FAST in the UK is the Federation Against Software Theft http://www.fast.org.uk/ I completely mis-read this, that Microsoft are investing in copyright protection.
The problem is well resolved. The disk was a HP supplied sp2 disk for an ATA laptop (only 1 month older than mine), the installation disk for the laptop was a PRESS F11 to restore your setup type operation.
Which doesn't help when your hard drive fails. I know the ways to fix these things.
Tech support not needed, unless you do know away of putting XP on the above mentioned phone?
Incidentally the up to date HP disk came through 3 days after I'd got it up and running.
I'm running a Compaq NX9420 which has/had a sticker on it saying Designed for Microsoft Windows XP.
Yet when I try to install windows XP on my pc it fails to see my hard drive. Who'd a thought that a SATA hard drive is incompatible with an out of the box XP installation disk?
Even though my laptop is designed for XP doesn't mean it will work. After purchasing a USB floppy disk drive it's up and running.
Strangely it runs Vista with no problems at all. (from a fresh install as well)
When I said my laptop has/had a sticker on it, it's now sitting proudly on my nortel norstar phone as that is probably just as capable as my laptop, of running XP from an installation disk.
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and apparently I can't spel hear ither.
For the record, I'm 34 and I can here them, so can my 4 kids who are too young to do anything wrong. Yes a married geek with kids.
Our local shop has speakers up and has an alternative solution to the problem, they play classical music.
Its just not cool to hang out there any more, so they have moved on else where.
Judging by Service Denied messages the server's been taken out by an earthquake too.
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FAST in the UK is the Federation Against Software Theft http://www.fast.org.uk/ I completely mis-read this, that Microsoft are investing in copyright protection.
The German Police will be pleased.
The German Police will be pleased.
The problem is well resolved. The disk was a HP supplied sp2 disk for an ATA laptop (only 1 month older than mine), the installation disk for the laptop was a PRESS F11 to restore your setup type operation.
Which doesn't help when your hard drive fails. I know the ways to fix these things.
Tech support not needed, unless you do know away of putting XP on the above mentioned phone?
Incidentally the up to date HP disk came through 3 days after I'd got it up and running.
I'm running a Compaq NX9420 which has/had a sticker on it saying Designed for Microsoft Windows XP.
Yet when I try to install windows XP on my pc it fails to see my hard drive. Who'd a thought that a SATA hard drive is incompatible with an out of the box XP installation disk?
Even though my laptop is designed for XP doesn't mean it will work. After purchasing a USB floppy disk drive it's up and running.
Strangely it runs Vista with no problems at all. (from a fresh install as well)
When I said my laptop has/had a sticker on it, it's now sitting proudly on my nortel norstar phone as that is probably just as capable as my laptop, of running XP from an installation disk.
The German Police will be pleased.
The German Police will be pleased.