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_Hotsauce_ · 09-21-2010, 12:01 PM

Trying to help a friend fix his computer after a nasty infection of multiple viruses/trojans. First problem, he has a dvd drive that isn't compatible with Vista, which is currently installed, but we're trying to go back to XP. The CD drive reads the XP cd perfectly fine.

I've tried to boot direct to the CD drive, but the computer seems to bypass and boot straight to windows. I also created a USB installation of XP and tried to boot to USB, and it by psases once again.

At a lose of how we can get a fresh install of XP on there if I can't boot to CD/USB.

Any thoughts?

09-21-2010, 12:01 PM	#1
_Hotsauce_ I Fwap Fwap Fwap to RS Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Victoria Posts: 1,585 Thanked 952 Times in 180 Posts Failed 1,187 Times in 101 Posts	Reinstallation of operating system troubleshooting... Trying to help a friend fix his computer after a nasty infection of multiple viruses/trojans. First problem, he has a dvd drive that isn't compatible with Vista, which is currently installed, but we're trying to go back to XP. The CD drive reads the XP cd perfectly fine. I've tried to boot direct to the CD drive, but the computer seems to bypass and boot straight to windows. I also created a USB installation of XP and tried to boot to USB, and it by psases once again. At a lose of how we can get a fresh install of XP on there if I can't boot to CD/USB. Any thoughts?