[Janis]

I am attempting to refurb an older Compaq for student use. It was donated without a hard drive. We installed a WD 60G and it is recognized by the system I went into BIOS and chose boot from cd as the first boot device. The problem is it dosen't work. It always comes up NO OS FOUND. How do I get the XP HOME loaded? (retail version) The computer is a Compaq Presario 5320US.

Edited by Janis, 09 August 2009 - 09:50 AM.

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Bad CD drive?

[Broni]

Bad CD drive?

[Janis]

The CD is fine. I tested it by using an XP PRO install CD and it goes right to setup. Since I need to use a legal copy of XP, I am hoping to get the XP Home loaded.

[Broni]

Now, I don't understand. XP Pro CD loads, so which one doesn't?

[Janis]

I need to use a retail version of XP Home which doesn't load. I think I'll load the Home version on another drive in another pc and then clone it.

[Broni]

How are planning to do that?