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Forum: The Basics January 17th 10, 08:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 0
Views: 78
Posted By Beyond X
Windows license and external harddrive

Before purchasing a large-capacity external SATA or USB harddrive (such
as 1 TB) and using it as a system drive, I want to know what will happen
to Windows (e.g. XP) license because I intend to...
Forum: The Basics January 17th 10, 08:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 0
Views: 268
Posted By Beyond X
Windows license and external harddrive

Before purchasing a large-capacity external SATA or USB harddrive (such
as 1 TB) and using it as a system drive, I want to know what will happen
to Windows (e.g. XP) license because I intend to...
Forum: The Basics January 17th 10, 08:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 0
Views: 501
Posted By Beyond X
Windows license and external harddrive

Before purchasing a large-capacity external SATA or USB harddrive (such
as 1 TB) and using it as a system drive, I want to know what will happen
to Windows (e.g. XP) license because I intend to...
Forum: The Basics January 17th 10, 08:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 20
Views: 550
Posted By Beyond X
Windows license and external harddrive

Before purchasing a large-capacity external SATA or USB harddrive (such
as 1 TB) and using it as a system drive, I want to know what will happen
to Windows (e.g. XP) license because I intend to...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 17th 10, 08:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 154
Posted By Beyond X
how to assign default video program?

Thanks for reply.
But all formats have been checked in File Types in WMP and, as I stated,
WMP used to be default video program until a new application (actually
it was Nero 8) was installed.
I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 17th 10, 02:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 154
Posted By Beyond X
how to assign default video program?

It used to be Windows Media Player(WMP) that automatically implemented
video when a video file is clicked. Now, after a new application was
installed which includes a video-playing feature, it has...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 16th 09, 07:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 125
Posted By Beyond X
Harddisk Capacity in Explorer and Computer Management

OK. I got the following:
(In my previous response I once attached the screenshot as an attached
file. If it a regular e-mail, the picture would appear at the end of the
text. In the NG...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 15th 09, 11:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 125
Posted By Beyond X
Harddisk Capacity in Explorer and Computer Management

I sent a response to you but it seems it did not go through, so I am
writing again.
First thanks a lot for your thought and time.
1. I downloaded the software you suggested. I will attach the result...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 13th 09, 09:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 125
Posted By Beyond X
Harddisk Capacity in Explorer and Computer Management

As you know, when you highlight a partition, Explorer's properties show
three numbers, i.e., Used space, Free space and Capacity. In this case
they are 70.8 GB, 10.7 GB and 81.5 GB, respectively,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 13th 09, 01:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 125
Posted By Beyond X
Harddisk Capacity in Explorer and Computer Management

My 1.5 TB harddisk (Seagate SATA) in a XP computer has been set up with
two partitions: one 81 GB for system and programs and the other 1300 GB
for data storage, as indicated in Disk Management in...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 18th 09, 05:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 191
Posted By Beyond X
CD does not start

Thanks for response.
Your suggestion to upgrade to SP3 was well taken.
Actually my attempt to upgrade to SP3 led to a totally surprising
discovery. My first attempt failed with the error message: An...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 15th 09, 05:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 191
Posted By Beyond X
CD does not start

SP2
As I stated there was no problem until I installed an application from
the downloaded installation file. Therefore SP version does not seem to
be the cause of the problem. In fact I installed...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 15th 09, 03:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 191
Posted By Beyond X
CD does not start

After installing XP on a new disk everything appeared normal. I was able
to install a few applications from their cds. Then I attempted to
install an application from a downloaded file, but it did...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 21st 09, 04:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 213
Posted By Beyond X
How to uninstall Windows XP Pro

Bernard,
the partition number for Windows was a mistake (typo) when I edited a
boot.ini from the computer that I used for posting. my apologies. the
problem in this case started when I attempted to...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 19th 09, 03:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 213
Posted By Beyond X
How to uninstall Windows XP Pro

To: Bernard,
Just as you expect:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 17th 09, 09:37 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 213
Posted By Beyond X
How to uninstall Windows XP Pro

I wanted to upgrade Win2K Pro to WinXP Pro. When I inserted WinXp CD,
there was only "Install XP" and no upgrade options. So I went ahead. The
result was two OSs (XP and 2K) in the same partition....
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 15th 09, 04:42 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 302
Posted By Beyond X
Is Product restration/activation for a hard drive or a computer?

Paul,
Thanks again for the useful information. I will print and keep them for
future reference. I admire your knowledgeability.

Paul wrote:
Beyond X wrote:

Great information. Thank you very...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 14th 09, 10:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 302
Posted By Beyond X
Is Product restration/activation for a hard drive or a computer?

Paul wrote:
Beyond X wrote:

Thanks for your thoughts and information. But I'm still unsure about
what I asked.

If I install the Win XP from the same CD in several harddrives and use...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 13th 09, 09:43 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 302
Posted By Beyond X
Is Product restration/activation for a hard drive or a computer?

Twayne wrote:
"Beyond X" wrote in message


For many years I have used Windows 2000 Pro in my several computers
independently. Starting...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 13th 09, 05:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 302
Posted By Beyond X
Is Product restration/activation for a hard drive or a computer?

For many years I have used Windows 2000 Pro in my several computers
independently. Starting from Windows XP, Microsoft introduced one copy
per one computer. So when we install Win XP in a computer,...
Forum: The Basics October 9th 09, 06:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 2
Views: 344
Posted By Beyond X
Cloning by Win2K Backup/Restore?

I need to replace my Win2K-loaded HDD by a larger capacity HDD. If I
backup the entire C: drive using the Win2K Backup utility which will
produce (I believe) a single large file in the same...
Forum: The Basics October 9th 09, 06:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 0
Views: 148
Posted By Beyond X
Cloning by Win2K Backup/Restore?

I need to replace my Win2K-loaded HDD by a larger capacity HDD. If I
backup the entire C: drive using the Win2K Backup utility which will
produce (I believe) a single large file in the same...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 28th 09, 02:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 137
Posted By Beyond X
How to convert Word .tmp file to .doc file

For unknown reasons my word document (ABC.doc) was damaged and cannot be
loaded into Word 2000. I found that the folder still contains .tmp for
this document. I think that there must be a way to...
Forum: The Basics June 1st 09, 07:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 10
Views: 210
Posted By Beyond X
How to use Recovery Disk

Thanks a lot for information and guidance
Beyond X
Forum: The Basics June 1st 09, 07:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 10
Views: 210
Posted By Beyond X
How to use Recovery Disk

Thanks a lot for information and guidance
Beyond X
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