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sm0ked
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_ 		14. March 2007 @ 09:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok, so i got this laptop that came with xp home...

formated it but when i try to install windows xp pro the blue magic error screen comes up while "installing devices"...

so i get windows vista and it works fine... but the i wanna return to windows xp pro...but i still get the same error... so i navigate the vast net in search of answers which say that i need to remove non necesary hardware buuut there's not much for me to remove from the notebook besides the wireless device and btw, no new hardware added.

so here i am =D ... help would be very apreciated thank you ^^
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Morph416
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_ 		14. March 2007 @ 09:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
XP, doesn't like things it cannot understand while installing.

You didn't post the error you were getting..so you're only real option, is to minimize the hardware as best you can. If it can be removed temporarily, go ahead and do so.
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sm0ked
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_ 		14. March 2007 @ 09:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
omfg lol this cannot be :|

it works...but i didn't remove nothing :|

i dunno if i should cry or be happy :|
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Morph416
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_ 		14. March 2007 @ 10:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hold that thought until after the hardware support is installed and stable!

:)
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sm0ked
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_ 		14. March 2007 @ 12:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well, what i actually did was install a first windows, leave it half installed along with the error, and install a second windows that would be installed...but with VERY unstable hardware support, just like you said :|

...it wouldn't even run the mouse :|

and i think i stared at the connection tring to engage the router for at least half an hour :|

...then i realized the connection didn't even existed :|

so now i'm cluesless again :|

:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|

xD
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sm0ked
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_ 		15. March 2007 @ 10:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
anyone got any ideas?

the exact error is OX000000A (blablabla)

got something to do with wrong drivers or hardware...but i have nothing to remove from the notebook and the disk is formated..

could the bios be the problem?

btw windows 2000 work on it but with strage symptoms while vista installs and works fine...

but what i really need on it is xp, so any help qould be apreciated

sorry for posting 2 times but the thread would have been forgoten
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DoubleDwn
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_ 		15. March 2007 @ 12:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Try installing Home, the upgrade to Pro. See if that works. Not the best scenario, but a probable solution.

~Rich
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