If you have an install CD, you can start the computer with this.
Set your BIOS up to boot from CD, restart the computer with the disk in the drive and follow the onscreen instructions to install Windows XP.
Please ask a separate question if you wish to know how to change the Boot order for your BIOS.
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No. Windows XP will not run on a computer with a 486 processor.
no,you'd have to install vista by itself on the computer,but,yes,Its a upgrade to xp
Yes.
poo eater
Sounds like a problem with Windows XP. What you should have tried to do is take the original hard drive, put in the xp install disk, to the install, choose to format the hard drive, and then continue with the XP install. BTW: XP > Vista. Linux > XP. You should install Linux, instead of XP.
You will have gone an entire month without XP on your computer.
You have to buy the MAC operating system and then install it on the computer.
Yes.
Yes, you can.
If you have perform a Custom install from windows xp to windows 7. You can speak to a technical support at 1 800 936 5700. They will guide you in reverting back to windows xp using windows.old folder in your computer. However, If you have perform a clean format install, then, Install windows xp using windows xp installation disc...
i think when you do the install, windows itself will check what you have and look for updates, it will give you the missing components