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They've got both Pro and Home (32 bit or 64 whatever you choose).
I figure why not go with Pro, although I just started using my copy of Vista Ultimate on my new comp so I don't know if I'll even buy Win 7 even at such a good...
For sure I'll have fun with it....although I already had to burn some $ on it...for victory's sake. Late last night I bought another 2 gig of RAM (for a total of four....not going to go over that). And a super cheap 9600 GSO which was like 34 bones after rebate
BTW: As Borat would say "Grrrreat Success!"
I got Vista Ultimate installed without a hitch! After trying all kinds of silly things finally.
Bad thing is I cant tell you exactly what change made the difference...but it is one of two.
I updated the XW8200 BIOS (it was hard as hell to...
Yeah I know...I'm not really ragging on the OS...just frustrated. But, obviously want to try it out considering I've got a new computer and two copies of it sitting around.
No USB stick installed. I am installing with a USB keyboard and mouse though. I thought about it....maybe time to go back to basics and install with IDE and PS2 mouse/keyboard.
I have tried two HD's...the one WD 250 gig SATA the box came with and a new 500 gig Seagate SATA. It was odd...
Kevbot...thx for joining the thread....really constructive comments there chief.
SS: basically the errors seemed to be inconsistent and I didn't write them all down :)
The MB only has two SATA slots (I think) and I'm installing from both my SATA DVD drive and SATA HDD. I wonder if using...
Spent all night trying each stick individually. Neither worked on their own, but neither gave the same error in the same spot either. This thing is turning out to be a major chore.
XP installs...I think I'm sticking to that for the rest of this comps miserable life :)
(course it's better...
I dont' know...it takes Registered DDR2...I found some Kingston on newegg but it's realatively costly. Hopefully they'll return it if it doesnt work. I don't have anywhere local that would have old Registered DDR2 server RAM.
Maybe I'll pop out a stick and try installing the OS to find out...
Been using XP pro for years on new builds, fresh reformats. Must have installed it 50 times at least between new builds for friends on all sorts of different comps over the years. Never had one problem.
A buddy gave me his HP XW8200 workstation (Dual Xeon 3.4, 2 gig ram, 250 gig SATA HDD)...
I realize I'm sorta having a conversation with myself but... :)
WTF is up with Vista. I just installed XP Pro on the system with zero problems...took 10 minutes. So, at least I know now that it's not a hardware issue...makes things much easier.
Stupid Vista....although I'm going to try...
So I'm not really making any progress so far. Good news though, the boot list problem seems to be fixed.
I fixed the bootmgr problem by rebuilding the boot file in command prompt only to run into another weird "unexpected windows error" down the line that is terminating the install.
I'm...
I don't think so, I'll have to check after work.
The computer was working/booting into a previously installed version of XP64 from the SATA HDD drive prior to me attempting to install Vista.
At this point I'm actually getting different errors that wont even let me install windows "windows...
Actually already tried that. Does the same thing but tries to boot from HD and just sits there. Does not boot into windows and does not move onto the second option (DVD ROM at this point).
I might try and babysit the installation. Once Vista finishes it's first copying/expanding files...
Hello all
My buddy just gave me his HP XW8200 workstation. I've got a copy of Vista Ultimate that's been sitting around I'm now trying to install.
DVD-ROM is IDE
HDD is a 250 gig SATA
I've set the BIOS to boot CD first then to HDD.
Vista started setting itself up no problem...then...
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