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Question

Vista 64-bit on CDs, not DVDs

by Jun 29, 2015 3:58PM PDT

I have an eMachines S2482, with XP. I want to upgrade to Vista, but need the program on CDs, since my machine doesn't recognise DVDs. I can't boot from flash drives, either. I tried PLOP, but it doesn't work on this system. Does anyone know if I can get Vista on CDs. I've Googled with no results for the full program.

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Here's what I used to get around that.
by Forum moderator Jun 29, 2015 4:13PM PDT
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I couldn't boot from a DVD drive.
by windstorm500 Jun 29, 2015 4:27PM PDT

Thanks, but I don't know how this would work since my machine doesn't recognise DVDs and there's no way I could boot from a DVD drive. I can't even boot from a flash drive--only from a floppy or a CD.

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Then it may be too old to make the leap.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 29, 2015 4:55PM PDT

This looks like a desktop. Try a normal DVDRW desktop drive. I've encountered folk that will not invested the 20 buck drive. If so, install Linux.

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Investigate Linux
by Jun 29, 2015 4:35PM PDT
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