Windows XP Preview Disc [October 2001]

[RichB93]

Hey all, hope this is okay for a first post! I've been hanging around the forums checking stuff out but I've decided I'd love to have a play with the stuff available on the FTP as well as discuss whatnot with you lot. Whilst this isn't as exciting as an actual OS, I thought there might be some interest in it. The Windows XP Preview Disc was a promotional disc given away in October 2001 as part of the marketing push to advertise the OS. On the disc is various multimedia and video demos of the OS and upcoming software such as the Plus pack, and the XP Upgrade Advisor.

I couldn't see it available here, hence me posting about it. If you'd like a copy, I'm happy to upload it.

Cheers!

Rich

[Courage]

I'd like to see this uploaded. I'm interested about promotional stuff for software. Can you give a detailed list of what it contains?

[betaluva]

never heard of it (and i have been on the scene since August 2001) please upload it to send space or another site http://www.adrive.com is good, include scans of the disc and cover if you can.






tes upload it

[rhobariii]

Dump it and upload to BA FTP.

[KyleTheKacheek]

I would like to see it. Can anyone post screenshots for it?

[RichB93]

Uploaded it to the public FTP. Enjoy

[James]

I remember this thing. It was a free "take one" from my local US Post Office and I remember my mum getting me one, and it was so wow and stuff like that. Then we waited until 2002 to upgrade to XP, lol.

[wasabilee]

any chance this be uploaded to some hosting site ?

[rhobariii]

any chance this be uploaded to some hosting site ?

Get FTP Access. Simple

[Lukas Marsik]

Get FTP Access. Simple

Even with FTP access, some people want to have it ASAP instead of waiting for it to be processed

[rhobariii]

For me BA FTP is faster than any file sharing site.

[AlphaBeta]

For me BA FTP is faster than any file sharing site.

He means processing of the upload by admins, not the download speed.

[rhobariii]

For me BA FTP is faster than any file sharing site.

He means processing of the upload by admins, not the download speed.

I mean I would rather wait than download it from a slow site.

[wasabilee]

depends of site -_-

[rhobariii]

depends of site -_-

Still FTP is faster

[RichB93]

I'm happy to upload and post a Mega.co.nz link if it's allowed.

[AlphaBeta]

depends of site -_-

Still FTP is faster

For some users like you yes. Doesn't mean it's faster for everybody.

Anyway, we're getting out of topic.

[Pwned]

I'm happy to upload and post a Mega.co.nz link if it's allowed.

From what I understand it is allowed, since October 2001 is already "abandonware". Interesting how the CD label is "Windows XP Autodemo". That term is also known in video games, which automatically "play" promotional content, without the player having to control anything. Some users would probably want an alternative download source (such as Mega), since it takes a lot of time to process files onto the FTP usually.

By the way, is the MD5 of your ISO the following:

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e7f7dc8ff8a94cfd828032318c96b77b

As I would like to compare it to the copy I already have.

Either way, thanks for sharing.

[RichB93]

The MD5 could be different to yours as I believe that this is a UK specific release as I found graphics with UK phone numbers and money in GBP.

I'll start the upload to MEGA and update this post with a link once it's done

EDIT: MD5 matches yours, so I was wrong about it being localised for the UK. My bad. MEGA link will be available soon!

EDIT 2: MEGA link here

[Pwned]

The MD5 could be different to yours as I believe that this is a UK specific release as I found graphics with UK phone numbers and money in GBP.

I'll start the upload to MEGA and update this post with a link once it's done

EDIT: MD5 matches yours, so I was wrong about it being localised for the UK. My bad. MEGA link will be available soon!

Actually I verified this a few hours ago and this was indeed a UK release I thought, because there were ".co.uk" links in the images. I just received the same thing as you, only from another source, so it should be fine.

Thanks again!