setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your compu

[John]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c


"laurie_g" <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0853E2A1-B137-40D4-B5AC-B4AC2F4F3A64@microsoft.com...
> I put the "Reinstallation CD" in the drive.
> My boot sequence is set to the cd drive (I've even disabled the hard drive
> in setup and windows still boots bypassing the cd)
> When the screen says "press any key to boot to cd"... i press Enter (or
> spacebar or any other key)
> and still Windows boots...
>
> I have tried uninstalling XP SP2 and trying the sequence all over to no
> avail.
>
> I thought it was just a fluke on one pc but now i have two that are giving
> me this grief!
>
> I have even created a "slipstream" cd which integrates the version of XP
> that is on my reinstallation cd with XP SP 2... it is a bootable cd but
> still
> won't boot to it.
>
> very very frustrating!!

I get the feeling there's something wrong with your keyboard. You think that
you've pressed a key but the system doesn't detect it. Try a different
keyboard.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Are you pressing a key when the message displays "Press any key to boot from
the cd...." ?

"laurie_g" <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0BF667FA-F1A8-4D7F-B27D-AE1A974C1A51@microsoft.com...
> No, it will not "boot to the cd" in order to do a clean install (delete
> partition, create partition, install)... instead it bypasses that part and
> boots to windows where I can "run" the cd and select "install windows"
> (this
> is where i get the error that setup cannot continue because the version of
> windows on your pc is newer than the version on the cd".
>
> I NEED to completely reformat and start fresh, but i am unable to do that
> because it won't boot to the CD.
>
>
>
> "PD43" wrote:
>
>> laurie_g <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Since the cd wouldn't boot, I tried using the "install Windows" option
>> >from
>> >setup on the CD, -- this is where I got the "setup cannot continue
>> >because
>> >the version of windows on your pc is newer than the version on the cd"
>> >message. It does not allow me continue even though this is what I want
>> >to do.
>>
>> WAIT A MINUTE!
>>
>> It "wouldn't boot", yet you are able to try "install windows"???
>>
>> IT BOOTED!
>>
>> I still say you are somehow trying to run a repair install instead of
>> a clean install. Maybe that Dell disk won't allow a clean install???
>>

 

[PD43]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

"John" <a> wrote:

>I get the feeling there's something wrong with your keyboard. You think that
>you've pressed a key but the system doesn't detect it. Try a different
>keyboard.

You need to update your "feeling" drivers.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

When you launch Setup from Windows the drive tools are not available because
you have started at stage 2 (graphical stage). Also, the C: drive will not
format while the existing OS is running. That's why you have to boot from
the cd at machine startup in order to format the drive.

"laurie_g" <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B5F5C87-6B9B-4291-9BA9-12637DEF80E1@microsoft.com...
> Yes, that's all the cd would let me do. I can install a new copy of
> windows
> but I cannot reformat the drive - which is what i want to do.
>
>
> YOU feel dizzy!! My head is spinning!!
>
>
>
> "PD43" wrote:
>
>> laurie_g <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Since the cd wouldn't boot, I tried using the "install Windows" option
>> >from
>> >setup on the CD, -- this is where I got the "setup cannot continue
>> >because
>> >the version of windows on your pc is newer than the version on the cd"
>> >message.
>>
>> Question: did you do that from WITHIN Windows?
>>
>> I feel like a kid twirling around in circles to get dizzy... except
>> that I'm not twirling <g>
>>

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:03:00 -0700, laurie_g
<laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>
> "Daave" wrote:
>
> > laurie_g wrote:
> > > I have two dell GX280's and BOTH of them are giving me this message
> > >
> > > "setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your
> > > computer is newer than the version on the cd"
> > >
> > > I have changed my boot order to start from CD. I am using the
> > > restoration CDs
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > We've established elsewhere in this thread that these are
> > (re-)installation CDs, not recovery CDs (a different animal).
> >
> > > that came with each pc, (I have even tried a stand alone cd),
> >
> > I'm not really sure what you mean by a "stand alone cd."
>
> Just a fresh copy of Windows XP purchased directly from Microsoft - it did
> not come with any PC.
>
>
>
> >
> > > however, once prompted to press any key to boot from CD,
> > > Windows just starts up again.
> >
> > It sounds like you didn't press the key! Or perhaps there's something
> > wrong with your keyboard.
>
> Nope, i PRESSED... nothing wrong with the keyboard. Remember it is happening
> on 2 different PCs (albeit both of them are the same GX260 animal)


A USB keyboard? Read here:
http://www.techarp.com/showfreebog.aspx?lang=0&bogno=226


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

 

[laurie_g]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

uh, YES!

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Are you pressing a key when the message displays "Press any key to boot from
> the cd...." ?
>
> "laurie_g" <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0BF667FA-F1A8-4D7F-B27D-AE1A974C1A51@microsoft.com...
> > No, it will not "boot to the cd" in order to do a clean install (delete
> > partition, create partition, install)... instead it bypasses that part and
> > boots to windows where I can "run" the cd and select "install windows"
> > (this
> > is where i get the error that setup cannot continue because the version of
> > windows on your pc is newer than the version on the cd".
> >
> > I NEED to completely reformat and start fresh, but i am unable to do that
> > because it won't boot to the CD.
> >
> >
> >
> > "PD43" wrote:
> >
> >> laurie_g <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Since the cd wouldn't boot, I tried using the "install Windows" option
> >> >from
> >> >setup on the CD, -- this is where I got the "setup cannot continue
> >> >because
> >> >the version of windows on your pc is newer than the version on the cd"
> >> >message. It does not allow me continue even though this is what I want
> >> >to do.
> >>
> >> WAIT A MINUTE!
> >>
> >> It "wouldn't boot", yet you are able to try "install windows"???
> >>
> >> IT BOOTED!
> >>
> >> I still say you are somehow trying to run a repair install instead of
> >> a clean install. Maybe that Dell disk won't allow a clean install???
> >>
>

 

[laurie_g]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c



"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> When you launch Setup from Windows the drive tools are not available because
> you have started at stage 2 (graphical stage). Also, the C: drive will not
> format while the existing OS is running. That's why you have to boot from
> the cd at machine startup in order to format the drive.

Yes, I know that... that is what I am trying to do... but it will not boot
FROM THE CD to get me into the delete partition/create partition/install
stage.





>
> "laurie_g" <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9B5F5C87-6B9B-4291-9BA9-12637DEF80E1@microsoft.com...
> > Yes, that's all the cd would let me do. I can install a new copy of
> > windows
> > but I cannot reformat the drive - which is what i want to do.
> >
> >
> > YOU feel dizzy!! My head is spinning!!
> >
> >
> >
> > "PD43" wrote:
> >
> >> laurie_g <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Since the cd wouldn't boot, I tried using the "install Windows" option
> >> >from
> >> >setup on the CD, -- this is where I got the "setup cannot continue
> >> >because
> >> >the version of windows on your pc is newer than the version on the cd"
> >> >message.
> >>
> >> Question: did you do that from WITHIN Windows?
> >>
> >> I feel like a kid twirling around in circles to get dizzy... except
> >> that I'm not twirling <g>
> >>
>

 

[laurie_g]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c



"John" wrote:

>
> "laurie_g" <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5FA299C6-645C-4659-A841-7DFAC9AD3729@microsoft.com...
> >I am using the "Reinstallation CD for Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
> >that
> > came with the PC from Dell.
>
> Just as I thought, it's not a recovery disk. By "recovery disk" I meant a
> CD/DVD that contains factory shipped image that you can restore onto HD.
>
> > I have a lab FULL of these machines and have used
> > these CDs several times without ever having this issue.
>
> I've never seen that problem either. I've always been able to use Dell
> reinstallation CD to partition, format and install WinXP regardless what
> data is in the HD.
>
> > Since the cd wouldn't boot, I tried using the "install Windows" option
> > from
> > setup on the CD,
>
> Ummm... do you mean you boot to Windows XP (on the HD), pop reinstall CD in
> the drive, autorun kicks in and you try to install Windows??


tried that... can't reformat that way. I need to be able to boot from the cd
but it keeps bypassing even after i press any stupid key.

found a new slipstreaming site for Dells that Daave recommended... still
working on gathering some of the files i need... keep fingers crossed!

 

[Daave]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

laurie_g wrote:
> "John" wrote:
>> Ummm... do you mean you boot to Windows XP (on the HD), pop
>> reinstall CD in the drive, autorun kicks in and you try to install
>> Windows??
>
> tried that... can't reformat that way. I need to be able to boot from
> the cd but it keeps bypassing even after i press any stupid key.
>
> found a new slipstreaming site for Dells that Daave recommended...
> still working on gathering some of the files i need... keep fingers
> crossed!

Although slipstreaming will come in handy when you want to perform a
repair install, it won't address your issue of not being able to boot
from the CD (whether it's your original reinstallation CD or the newly
created slipstreamed one).

Did you catch Ken's post? It sounds like your using a USB keyboard. Just
try a PS/2 keyboard and see what happens.

 

[John]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c


"laurie_g" <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68F9EBD3-5B5F-44AA-A438-5B4D8243613D@microsoft.com...
>
> found a new slipstreaming site for Dells that Daave recommended... still
> working on gathering some of the files i need... keep fingers crossed!

I don't see how that's going to solve your issue. The setup CD you got from
Dell is fine. Are you sure it's not the keyboard? There are at least 3
replies (including mine) who think the culprit is your keyboard.

 

[PD43]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

"John" <a> wrote:

>I don't see how that's going to solve your issue. The setup CD you got from
>Dell is fine. Are you sure it's not the keyboard? There are at least 3
>replies (including mine) who think the culprit is your keyboard.

They are ALL wrong

 

[laurie_g]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FRICKEN KIDDING ME!!!

I changed my keyboard and voila!!
I have NEVER ever gone through this before. Most all of the machines i've
worked on have had wireless keyboards and i've never had a problem.

well you learn something every day!

Thanks Ken, YOU ROCK!



"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:03:00 -0700, laurie_g
> <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Daave" wrote:
> >
> > > laurie_g wrote:
> > > > I have two dell GX280's and BOTH of them are giving me this message
> > > >
> > > > "setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your
> > > > computer is newer than the version on the cd"
> > > >
> > > > I have changed my boot order to start from CD. I am using the
> > > > restoration CDs
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > We've established elsewhere in this thread that these are
> > > (re-)installation CDs, not recovery CDs (a different animal).
> > >
> > > > that came with each pc, (I have even tried a stand alone cd),
> > >
> > > I'm not really sure what you mean by a "stand alone cd."
> >
> > Just a fresh copy of Windows XP purchased directly from Microsoft - it did
> > not come with any PC.
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > however, once prompted to press any key to boot from CD,
> > > > Windows just starts up again.
> > >
> > > It sounds like you didn't press the key! Or perhaps there's something
> > > wrong with your keyboard.
> >
> > Nope, i PRESSED... nothing wrong with the keyboard. Remember it is happening
> > on 2 different PCs (albeit both of them are the same GX260 animal)
>
>
> A USB keyboard? Read here:
> http://www.techarp.com/showfreebog.aspx?lang=0&bogno=226
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

 

[PD43]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

laurie_g <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FRICKEN KIDDING ME!!!
>
>I changed my keyboard and voila!!

OMYGAWD.

 

[Richard in AZ]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your compu

Bill in Co.
Not all Dell PCs came with a restore option through the second partition.
Many came with only diagnostics through the hidden partition.
Then you do have to use the Dell System Disk to imitate the restoration.

To Laurie: It the disk you are using an off pink in color. Then it is the correct disk.

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:%23jYIoaRkIHA.5260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> For the nth time, you don't normally need a CD to restore the Dell to the factory condition. When
> you boot up and press Ctrl-F11, it will execute that program. Just keep in mind if/when you do
> this, you'll lose everything added since that time, so it's pretty much a last resort.
>
> PD43 wrote:
>> laurie_g <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> HOW can I get these machines to boot from the CD in order to delete the
>>> partition and do a clean install??
>>
>> They are Dell restore CDs that will put the machine back into the same
>> condition that it was when it was first purchased.
>>
>> Why your machine won't boot to them is definitely strange.
>>
>> Check the Dell documentation so see how to use those CDs. Make sure
>> that they are pristinely clean.
>
>

 

[PD43]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your compu

"Richard in AZ" <me@mailinator.com> wrote:

>Bill in Co.
>Not all Dell PCs came with a restore option through the second partition.
>Many came with only diagnostics through the hidden partition.
>Then you do have to use the Dell System Disk to imitate the restoration.

LOL

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your c

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:06:00 -0700, laurie_g
<laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FRICKEN KIDDING ME!!!
>
> I changed my keyboard and voila!!
> I have NEVER ever gone through this before. Most all of the machines i've
> worked on have had wireless keyboards and i've never had a problem.
>
> well you learn something every day!
>
> Thanks Ken, YOU ROCK!


You're welcome. Glad to help.



> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:03:00 -0700, laurie_g
> > <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Daave" wrote:
> > >
> > > > laurie_g wrote:
> > > > > I have two dell GX280's and BOTH of them are giving me this message
> > > > >
> > > > > "setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your
> > > > > computer is newer than the version on the cd"
> > > > >
> > > > > I have changed my boot order to start from CD. I am using the
> > > > > restoration CDs
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > We've established elsewhere in this thread that these are
> > > > (re-)installation CDs, not recovery CDs (a different animal).
> > > >
> > > > > that came with each pc, (I have even tried a stand alone cd),
> > > >
> > > > I'm not really sure what you mean by a "stand alone cd."
> > >
> > > Just a fresh copy of Windows XP purchased directly from Microsoft - it did
> > > not come with any PC.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > however, once prompted to press any key to boot from CD,
> > > > > Windows just starts up again.
> > > >
> > > > It sounds like you didn't press the key! Or perhaps there's something
> > > > wrong with your keyboard.
> > >
> > > Nope, i PRESSED... nothing wrong with the keyboard. Remember it is happening
> > > on 2 different PCs (albeit both of them are the same GX260 animal)
> >
> >
> > A USB keyboard? Read here:
> > http://www.techarp.com/showfreebog.aspx?lang=0&bogno=226
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> >

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

 

[mae]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your compu


"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:%23jYIoaRkIHA.5260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| For the nth time, you don't normally need a CD to restore the Dell to the
| factory condition. When you boot up and press Ctrl-F11, it will execute
| that program. Just keep in mind if/when you do this, you'll lose
| everything added since that time, so it's pretty much a last resort.

Not for my old Dell.
I only have a burgundy reinstallation disk.

mae

| PD43 wrote:
| > laurie_g <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

 

[Bill in Co.]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your compu

For the newer Dells, then.
And if you've made any changes in partitioning, you may have to run MBRFIX
to even get that to work, anymore (at bootup).

mae wrote:
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:%23jYIoaRkIHA.5260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> For the nth time, you don't normally need a CD to restore the Dell to the
>> factory condition. When you boot up and press Ctrl-F11, it will execute
>> that program. Just keep in mind if/when you do this, you'll lose
>> everything added since that time, so it's pretty much a last resort.
>
> Not for my old Dell.
> I only have a burgundy reinstallation disk.
>
> mae
>
>> PD43 wrote:
>>> laurie_g <laurieg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

 

[Daave]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your compu

Bill in Co. wrote:

> mae wrote:
>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23jYIoaRkIHA.5260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> For the nth time, you don't normally need a CD to restore the Dell
>>> to the factory condition. When you boot up and press Ctrl-F11, it
>>> will execute that program. Just keep in mind if/when you do
>>> this, you'll lose everything added since that time, so it's pretty
>>> much a last resort.
>>
>> Not for my old Dell.
>> I only have a burgundy reinstallation disk.

> For the newer Dells, then.

Not for the Dell Vostro my colleague purchased a few months ago. It came
with an XP Reinstallation CD.

 

[Bill in Co.]

Re: setup cannot continue because the version of windows on your compu

Daave wrote:
> Bill in Co. wrote:
>
>> mae wrote:
>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23jYIoaRkIHA.5260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> For the nth time, you don't normally need a CD to restore the Dell
>>>> to the factory condition. When you boot up and press Ctrl-F11, it
>>>> will execute that program. Just keep in mind if/when you do
>>>> this, you'll lose everything added since that time, so it's pretty
>>>> much a last resort.
>>>
>>> Not for my old Dell.
>>> I only have a burgundy reinstallation disk.
>
>> For the newer Dells, then.
>
> Not for the Dell Vostro my colleague purchased a few months ago. It came
> with an XP Reinstallation CD.

Very strange, since I got my Dell Inspiron in January. Are you positive
there isn't a Ctrl-F11 option at bootup?

N.B.: If you've done any repartitioning, or anything that changes the MBR,
that option will be gone (i.e:, those keystrokes will be ignored at
bootup) - unless you can fix it with MBRFIX (or whatever).