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by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/23/2003, 3:29pm PST |
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laudablepuss wrote:
I'm willing to entertain the first notion at least, since it IS a burned copy, but as I said my brother is running it just fine on his machine with his DVD player. I guess I could swap our DVD players and see if it's still working.
In your situation, I would try this:
1. With XP still installed on your computer, put your brother's DVD player that installed and runs XP just fine into your computer. Restart your PC. See if that works OK. This is mostly just for information purposes.
2. With your brother's DVD player still in the drive, obliterate everything on your hard drive and then install XP. (Or, install 98 and have your XP disc kill it and then install itself.)
3. You know his DVD player successfully installed XP, so if you're getting the same problem that you had with his hardware and CD, then the culprit is likely the motherboard/BIOS/whatever.
4. If everything is cool then put your old DVD drive in and see what happens. (I'd probably recommend putting in the XP service pack before this, but I don't know if you can connect to Microsoft's site and grab it with your copy of XP.) Anyway, if the problem comes back then see if there are any firmware updates for your problematic DVD drive. That probably won't solve anything even if there is one, so get yourself a new DVD drive and eBay off the old one. Mwave is selling a Lite-On for under $40... $42 if you choose the edgy, black faceplate!! I have bought a number of these for those people that I have built computers for, mainly because of Lite-On's attitude towards copy protection schemes, and installed this drive successfully on all shapes, sizes and flavors of XP, both legitimate and not-so-much, if you're digging my ditch, and I think you are.
5. If you do not wish to get a new DVD-ROM drive and your brother's works in yours, then see if your problematic one works in your brother's PC. If his works in yours and yours works in his then maybe you can get by with that arrangement or something. Doesn't exactly explain what got fucked or how it did, though.
the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!
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We need a Fisher Price Rescue Heroes or whatever forum. Also, please help. by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 10:42am PST 
Re: We need a Fisher Price Rescue Heroes or whatever forum. Also, please help. by Help Disk 01/23/2003, 11:04am PST 
Entropy! Cleanup in aisle Rants. (Please?) by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 12:31pm PST 
You are literally doing everything wrong including breathing by Senor Barborito 01/23/2003, 11:51am PST 
Please stop being retarded, thanks. by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 12:28pm PST 
Oh I think it's your turn for that . . . by Senor Barborito 01/23/2003, 12:53pm PST 
Is there anyone else around I can talk to? by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 1:07pm PST 
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SHUT UP by Senor Barborito 01/23/2003, 1:18pm PST 
What do you want from me you fucking gibbering monkey? by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 1:36pm PST 
Re: What do you want from me you fucking gibbering monkey? by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/23/2003, 3:29pm PST 
Re: What do you want from me you fucking gibbering monkey? by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 3:57pm PST 
UPDATE: The testing indicates . . . by laudablepuss 01/24/2003, 1:36am PST 
Oh, nevermind -nt- by Senor Barborito 01/24/2003, 1:47am PST 
Re: Fucked up CPU frequency by Entropy Stew 01/24/2003, 2:49am PST 
Re: Is there anyone else around I can talk to? by Lufteufel 01/23/2003, 7:20pm PST 
^^ LAUDABLEPUSS READ THE ABOVE POST, AND SUCK IT ^^ -NT- NT by Senor Barborito 01/24/2003, 1:45am PST 
There's some great chemistry here. Keep it up! (nt) NT by conflictNo 01/24/2003, 2:09am PST 
Re: We need a Fisher Price Rescue Heroes or whatever forum. Also, please help. by Motherhead 01/23/2003, 7:08pm PST 
whoops, forgot this. by Motherhead 01/23/2003, 7:14pm PST 
Re: whoops, forgot this. by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 8:05pm PST 
Re: We need a Fisher Price Rescue Heroes or whatever forum. Also, please help. by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 7:59pm PST 
On being called stupid by Senor Barborito 01/24/2003, 7:36am PST 
Re: On being called stupid by laudablepuss 01/24/2003, 10:55am PST 
Dear Fags by An Eternal Flame 01/24/2003, 1:25pm PST 
Dear Eternal Guilty Ambition Flame Faggot by laudablepuss 01/24/2003, 2:19pm PST 
HEY FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER by Senor Barborito 01/24/2003, 3:15pm PST 
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