Does Pirated Windows Install on New Hard Drives?

2008-11-30 Thread TW
Hi, I was trying to install a copy of Windows XP that I downloaded in '06 onto my friend's mom's laptop computer, but it wouldn't take. I bought her a new hard drive (Seagate, 80GB) so that she could have more space. However, when I try to install the OS, I get an error message. I

Re: Does Pirated Windows Install on New Hard Drives?

2008-11-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,30.Nov.08, 11:37:04, TW wrote: [problems installing Windows] I don't mean to sound harsh, but this is a list dedicated to the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. We can help with questions regarding interaction with Windows (like dual-boot systems, network connections, etc.), but not

Re: Does Pirated Windows Install on New Hard Drives?

2008-11-30 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
TW wrote: Hi, [snip] I think you wrote to inappropriate mail list with this question. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ developer, Debian APT contributor signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Does Pirated Windows Install on New Hard Drives?

2008-11-30 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
TW wrote: Hi, I was trying to install a copy of Windows XP that I downloaded in '06 onto my friend's mom's laptop computer, but it wouldn't take. I bought her a new hard drive (Seagate, 80GB) so that she could have more space. However, when I try to install the OS, I get an

Re: Does Pirated Windows Install on New Hard Drives?

2008-11-30 Thread TW
I don't mean to sound harsh, but this is a list dedicated to the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. We can help with questions regarding interaction with Windows (like dual-boot systems, network connections, etc.), but not with installing Windows (some of us even haven't run Windows in

Re: Does Pirated Windows Install on New Hard Drives?

2008-11-30 Thread Kent West
TW wrote: Hi, I was trying to install a copy of Windows XP that I downloaded in '06 onto my friend's mom's laptop computer, but it wouldn't take. I bought her a new hard drive (Seagate, 80GB) so that she could have more space. However, when I try to install the OS, I get an error message.

Re: Does Pirated Windows Install on New Hard Drives?

2008-11-30 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:37:04 -0700 TW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was trying to install a copy of Windows XP that I downloaded in '06 onto my friend's mom's laptop computer, but it wouldn't take. I bought her a new hard drive (Seagate, 80GB) so that she could have more space.

Re: Does Pirated Windows Install on New Hard Drives?

2008-11-30 Thread Koh Choon Lin
As for a partial answer, the problem is not with your hardrive. If its the same cd from 06 then it may be damaged (the physical cd), otherwise could be a shitty pirated copy of a shitty os, or an updated that caught your pirated copy because you didn't have a valid key or didn't activate