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**TriggerFinger** · 05-18-2008, 12:39 PM

hi,

older laptops with old BIOS may not support booting from USB connected optical drives. so if you need to install an operating system like XP, you will need to follow these steps:

http://www.syschat.com/install-windo...py-cd-463.html

05-18-2008, 12:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: How To Install Os In A Presario 80xl550 hi, older laptops with old BIOS may not support booting from USB connected optical drives. so if you need to install an operating system like XP, you will need to follow these steps: http://www.syschat.com/install-windo...py-cd-463.html __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE