I got a Dell PowerEdge 600SC that I'm doing some work on and I'm still trying to figure out everything required to make a XP disc/installation. I installed XP Pro VLK and then tried the Corporate To OEM Utility and "B6F0EEFD" from oembios.net and upon restart it says: It gives that error then logs me out of the account. I can only boot into safe mode. I don't want to have to pay the $30 to get a recovery cd, plus the original os was Windows Server 2000 (maybe my problem?). I'm sure I fubar'd something, could someone be kind enough to tell me where? Thanks
I got the iso a while back in a torrent. It worked great when the VLK wasn't blacklisted. As far as I can tell, it's clean. I'm repairing the install now, I'll post back with results. Thanks again.
I used the program you linked me, it worked great and even restarted for me I went to the validation site from microsoft and it passed validation. Thanks, you just saved me $30!
Yea, my next step is to make a disc that I can just put in and not have to worry. I didn't want to hassle with that and end up with coasters because I'm still new to this. Thanks again
VM is the ticket..You ALWAYS test your CD/DVD in VM. VM ware is good, but you need to be creative to find it.. Virtual box is free and works well also. You can modify both to emulate OEM bios of your choice..VBox only XP, VMWare for XP and Vista/ win 7..
Always use VMs Haha. Right about that! I have several VMs and simply was to stubborn to use them, and almost had my 64bit XP install hosed, remember that? Just have to remember to not get carried away and not use on a live install until virtual machine testing looks good!