XP installation question

[Blitzkrieg]

I have aquired a set of 3 XP recovery cds, and was hoping to use them to put XP on my PC (am currently running 98, second edition I think), but the first cd only has a large .img file on it, and I don't know what to do with it/if I can do anything with it. Any ideas?

 

[Mark]

Are you sure you can use those to install? Sounds like they're just a backup to me...?

 

[The Amazer]

don't you burn .img files to make an actual CD? I'm not sure at all.

 

[Goreripper]

I'm not sure you can actually install XP from a recovery disk.

 

[phlogiston]

You can't. That's why they're called recovery disks.

Usually you'd get 'em with a laptop, and one of those disks would come from the maker and you'd boot off that disk and choose the "Recover" option, which would then blow away your hard disk and put the original configuration on it. I think that's what the .img file would be: an image of the original disk that came with a laptop.

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'course, I could be wrong...
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Where'd you get them from, Blitz? Anything else written on them?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yeah I guess they are just to 'recover' stuff. I shall try get a hold of XP 'installation' discs then.

They came with my sisters newish PC.

 

[phlogiston]

And it's a "big brand" pc? HP, Dell, something like that? Those are the bastards that like doing that sort of thing. Bastards.

 

[Kem]

XP is plop. Everyone has it on their computers here at uni, except me, and they're always having problems with it. If it's not a virus, it's some other shit. I have a dodgy old bastard of a computer with Windows 2000 installed and it works great, it still even has a Year 2000 Friendly sticker on it. That is quality.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I dont like it either, and have resisted this long, but you need to move with the times eventually.

 

[KoichCPA]

Use windows 2000 Jordy, it's the pinnacle of windows OS's.

Plus, your pc probably won't be able to run XP, it will just hog system resources that could be used for better things.

 

[MeKaChrOme]

If it's an img file, it needs to be burnt to a CD to run as a normal CD... You can do it with any CD creating software with a few mouse clicks.. Just copy it across to your hard drive, and then burn the img file using the software

 

[Kem]

Yes, yes. Listen to young Koichi, you must.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Feel free to send me a copy any time Koich, it is likely the only way I will get it. :zombie:

 

[Sydo]

Hey Blitz.. I'll check again when I get home, but I'm pretty sure I've got working copy of XP somewhere which I could forward to you.

 

[phlogiston]

2000 is good and all, but they're end-of-life-ing it shortly, so whatever. *shrug*

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I have spoken to a friend who thinks they have what I am after (XP wise) so I shall check that out first. Thanks for the offer Sydo, I will let you know if I shall take it up.

 

[Sydo]

sure

 

[KoichCPA]

2000 is good and all, but they're end-of-life-ing it shortly, so whatever. *shrug*

That means I still have another 5 years before publishers stop making stuff for the platform.

When it become obsolete, it's linux 100% of the time.