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Author Topic: Win XP reinstallation failure  (Read 2828 times)

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earld2

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Win XP reinstallation failure
« on: November 29, 2004, 11:40:22 AM »
After hdd failure, reinstallation of WinXP fails with following error message: "The file setup placed on your hard drive is not a valid Windows XP system image".

Raptor

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Re: Win XP reinstallation failure
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2004, 12:28:09 PM »
Do you ever wonder why they call it a HDD failure...?

Mac

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Re: Win XP reinstallation failure
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2004, 03:37:02 AM »
Hello Earld2,

I guess that you have fitted a new hard-drive. Just ignore the cynics here!

So this is what I did for Rosy,

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=1101762225

Or you can get it from here:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html