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OK, not often I'm stumped and exasperated with an IT problem, but this one has my back up.
A friend gave me his laptop to wipe and reinstall XP on. It has to be XP as it runs some vehicle diagnostic software that still only runs on this OS.
Problem. His laptop won't boot from a bootable XP USB stick. I tried two XP images, three ISO to USB apps and five USB sticks to no avail - it just boots straight into the current install of XP.
I obviously thought something up with the laptop, so ordered a cheap USB DVD Rom...... as an afterthought I tried a Win 10 USB install on it and it booted from the stick no problem. As another afterthought I then tried both XP USB sticks I had in my own laptop, and guess what. No boot. It just skips right over and boots into the current OS.
Answers on a postcard.... [emoji19]
A friend gave me his laptop to wipe and reinstall XP on. It has to be XP as it runs some vehicle diagnostic software that still only runs on this OS.
Problem. His laptop won't boot from a bootable XP USB stick. I tried two XP images, three ISO to USB apps and five USB sticks to no avail - it just boots straight into the current install of XP.
I obviously thought something up with the laptop, so ordered a cheap USB DVD Rom...... as an afterthought I tried a Win 10 USB install on it and it booted from the stick no problem. As another afterthought I then tried both XP USB sticks I had in my own laptop, and guess what. No boot. It just skips right over and boots into the current OS.
Answers on a postcard.... [emoji19]