Installing XP-It Reads the CD but ...

This is odd. I'm trying to install XP Pro on a new drive. It was going along
fine, but asked me to insert a CD. It gives me a choice of Win OS products.
Why do I need to do this? It's already there. I just took it out, put it
back in and got the same results? Is it looking for some prior install CD to
verify I purchased an earlier OS?

"Is it looking for some prior install CD to verify I purchased an earlier OS?"

That's exactly what it's looking for, if you're installing an upgrade version of Windows XP.

Daddy


"wtw" <invalid@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:IRYEk.2255$Ws1.253@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com...
> This is odd. I'm trying to install XP Pro on a new drive. It was going along
> fine, but asked me to insert a CD. It gives me a choice of Win OS products.
> Why do I need to do this? It's already there. I just took it out, put it
> back in and got the same results? Is it looking for some prior install CD to
> verify I purchased an earlier OS?
>
>
>

wtw wrote:
>
> This is odd. I'm trying to install XP Pro on a new drive. It was going along
> fine, but asked me to insert a CD. It gives me a choice of Win OS products.
> Why do I need to do this? It's already there. I just took it out, put it
> back in and got the same results? Is it looking for some prior install CD to
> verify I purchased an earlier OS?

Thats' because you also have an old drive in the PC with XP on it.

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Yes, I just went ahead and hauled out my w2k cd.

"Daddy" <daddy@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:e0dMoEFJJHA.3680@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
"Is it looking for some prior install CD to verify I purchased an earlier
OS?"

That's exactly what it's looking for, if you're installing an upgrade
version of Windows XP.

Daddy


"wtw" <invalid@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:IRYEk.2255$Ws1.253@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com...
> This is odd. I'm trying to install XP Pro on a new drive. It was going
> along
> fine, but asked me to insert a CD. It gives me a choice of Win OS
> products.
> Why do I need to do this? It's already there. I just took it out, put it
> back in and got the same results? Is it looking for some prior install CD
> to
> verify I purchased an earlier OS?
>
>
>

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:19:20 -0700, "wtw" <invalid@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> This is odd. I'm trying to install XP Pro on a new drive. It was going along
> fine, but asked me to insert a CD. It gives me a choice of Win OS products.
> Why do I need to do this? It's already there. I just took it out, put it
> back in and got the same results? Is it looking for some prior install CD to
> verify I purchased an earlier OS?


It isn't clear exactly what you're doing, but here's a guess: you're
trying to install an *upgrade* version of XP, but you don't have a
previous version installed. It is therefore looking for proof that you
own a previous version by asking you to insert its CD.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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