Subj : Win2K SP2 Install "Proble
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Raid
Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 04:09 pm

  Re: Win2K SP2 Install "Proble
  By: MIKE POWELL to ALL on Sat Aug 20 2005 08:47 pm

 > I recently found a cheap box of mostly old software at a rummage sale.  Most
 > of it is junk, but there was included a Dell "Operating System Reinstallatio
 > CD W2K+SP2."  I decided to attempt to install this on a spare PC that is not
 > a Dell.


It's a restore CD. it looks in the machines BIOS for a dell signature, when it
doesn't find it, it refuses to install. 

 > The HD currently has Win98SE on it... would wiping out the HD help, or is th
 > code detecting (or not detecting) something else about the machine?  If so,
 > is there any way around that "verification check"?

No. You need either an OEM copy of windows 2000, Or a retail upgrade copy.
Personally, I'd go with the OEM copy.

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