Press F6 to add drive at install screen.)

Also, if the older XP install CD was create before any service packs,
you may only be able to set up the hard drive to a max size of 128GB.
To get the full size (greater than 128GB,) you will need to integrate
SP1 into the install CD (at least.) This integration is known as
"slipstreaming."

 

[herman]

Thanks for the above suggestions first!
However, i cannot found any friends got box-set WinXp Pro disk.
Are there any method I can download from Microsoft?

Thanks

 

[smlunatick]

Thanks for the above suggestions first!
However, i cannot found any friends got box-set WinXp Pro disk.
Are there any method I can download from Microsoft?

Thanks

You can download the service packs from Microsoft and on a different
PC, you can "slipstream" onto the older XP install CD (and create a
newer install CD. Look for Nlite to help with this and will possibly
help in integrate the SATA drivers