Hey folks,
Some of you may remember I posted recently about trying to revive a Dead
PC of mine using an older Win XP Pro 64 OS install - that I was missing
the Prod. Key for.
Well - long story short - kinda - I found my Win2K install CD - and I
installed Win2K on that PC - so it was relatively up and running. But,
the Video card in that baby is a Hi-End one for 3D CG - a Quadro 2000D
job. Problem is - no drivers for it for Win2K. Not shocking - since W2K
is Way old - where as the Video card is only like maybe 2 years old.
As such, I broke down and got myself an OEM CD of Win7 64-bit Home
version. Just bought it yesterday.
Problem seems to be that since its supposed to be installed on a NEW PC
- its like it REFUSED to get installed onto this PC where I installed
W2K. I even wiped the HD - removed the OS install - and did a Quick
Format. But, when I try to then boot this PC with that W7 install CD -
it just keeps trying to boot to that HD (its actually an SSD). And, now
I get the error that Boot Mgr is missing - so, obviously is trying to
boot to that SSD HD.
So - its like M$ has screwed me over - and will NOT Let me install this
W7K onto this PC - since it can "See" that Something had previously been
installed on that HD - and therefore - its no longer a NEW HD or NEW PC!
This is SO Frustrating. Yeah - I've built 3 of my previous PC systems -
but, I'm not a Serious HW kinda guy...
So - any advice would be GREATLY Appreciated!
TIA,
-K-
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