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- Nov 13, 2004
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- Brookline, MA
I'm trying to install an upgrade version of Win7 Home Premium over an existing XP install...but the XP install itself won't boot ("Windows did not shut down properly"...any startup option goes into an endless loop).
The copy of XP was itself an upgrade, and I suspect the reason for the non-boot is because it's looking for hardware that isn't there (basically the HDD is the only part remaining from when I first installed XP on this thing).
Although set to boot from CD, it doesn't seem to recognize the 7 disc although has no problems with Ubuntu or SuSE...I'd be happy with a straight Linux rig, but my mom wants Windows (paranoid that nothing's going to work otherwise) and a few online classes require IE.
Setup: Asus A8N5X, CD/DVD combo drive, 160GB Samsung SATA HDD (holdover from the previous incarnation), Antec Earthwatts 650 PSU, Radeon 4550
The copy of XP was itself an upgrade, and I suspect the reason for the non-boot is because it's looking for hardware that isn't there (basically the HDD is the only part remaining from when I first installed XP on this thing).
Although set to boot from CD, it doesn't seem to recognize the 7 disc although has no problems with Ubuntu or SuSE...I'd be happy with a straight Linux rig, but my mom wants Windows (paranoid that nothing's going to work otherwise) and a few online classes require IE.
Setup: Asus A8N5X, CD/DVD combo drive, 160GB Samsung SATA HDD (holdover from the previous incarnation), Antec Earthwatts 650 PSU, Radeon 4550