From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   "Charlie+"  wrote in message   
   news:7cn4aat13313jv4gjc9h91is44ttobqtok@4ax.com...   
   > On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:34:10 -0000, "Mr Pounder"   
   >  wrote as underneath :   
   >   
   >>A mate who is worse with computers than I am has given me a Compaq   
   >>Presario   
   >>CQ 61 lap top to try and sort out. It came with W7.   
   >>He totally screwed it up a while ago and a "mate" put a very dodgy copy of   
   >>Vista Basic on it for him!!!!!!!   
   >>Then he screwed it up yet again. I've cleaned it up - 20 viruses and over   
   >>600 items of malware. Its now much faster.   
   >>He knows that I have a genuine copy of XP Pro and asked me to put it on.   
   >>The   
   >>"install XP" button is grayed out so I can't. Anybody?   
   >>I have a dodgy copy of W7 and the Windows loader, the laptop won't do a   
   >>thing with the disk.   
   >>I'll probably leave it on Vista, but I really would like to know why the   
   >>XP   
   >>and the Windows 7 disk don't work.   
   >>Yes, I know that I'm being a bad boy with the W7 disk :-)   
   >>Thanks.   
   >>   
   > Do you know enough to be doing this?   
   > Have you done a complete disk wipe, re-partition and only then XP   
   > install?  Your going to need the drivers for that laptop to do the job   
   > properly after the initial install. MS will still update the   
   > installation with all the hundreds of updates but you have to know which   
   > updates to exclude etc. otherwise you will have trouble. C+   
      
   The install XP button is grayed out on the disk. Is there another way of   
   formatting without this button?   
   I have the drivers on a stick, I have fallen for that one in the past.   
   I've managed this before.   
   As for the updates, yes, I've a good idea what to install and what not to   
   install.   
   Thanks for the reply.   
      
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