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peemil
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: Koowoompa
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 Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:10 pm Post subject: So I finally got English Windows... Now what? |
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So I finally got myself a copy of XP in English... Now what?
I know how to install it. But I've got a couple of questions...
1. It's a borrowed copy. How does this affect updates and the like?
2. Do I need to format the hard drive to re-install it, or can I just put the English version over the Korean one?
3. Will I lose any data? Is it a good idea to get everything on my hard drive backed up before jumping in?
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Sage Monkey
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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1: get sp 2 ( once you figure out how to get that and the cd crack your copy will now be kinda legal so all updates will be fine!
you can update now anyway just not all of them so get SP2..
2: you have to reinstall so move everything over to your other drive..
3: ummm no this can only happen if you are installing onto another drive with no OS on it.. then you can keep the data.. but this way you will lose everything.. so back up.. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
| 3: ummm no this can only happen if you are installing onto another drive with no OS on it.. then you can keep the data.. but this way you will lose everything.. so back up.. |
get a copy of partition magic and partition your drive. Put all your data onto one partition and reformat the partition with the o/s on it and you will be fine. |
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Sage Monkey
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
| 3: ummm no this can only happen if you are installing onto another drive with no OS on it.. then you can keep the data.. but this way you will lose everything.. so back up.. |
get a copy of partition magic and partition your drive. Put all your data onto one partition and reformat the partition with the o/s on it and you will be fine. |
Telling him to making a partition instead of making his computer secure through enabling Windows updates and a bit of common sense is just plain ludicrous and bad advice. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| Sage Monkey wrote: |
| SuperHero wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
| 3: ummm no this can only happen if you are installing onto another drive with no OS on it.. then you can keep the data.. but this way you will lose everything.. so back up.. |
get a copy of partition magic and partition your drive. Put all your data onto one partition and reformat the partition with the o/s on it and you will be fine. |
Telling him to making a partition instead of making his computer secure through enabling Windows updates and a bit of common sense is just plain ludicrous and bad advice. |
No it is not, you make the partition install the new o/s and get the updates. I was suggesting it as a way of not having to back up data to CD or DVD. |
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Sage Monkey
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:16 am Post subject: |
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Sorry about that, for some reason, I thought that you were saying to forget about slip-streaming the service packs onto the installation set and instead just partition the drive and put any sensitive data on the other partition. You can see why I thought that was a bad idea!
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