X21 windows installation

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X21 windows installation

#1 Post by oldclifford » Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:54 pm

Hi, everyone:
I recently got a X21 and a PCMCIA cd-rom. Can I install windows from the cd-rom by upgrading installation. Thus there is not need to be boot from other deivce. Have anybody try this?
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#2 Post by sktn77a » Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:10 pm

Shouldn't be a problem for an upgrade install but a clean install is really the only way to go. Unfortunately, you cannot do a clean install from a PCMCIA CDROM :cry:
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#3 Post by oldclifford » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:34 pm

Thanks man.
Just wondering why we need a clean install. Anything may goes wrog if upgrade? :?
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#4 Post by sktn77a » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:52 pm

After a while, the registry gets clogged up with junk slowing the computer down and causing software problems. A clean install gets rid of all this.

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(Formerly 600E 2645, T30 2366, X31 2673, T40 2373, T41 2379, T42 2373, T42 2379, T60 1952, T61p 8889, T61p 8891
Currently T420 4177-CTO, T430 2347-A54, T430 2347-UN9, T430 2349-L64, T430 2342-CTO, H520S 2561-1LU, Ideapad K1)
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