- Apr 9, 2014
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So, I didn't buy an optical drive when I got all the parts for my computer. And now I'm lost.
I've never had to install from scratch before, especially not with with a USB drive. I downloaded a torrent of Windows 8 (I don't have a physical copy) , I also copied the contents of a Windows Xp cd I had lying around. Put both of them on the drive (separate times of course) but it can't find a file to boot off of.
Can someone please tell me what in the world I'm doing wrong?
Would I be better off just going to buy an optical drive, installing XP, and then when the system is up and running, upgrade to Windows 8?
I've never had to install from scratch before, especially not with with a USB drive. I downloaded a torrent of Windows 8 (I don't have a physical copy) , I also copied the contents of a Windows Xp cd I had lying around. Put both of them on the drive (separate times of course) but it can't find a file to boot off of.
Can someone please tell me what in the world I'm doing wrong?
Would I be better off just going to buy an optical drive, installing XP, and then when the system is up and running, upgrade to Windows 8?
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