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| xp pro and dell I purchased a Dimension E520 from Dell recently and it came with Xp Home. I tested it by starting it up making sure the home edition was running ok. Our company had purchaed several copies of full version xp pro from a different source and I had planned to use one of those to upgrade this E520 to Xp Pro. As I have done with numerous other computers, I booted using the xp pro cd and it started setup process. I get the normal blue screen and it starts to copy the setup files. As soon as it finishes copying the files I see a "starting windows setup" at the bottom of the screen. At this point I get a blue screen of death and it tells me that windows has been shut down to prevent damage. I have tried 3 different cds (including one oem xp pro from dell) and had the same result. If I put in the xp home cd that came with the setup works and I can continue with the setup it works. Is there some sort of new proprietary issue here? Tks, Sam |
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| Re: xp pro and dell Jamesgang wrote: > I purchased a Dimension E520 from Dell recently and it came with Xp > Home. I tested it by starting it up making sure the home edition was > running ok. Our company had purchaed several copies of full version xp > pro from a different source and I had planned to use one of those to > upgrade this E520 to Xp Pro. As I have done with numerous other > computers, I booted using the xp pro cd and it started setup process. I > get the normal blue screen and it starts to copy the setup files. As > soon as it finishes copying the files I see a "starting windows setup" > at the bottom of the screen. At this point I get a blue screen of death > and it tells me that windows has been shut down to prevent damage. I > have tried 3 different cds (including one oem xp pro from dell) and had > the same result. If I put in the xp home cd that came with the setup > works and I can continue with the setup it works. Is there some sort of > new proprietary issue here? > > Tks, Sam > And from where did the company purchase the Windows XP Pro? If they are non-branded version of XP Pro from other OEM's or the retail version or VLK version, then the installation/upgrade would work. If not, then branded OEM versions, especially, are specific to the brand. The other alternative is to obtain the Dell Windows XP Pro installation cdrom (not the recovery disc). |
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| Re: xp pro and dell Problem found. The new sata hard drive that came with this computer needs drivers that are not on the xp pro cd. This forced me to dig up a 3.5 floppy and install the drivers before windows setup could work. On Jan 24, 1:46 pm, Ghostrider <-...@fitron.142> wrote: > Jamesgang wrote: > > I purchased a Dimension E520 from Dell recently and it came with Xp > > Home. I tested it by starting it up making sure the home edition was > > running ok. Our company had purchaed several copies of full version xp > > pro from a different source and I had planned to use one of those to > > upgrade this E520 to Xp Pro. As I have done with numerous other > > computers, I booted using the xp pro cd and it started setup process. I > > get the normal blue screen and it starts to copy the setup files. As > > soon as it finishes copying the files I see a "starting windows setup" > > at the bottom of the screen. At this point I get a blue screen of death > > and it tells me that windows has been shut down to prevent damage. I > > have tried 3 different cds (including one oem xp pro from dell) and had > > the same result. If I put in the xp home cd that came with the setup > > works and I can continue with the setup it works. Is there some sort of > > new proprietary issue here? > > > Tks, SamAnd from where did the company purchase the Windows XP Pro? If > they are non-branded version of XP Pro from other OEM's or the > retail version or VLK version, then the installation/upgrade > would work. If not, then branded OEM versions, especially, are > specific to the brand. The other alternative is to obtain the > Dell Windows XP Pro installation cdrom (not the recovery disc).- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text - |
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| Re: xp pro and dell In news:1169665817.684331.14750@j27g2000cwj.googlegro ups.com, Jamesgang <jamesgang5149******.com> wrote: > I purchased a Dimension E520 from Dell recently and it came > with Xp > Home. I tested it by starting it up making sure the home > edition was > running ok. Our company had purchaed several copies of full > version > xp pro from a different source and I had planned to use one > of those > to upgrade this E520 to Xp Pro. As I have done with numerous > other > computers, I booted using the xp pro cd and it started setup > process. > I get the normal blue screen and it starts to copy the setup > files. As > soon as it finishes copying the files I see a "starting > windows setup" > at the bottom of the screen. At this point I get a blue > screen of > death and it tells me that windows has been shut down to > prevent > damage. I have tried 3 different cds (including one oem xp > pro from > dell) and had the same result. If I put in the xp home cd > that came > with the setup works and I can continue with the setup it > works. Is > there some sort of new proprietary issue here? > > Tks, Sam Check with Dell. If this system has a SATA HD, you may need to provide drivers when it says "Press F6 if you need to install a third party driver" early in the installation. If this is the problem, I hope you have access to a floppy drive. I suspect the one listed under Serial ATA might be what you're looking for, Drivers and Downloads, Dimension E520 / Microsoft Windows XP / English http://support.dell.com/support/down...&os=WW1&osl=EN Good luck Nepatsfan |
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