xp isn't xp

old computer supposed to be xp home. Says so when I boot it.

New computer, one drive 64 bit vista, the other drive from the old computer.

The old xp won't boot so I tried to use my xp-pro disk to fix it. But
just says there is a partition with "Another system" on the drive... it
doesn't recognize it as xp and wants to delete it.

Any possibilities here?

From my 64 bit Vista drive is there a way to look at the old drive (as
slave) and find out what system is really on it?

Thanks
John

John wrote:
old computer supposed to be xp home. Says so when I boot it.

New computer, one drive 64 bit vista, the other drive from the old
computer.
The old xp won't boot so I tried to use my xp-pro disk to fix it.
But just says there is a partition with "Another system" on the
drive... it doesn't recognize it as xp and wants to delete it.

Any possibilities here?

From my 64 bit Vista drive is there a way to look at the old drive
(as slave) and find out what system is really on it?


You said it in your own post.

- The drive currently has Windows XP Home Edition on it.
- You have a Windows XP Professional Edition CD.
Conclusion: You cannot repair Windows XP Home Edition with a Windows XP
Professional Edition CD.

Windows XP comes in different 'editions'. Starter, Home, Professional,
Tablet PC, Media Center Edition (two versions of this actually),
Professional x64, etc.

You cannot use one to repair another - they have different licenses. If you
want to repair the Windows XP Home Edition - you need your Windows XP Home
Edition CD to do so. Where is your CD for this Old PC?

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John wrote:
old computer supposed to be xp home. Says so when I boot it.

New computer, one drive 64 bit vista, the other drive from the old
computer.
The old xp won't boot so I tried to use my xp-pro disk to fix it.
But just says there is a partition with "Another system" on the
drive... it doesn't recognize it as xp and wants to delete it.

Any possibilities here?

From my 64 bit Vista drive is there a way to look at the old drive
(as slave) and find out what system is really on it?


You said it in your own post.

- The drive currently has Windows XP Home Edition on it.
- You have a Windows XP Professional Edition CD.
Conclusion: You cannot repair Windows XP Home Edition with a Windows XP
Professional Edition CD.

Windows XP comes in different 'editions'. Starter, Home, Professional,
Tablet PC, Media Center Edition (two versions of this actually),
Professional x64, etc.

You cannot use one to repair another - they have different licenses. If you
want to repair the Windows XP Home Edition - you need your Windows XP Home
Edition CD to do so. Where is your CD for this Old PC?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Lets point out a few things here
The old computers hardware was different from new computer...therefore
drivers do not match.
New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another drive
in the slave position and expect it to boot
The BIOS looks at the Vista drive..finds the MBR and Boots It doesn't
bother looking at the XP drive.

Under Vista you should be able to see the drive with Explorer or under
Computer Management/Disk management.


If you really want to boot off the XP drive you will need to disconnect the
Vista drive and using your XP CD
you will need to do a repair install. Be prepared with XP drivers for new
computer. You gave us no hardware
information so finding the XP drivers for your specific computer is your
task. Also if you have installed all of the service packs
you will need a "slipstreamed" version of XP pro with the service packs
slipstreamed into it or you will end up having to do
all of the "upgrades" again. Once you have this done you can reconnect your
Vista drive.
Now if you want to boot from XP you will need to enter the BIOS at boot and
Change the boot sequence
so that the XP drive is 1st choice.

peter

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"John" wrote in message
...
old computer supposed to be xp home. Says so when I boot it.

New computer, one drive 64 bit vista, the other drive from the old
computer.

The old xp won't boot so I tried to use my xp-pro disk to fix it. But just
says there is a partition with "Another system" on the drive... it doesn't
recognize it as xp and wants to delete it.

Any possibilities here?

From my 64 bit Vista drive is there a way to look at the old drive (as
slave) and find out what system is really on it?

Thanks
John

Lets point out a few things here
The old computers hardware was different from new computer...therefore
drivers do not match.
New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another drive
in the slave position and expect it to boot
The BIOS looks at the Vista drive..finds the MBR and Boots It doesn't
bother looking at the XP drive.

Under Vista you should be able to see the drive with Explorer or under
Computer Management/Disk management.


If you really want to boot off the XP drive you will need to disconnect the
Vista drive and using your XP CD
you will need to do a repair install. Be prepared with XP drivers for new
computer. You gave us no hardware
information so finding the XP drivers for your specific computer is your
task. Also if you have installed all of the service packs
you will need a "slipstreamed" version of XP pro with the service packs
slipstreamed into it or you will end up having to do
all of the "upgrades" again. Once you have this done you can reconnect your
Vista drive.
Now if you want to boot from XP you will need to enter the BIOS at boot and
Change the boot sequence
so that the XP drive is 1st choice.

peter

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"John" wrote in message
...
old computer supposed to be xp home. Says so when I boot it.

New computer, one drive 64 bit vista, the other drive from the old
computer.

The old xp won't boot so I tried to use my xp-pro disk to fix it. But just
says there is a partition with "Another system" on the drive... it doesn't
recognize it as xp and wants to delete it.

Any possibilities here?

From my 64 bit Vista drive is there a way to look at the old drive (as
slave) and find out what system is really on it?

Thanks
John

"New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another drive
in the slave position and expect it to boot"

Peter,
This is confusing to me. There should be no reason why he can't install the
drive as a slave and boot the computer. Did you mean he can't install it as a
slave and have it boot from the XP drive?

"New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another drive
in the slave position and expect it to boot"

Peter,
This is confusing to me. There should be no reason why he can't install the
drive as a slave and boot the computer. Did you mean he can't install it as a
slave and have it boot from the XP drive?

That is what he meant I believe.

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"xr280xr" wrote in message
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"New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another
drive
in the slave position and expect it to boot"

Peter,
This is confusing to me. There should be no reason why he can't install
the
drive as a slave and boot the computer. Did you mean he can't install it
as a
slave and have it boot from the XP drive?

That is what he meant I believe.

--
The following is a signature, don't take it personally unless it applies to
you.
How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


------
"xr280xr" wrote in message
...
"New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another
drive
in the slave position and expect it to boot"

Peter,
This is confusing to me. There should be no reason why he can't install
the
drive as a slave and boot the computer. Did you mean he can't install it
as a
slave and have it boot from the XP drive?

This is what I tried to do. Disconnected the Vista drive. Put xp cd and
booted from that. Tried to do a repair install but it didn't even offer
it. I was hoping it would find the correct drivers on the internet.

The xp disk I used was unrelated to the original xp disk which is long
gone. I have given up... it was just a thought.

John

peter wrote:
Lets point out a few things here
The old computers hardware was different from new computer...therefore
drivers do not match.
New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another
drive in the slave position and expect it to boot
The BIOS looks at the Vista drive..finds the MBR and Boots It doesn't
bother looking at the XP drive.

Under Vista you should be able to see the drive with Explorer or under
Computer Management/Disk management.


If you really want to boot off the XP drive you will need to disconnect
the Vista drive and using your XP CD
you will need to do a repair install. Be prepared with XP drivers for
new computer. You gave us no hardware
information so finding the XP drivers for your specific computer is your
task. Also if you have installed all of the service packs
you will need a "slipstreamed" version of XP pro with the service packs
slipstreamed into it or you will end up having to do
all of the "upgrades" again. Once you have this done you can reconnect
your Vista drive.
Now if you want to boot from XP you will need to enter the BIOS at boot
and Change the boot sequence
so that the XP drive is 1st choice.

peter

This is what I tried to do. Disconnected the Vista drive. Put xp cd and
booted from that. Tried to do a repair install but it didn't even offer
it. I was hoping it would find the correct drivers on the internet.

The xp disk I used was unrelated to the original xp disk which is long
gone. I have given up... it was just a thought.

John

peter wrote:
Lets point out a few things here
The old computers hardware was different from new computer...therefore
drivers do not match.
New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another
drive in the slave position and expect it to boot
The BIOS looks at the Vista drive..finds the MBR and Boots It doesn't
bother looking at the XP drive.

Under Vista you should be able to see the drive with Explorer or under
Computer Management/Disk management.


If you really want to boot off the XP drive you will need to disconnect
the Vista drive and using your XP CD
you will need to do a repair install. Be prepared with XP drivers for
new computer. You gave us no hardware
information so finding the XP drivers for your specific computer is your
task. Also if you have installed all of the service packs
you will need a "slipstreamed" version of XP pro with the service packs
slipstreamed into it or you will end up having to do
all of the "upgrades" again. Once you have this done you can reconnect
your Vista drive.
Now if you want to boot from XP you will need to enter the BIOS at boot
and Change the boot sequence
so that the XP drive is 1st choice.

peter

John wrote:
old computer supposed to be xp home. Says so when I boot it.

New computer, one drive 64 bit vista, the other drive from the old
computer.
The old xp won't boot so I tried to use my xp-pro disk to fix it.
But just says there is a partition with "Another system" on the
drive... it doesn't recognize it as xp and wants to delete it.

Any possibilities here?

From my 64 bit Vista drive is there a way to look at the old drive
(as slave) and find out what system is really on it?

peter wrote:
Lets point out a few things here
The old computers hardware was different from new
computer...therefore drivers do not match.
New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install
another drive in the slave position and expect it to boot
The BIOS looks at the Vista drive..finds the MBR and Boots It
doesn't bother looking at the XP drive.

Under Vista you should be able to see the drive with Explorer or
under Computer Management/Disk management.


If you really want to boot off the XP drive you will need to
disconnect the Vista drive and using your XP CD
you will need to do a repair install. Be prepared with XP drivers
for new computer. You gave us no hardware
information so finding the XP drivers for your specific computer is
your task. Also if you have installed all of the service packs
you will need a "slipstreamed" version of XP pro with the service
packs slipstreamed into it or you will end up having to do
all of the "upgrades" again. Once you have this done you can
reconnect your Vista drive.
Now if you want to boot from XP you will need to enter the BIOS at
boot and Change the boot sequence
so that the XP drive is 1st choice.

John wrote:
This is what I tried to do. Disconnected the Vista drive. Put xp cd
and booted from that. Tried to do a repair install but it didn't
even offer it. I was hoping it would find the correct drivers on
the internet.
The xp disk I used was unrelated to the original xp disk which is
long gone. I have given up... it was just a thought.

And it was a different edition - negating your subject line.

XP *is* XP.

But there are many different editions. You tried to use Professional to
repair Home. ;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

John wrote:
old computer supposed to be xp home. Says so when I boot it.

New computer, one drive 64 bit vista, the other drive from the old
computer.
The old xp won't boot so I tried to use my xp-pro disk to fix it.
But just says there is a partition with "Another system" on the
drive... it doesn't recognize it as xp and wants to delete it.

Any possibilities here?

From my 64 bit Vista drive is there a way to look at the old drive
(as slave) and find out what system is really on it?

peter wrote:
Lets point out a few things here
The old computers hardware was different from new
computer...therefore drivers do not match.
New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install
another drive in the slave position and expect it to boot
The BIOS looks at the Vista drive..finds the MBR and Boots It
doesn't bother looking at the XP drive.

Under Vista you should be able to see the drive with Explorer or
under Computer Management/Disk management.


If you really want to boot off the XP drive you will need to
disconnect the Vista drive and using your XP CD
you will need to do a repair install. Be prepared with XP drivers
for new computer. You gave us no hardware
information so finding the XP drivers for your specific computer is
your task. Also if you have installed all of the service packs
you will need a "slipstreamed" version of XP pro with the service
packs slipstreamed into it or you will end up having to do
all of the "upgrades" again. Once you have this done you can
reconnect your Vista drive.
Now if you want to boot from XP you will need to enter the BIOS at
boot and Change the boot sequence
so that the XP drive is 1st choice.

John wrote:
This is what I tried to do. Disconnected the Vista drive. Put xp cd
and booted from that. Tried to do a repair install but it didn't
even offer it. I was hoping it would find the correct drivers on
the internet.
The xp disk I used was unrelated to the original xp disk which is
long gone. I have given up... it was just a thought.

And it was a different edition - negating your subject line.

XP *is* XP.

But there are many different editions. You tried to use Professional to
repair Home. ;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

That’s what I meant

peter

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"David B." wrote in message
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That is what he meant I believe.

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"xr280xr" wrote in message
...
"New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another
drive
in the slave position and expect it to boot"

Peter,
This is confusing to me. There should be no reason why he can't install
the
drive as a slave and boot the computer. Did you mean he can't install it
as a
slave and have it boot from the XP drive?

That’s what I meant

peter

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If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate
or disruptive,please ignore it.
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"David B." wrote in message
...
That is what he meant I believe.

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The following is a signature, don't take it personally unless it applies
to you.
How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


------
"xr280xr" wrote in message
...
"New computer was setup to boot Vista..you CANNOT just install another
drive
in the slave position and expect it to boot"

Peter,
This is confusing to me. There should be no reason why he can't install
the
drive as a slave and boot the computer. Did you mean he can't install it
as a
slave and have it boot from the XP drive?