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ME Reinstallation (Clean Install) Problems
I had a processor die a few weeks ago, so I decided to install a new processor
and motherboard. Of course this played havoc with the operating system and made it very unstable. It'us useable, but not stable at all. So, I decided to try a clean install on a new drive. Problem is the system does not recorgnize the ME installation CD (it's an upgrade from 95). For the heck of it I tried the old Windows95 installation CD. However the system will happily let me try to install XP. So the issue is not the CD drive. So does Microsoft rig it's CD's to not work after a certain date? Anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks In advance. |
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Sorry, but I left a few words off the original. The additions are in CAPS to be recognizable.
I had a processor die a few weeks ago, so I decided to install a new processor and motherboard. Of course this played havoc with the operating system and made it very unstable. It'us useable, but not stable at all. So, I decided to try a clean install on a new drive. Problem is the system does not recorgnize the ME installation CD (it's an upgrade from 95). For the heck of it I tried the old Windows95 installation CD -- SAME THING, IT IS NOT RECOGNIZED. THE DISKS ARE CLEAN. However the system will happily let me try to install XP. So the issue is not the CD drive. So does Microsoft rig it's CD's to not work after a certain date? Anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks In advance. |
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ME and previous CD's are NOT bootable - use a floppy!
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "RN" wrote in message . .. Sorry, but I left a few words off the original. The additions are in CAPS to be recognizable. I had a processor die a few weeks ago, so I decided to install a new processor and motherboard. Of course this played havoc with the operating system and made it very unstable. It'us useable, but not stable at all. So, I decided to try a clean install on a new drive. Problem is the system does not recorgnize the ME installation CD (it's an upgrade from 95). For the heck of it I tried the old Windows95 installation CD -- SAME THING, IT IS NOT RECOGNIZED. THE DISKS ARE CLEAN. However the system will happily let me try to install XP. So the issue is not the CD drive. So does Microsoft rig it's CD's to not work after a certain date? Anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks In advance. |
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ME and previous CD's are NOT bootable - use a floppy! Since I'm doing a clean install on a new drive, I shouldn't need to boot with a floppy should I? There is no operating system anywhere. There is no data anywhere on the DD -- only a feshly formatted DD. The CD should read as a an installation disk. At least that's what happened when I originally built the system. It's also what's happening when I try an XP installation CD. |
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That's the precise reason that you need the floppy!
There are two types of CD - Bootable, and non-Bootable. (same as floppies) Until Win2K and Win XP MS did NOT manufacture Bootable CD's at all. Either your system already had a boostrap OS on the HD. or your memory is at fault. (or your original CD was not from MS) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "RN" wrote in message . .. Since I'm doing a clean install on a new drive, I shouldn't need to boot with a floppy should I? There is no operating system anywhere. There is no data anywhere on the DD -- only a feshly formatted DD. The CD should read as a an installation disk. |
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Thanks for being persistent with me. I'll dig out the old ME boot disk that I
created years ago. Hope that no one that has moved to one of the new boxes sans diskette runs into the problem. I guess they'd be SOL! That's the precise reason that you need the floppy! There are two types of CD - Bootable, and non-Bootable. (same as floppies) Until Win2K and Win XP MS did NOT manufacture Bootable CD's at all. Either your system already had a boostrap OS on the HD. or your memory is at fault. (or your original CD was not from MS) -- No |
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how odd - mine are - 98se and me but not upgrade versions.
"Noel Paton" wrote in message ... ME and previous CD's are NOT bootable - use a floppy! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "RN" wrote in message . .. Sorry, but I left a few words off the original. The additions are in CAPS to be recognizable. I had a processor die a few weeks ago, so I decided to install a new processor and motherboard. Of course this played havoc with the operating system and made it very unstable. It'us useable, but not stable at all. So, I decided to try a clean install on a new drive. Problem is the system does not recorgnize the ME installation CD (it's an upgrade from 95). For the heck of it I tried the old Windows95 installation CD -- SAME THING, IT IS NOT RECOGNIZED. THE DISKS ARE CLEAN. However the system will happily let me try to install XP. So the issue is not the CD drive. So does Microsoft rig it's CD's to not work after a certain date? Anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks In advance. |
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In which case they are OEM CDs and not those from Microsoft. Check the CDs
and you will probably find something like "Only to be sold with a new PC" printed on them or even an OEM identifier such as HP, Gateway, Compaq or whatever. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP src wrote: how odd - mine are - 98se and me but not upgrade versions. |
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quite happy if you add that differentiation Mike and Noel. Specific PC
maker versions apart, previous postings didnt differentiate or in some cases even mention the route ex MS to user and could therefore have been (I am sure unintentionally) misleading. The point is they do exist as an alternative to your very valid suggestion of using a boot disk. Keep up the good work - your joint efforts and assistance are very welcome even to old computer wrinklies like me. "Mike M" wrote in message ... In which case they are OEM CDs and not those from Microsoft. Check the CDs and you will probably find something like "Only to be sold with a new PC" printed on them or even an OEM identifier such as HP, Gateway, Compaq or whatever. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP src wrote: how odd - mine are - 98se and me but not upgrade versions. |
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In that case, they're not MS CD's - but OEM ones.
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "src" wrote in message ... how odd - mine are - 98se and me but not upgrade versions. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... ME and previous CD's are NOT bootable - use a floppy! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "RN" wrote in message . .. Sorry, but I left a few words off the original. The additions are in CAPS to be recognizable. I had a processor die a few weeks ago, so I decided to install a new processor and motherboard. Of course this played havoc with the operating system and made it very unstable. It'us useable, but not stable at all. So, I decided to try a clean install on a new drive. Problem is the system does not recorgnize the ME installation CD (it's an upgrade from 95). For the heck of it I tried the old Windows95 installation CD -- SAME THING, IT IS NOT RECOGNIZED. THE DISKS ARE CLEAN. However the system will happily let me try to install XP. So the issue is not the CD drive. So does Microsoft rig it's CD's to not work after a certain date? Anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks In advance. |
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