# Probs With Windows XP Installation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probs-with-windows-xp-installation/124268>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probs-with-windows-xp-installation/124268 "2002-08-17T00:30:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probs-with-windows-xp-installation/124268/1 "2002-08-17T00:30:31Z")

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My CD-ROM and CD burner have been rendered unusable when I installed XP. **My Computer** doesn’t even recognize the drives.

Any Ideas?

I was running W98SE on a 500 Mhz, Athlon K-6 with 384 megs of RAM.

Thanks

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probs-with-windows-xp-installation/124268/2 "2002-08-17T03:13:38Z")

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Option 1

Re-install the original operating system and try again

Option 2

Call [Microserf](http://support.microsoft.com/)

I had probs intalling XP and after a 2 hour call to Tech support, I ended up with a new OS. There goes the MS profit margin.

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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probs-with-windows-xp-installation/124268/3 "2002-08-17T12:12:23Z")

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Is this the home version?

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probs-with-windows-xp-installation/124268/4 "2002-08-17T12:27:48Z")

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I had a similar problem after installing XP on our family computer. For a couple days after installation, everything was fine, and then PFFT! No more DVD or CD-RW.

After several weeks of trying everything we can think of, we finally sucked it up and just reinstalled. Fixed it right up.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probs-with-windows-xp-installation/124268/5 "2002-08-17T15:35:18Z")

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Yep, putting the old OS back on does the trick, mostly because XP is no compatible with a lot of stuff. But if you try the cdrom manf site they might have an XP update.

In the future, you might consider making a dual boot, XP & your old OS. Xp should ask you if you want to do that & create the system for you.