Can't reinstall

[Morten Jelle]

Good evening

I was trying to reinstall Windows XP Home edition, but as i didn't
have any disk with WinXP, i downloaded a pirate version, and i wanted
to use the key on the bottom of my laptop. But.. Unfortunately, i'm
not able to reinstall it, as it says the version i'm using is newer
than the version i want to install, and i wasn't able to continue. I
shutted down the computer, and planned to reinstall it the next day
instead.

But, now it can't find my diskdrive, so i can't open the setup file,
for WinXP. I really need some help, as my laptop has big problems, and
i need to reinstall it.

Thank you in advance.
Morten Jelle

[Marky]

Ok,

Your first problem is that the dsik you are using is outdated. The
disk must contain the same service pack level as waht is installed on
the hadr drive. So, if you had WinXP installed on your hard drive,
then the cd-rom will also have to contain SP3 on it as well. You may
want to research a process known as "slipstreaming". That is a
technique used to integrate (add) SP3 to a XP disk that only has SP1
or SP2.

Not only must you have the same service pack the, version of the dsik
must be the same as the version installed on your hard drive. The
three versions are as follows: XP Home Edition, XP Professional
Edition and XP Corporate (Volume Licence) Edition. In actual fat, the
contents of the disks are virtually identical with the critical
difference being a small file called setupp.ini (yes it is spelled
correctly) that contains a special number called a PID (product id).
My guess is that your are using a Corp disk to try and repair a Home
or Pro disk. You will have to alter the setupp.ini PID before you even
bother with integrating the service pack.

The second probelm regarding not being able to find the cd-rom drive
is due to a sepcial setting in your BIOS. When your conmputer loads,
hit the "delete" key and you will enter the BIOS (setup area). Look
for a section called boot device priority and set your cd-dvd drive to
be the first boot device.

Good luck.

[nishandh M]

As marky said, you seem to try repair/upgrade an existing edition using Xp disc. If there is a version problem, the XPsetup would show the "lower version-cannot be installed" message. But this happens when you enter the CD setup inside a running XP only. Keep the disc in tray, and try reboot from the CD. (Marky said about boot priorities) You can just format the C partition and install a fresh XP in it.

If you have problem with Booting directly from CD, leave a message.
Try downloading partedMagic, burn it to the disc and boot from it. It has an excellent partition editor with an Excellent interface.Its a free tool.

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[Marky]

With respect to service pack level you are right, you can get away
with using a lower SP level disk but it could cause a few problems (XP
SP1 does not support USB 2.0 etc). From what I recall you may still
get some sort of message stating that the SP level on the hard disk is
higher but you can proceed anyway.

However, if the disk is a different version, i.e. Home, Pro,
Corporate, then you will have no option to perform an in=-place
(repair) install. Only a fresh copy can be installed.

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[Ryan Peter O'Donnell]

That is probably because you are using a pirate versio nthat you have downloaded from the internet. You must buy or download a genuine version of Windows XP either from a retail store that sells Windows XP or buy a digital download from the Microsoft Store.

 

Ryan O"Donnell

Microsoft Support

[Dora Smith]

I think that it'll work for a short time - you don't have to register it when you first install it.

 

So if it is not installing at all, that may not be the problem.

 

For sure it won't work for long without a valid license key.  

 

Mind you, I don't know if you did anything of the kind.   This guy's post sounds really negative. 

 

Dora

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[Marky]

Ryan and villandra. This post is over 1 yr old. But seeming as you have resurrected the thread, this problem has nothing to do with genuine licences or disks. The problem was simply that he was trying to run an outdated XP disk (i.e. SP1, SP2) over an install that had a higher service pack (i.e. SP3).

 

This thread is dead guys.