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- Sat Mar 17, 2018 6:40 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Getting started
- Replies: 10
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Re: Getting started
I made some progress today. But I am not quite there yet. I installed ReactOS .047 (yes I know there is a later version) on an old Compaq desktop Once again I need to look up the specs on this computer but I did have Windows 2000 installed on it when it was running. Before the hard drive died. I thi...
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:32 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Getting started
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5872
Re: Getting started
On newer PCs, be sure to boot by legacy Mode and not UEFI boot. UEFI thinks we already support booting from it, but thats not the case yet. Thanks for the tip. I remember seeing this setting in the BIOS but didn't know what the difference between the two were. I try not to mess with anything in the...
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:50 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Getting started
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5872
Re: Getting started
Update: I tried running the CD on a fairly new Dell Laptop. I currently have this computer setup for a dual boot for Cloudready and WIndows 10. For some reason it went straight to the dual boot option and bypassed the loading from the CD. I'm not sure what's up with that. I'll have to dig into that ...
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:00 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Getting started
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5872
Getting started
I'm not sure if ReactOS works on my computer or not. I will post details about the specs once someone answers this question. Forgive me, I haven't had much of a chance to test out ReactOS except on one computer so far. Kind of hard to do stuff (much less concentrate) on computers after my 6 year old...