Zoidberg Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Hey,My mate was trying to install Windows Media Center and it was asking for a partition. Does it actually need a partition or can you get around that?Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 It needs a partition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Windows Media Center is an Operating System and as such, needs to be installed on a primary partition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoidberg Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Windows Media Center is an Operating System and as such, needs to be installed on a primary partition Ok, how big does that partition have to be then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoidberg Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Can you install Windows Media Center if you already have Xp installed? Or does it have to be a clean installation of everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Media Center Edition is an upgrade for Windows XP Professional. It will not run on XP Home. You can also get a stand-alone version which will run on its own without isntalling XP first.Check this out: http://www.retrosight.com/mediacenter/setu...nstructions.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoidberg Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Media Center Edition is an upgrade for Windows XP Professional. It will not run on XP Home. You can also get a stand-alone version which will run on its own without isntalling XP first.Check this out: http://www.retrosight.com/mediacenter/setu...nstructions.pdfThanks scarecrow man, I was having trouble installing it. Thought I needed to do a clean installation of windows. Will that let me watch videos off my hard drive also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoidberg Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 So I went through the instructional pdf you linked, it looks like it does have to be a clean install. Would a repair installation be any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Will that let me watch videos off my hard drive also?I can watch videos on my XP systems - home and professional. You don't need MCE to do this, just the right codecs and Windows Media Player or independent DVD playing software such as WinDVD. (or have I misunderstood what you are trying to do?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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