Posted by Little Red Hen on 12/31/06 05:55

"aloof" <mraloof@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all, if this is an FAQ I apologize but I'm struggling to find
> anything on what I figured would be easy to find answers to. A couple
> of days ago I purchased a new computer that has an HD-DVD drive (link:
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/y9apvo). It's a Toshiba SD-H802A.
>
> The computer came with Windows Media Center as the OS but I need to use
> Windows XP Pro on this machine (long and boring story). My question is
> how does one watch HD-DVD movies on an XP machine? Currently, I'm
> trying to watch The Bourne Supremacy (disc came with the computer) but
> when I put it in the drive, Windows says it can't read the
> disc--something along the lines of it possibly being corrupt, etc. Is
> it not possible to watch HD-DVDs on XP? Does one need a special decoder
> for it?
>
> Thanks in advance all.
>

The software to play HD-DVD was most likely an OEM version locked to the
original Windows Media Centre operating system. When you formatted the HD
and installed XP Pro that's most likely the problem. You will somehow have
to get the version of Nero that came with the WMC OS or find a patch and
driver.

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