Interesting... I'm pretty sure I've installed an alternate OS on a Dell laptop before. Did you wipe out the Hidden Utility Partition too? That's thing number one when I buy a new Dell. Gives you more HD space back too...
-Cameron Bruce Sorge wrote: > Well the good news is I have a fresh install of an OS. The bad news is that > I have Vista Enterprise on here now. > <CF_ConspiracyTheory> > It seems that the Dell Inspiron has something that does not allow you to > install any other OS than what it shipped with. My Inspron at home did the > same exact thing that my Inspron here at work did today. At home I wanted to > go from XP MCE to XP Pro. When I got to the Windows Setup portion of the > install, I would get the BSOD. Try as I might I could *not* get past the > BSOD. I called Dell and they informed me that I cannot change the OS unless > I buy it from them. I said WTF? I OWN this copy of XP Pro. They sent me the > MCE recovery CD and I ended up going back to that. > Fastforward to today. Same exact thing happend. No matter what I did I could > not get past the BSOD. So I put a Vista Enterprise CD in the machine and lo > and behold, the install went flawlessly. > </CF_ConspiracyTheory> > Oh well, at least I only have to deal with this POS OS for a few more weeks > until I get back into the Army. I swear I am going to buy a new laptop and > install Ubuntu on it and be done with Windows all together. > > Bruce > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258036 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
