"Alias" <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Joe wrote:[color=green]
>> I am currently running on Vista reduced functionality.
>>
>> I have tried to boot off of XP disc and it checks for compatability and
>> either states there's an error or stops. It never gives me the option to
>> partition a drive. When I log onto the reduced fucntionality mode, and
>> access the XP installation disc, click setup in the disc's folder: either
>> the Install Windows XP link is not highlilghted, or when it is, i click
>> Install Windows XP, it states:
>>
>> set up cannot continue because the version of windows on your computer is
>> newer than the version on the CD. The help link which checks for a
>> solution states that their is no solution and doesn't bring me to a
>> microsoft url for help.
>>
>> I have put the installation disc into another computer and it works fine.
>>
>> Please let me know if you know what's going on here.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe Sal
>>
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> Do you have a SATA hard drive?
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> Alias[/color]