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<blockquote data-quote="jasonwatkins" data-source="post: 380156" data-attributes="member: 88746">don't be sorry <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />i'd rather find out now, instead of trying half a dozen different things on it ..i've just tried installing windows XP on it, but that didn't take ... i know there's methods of installing linux directly onto USB sticks to make that bootable, so I might try that next.(he says, about to try half a dozen things ...)i'll be rather annoyed if i can't really - i've been looking forward to getting this for a while based on being able to re-install different software onto it - you can reformat it to FAT32 or NTFS ...i've just plugged the unit in to the TV actually to see what happens and I do think the penny has dropped - a little.i think the software on the unit is basically hardcoded into the ROM, because I reformatted the drive to install windows onto it and all it did was create a new folder ..bugger ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jasonwatkins, post: 380156, member: 88746"] don't be sorry :) i'd rather find out now, instead of trying half a dozen different things on it .. i've just tried installing windows XP on it, but that didn't take ... i know there's methods of installing linux directly onto USB sticks to make that bootable, so I might try that next. (he says, about to try half a dozen things ...) i'll be rather annoyed if i can't really - i've been looking forward to getting this for a while based on being able to re-install different software onto it - you can reformat it to FAT32 or NTFS ... i've just plugged the unit in to the TV actually to see what happens and I do think the penny has dropped - a little. i think the software on the unit is basically hardcoded into the ROM, because I reformatted the drive to install windows onto it and all it did was create a new folder .. bugger ... [/QUOTE]

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