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From: mahmad on 11 Feb 2010 11:46 Hi, I am trying to install XP Pro SP2 on a new 160GB SATA drive for Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4 tower. The hard drive gets detected ok, i am able to format the drive and when the installation of the files begins its able to install 57% then a blue screen saying the following files could not be loaded, do i want to Retry, Skip or Exit. If i select Skip i then get the prompt again for another file which couldnt be loaded, i thought it might have been my Win XP DVD so tried another same problem. I have even tried a completly different HDD and still the same problem. Never come across this before thanks for your help Mo
From: Shenan Stanley on 11 Feb 2010 12:15 mahmad wrote: > I am trying to install XP Pro SP2 on a new 160GB SATA drive for Dell > Dimension XPS Gen 4 tower. > > The hard drive gets detected ok, i am able to format the drive and > when the installation of the files begins its able to install 57% > then a blue screen saying the following files could not be loaded, > do i want to Retry, Skip or Exit. > > If i select Skip i then get the prompt again for another file which > couldnt be loaded, i thought it might have been my Win XP DVD so > tried another same problem. > > I have even tried a completly different HDD and still the same > problem. > > Never come across this before First - why do you have a Windows XP DVD? Windows XP came on CD or multiple CDs depending on the edition. Tried a different CD drive? Different cable for the CD drive and/or hard disk drive? Tried different system memory? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: David B. on 12 Feb 2010 14:14 If the OP has an OEM Dell MCE 2005 disk it is in fact on a DVD, but as they failed to say specifically what they were using who can say. -- -- "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23zmlP3zqKHA.5936(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > mahmad wrote: >> I am trying to install XP Pro SP2 on a new 160GB SATA drive for Dell >> Dimension XPS Gen 4 tower. >> >> The hard drive gets detected ok, i am able to format the drive and >> when the installation of the files begins its able to install 57% >> then a blue screen saying the following files could not be loaded, >> do i want to Retry, Skip or Exit. >> >> If i select Skip i then get the prompt again for another file which >> couldnt be loaded, i thought it might have been my Win XP DVD so >> tried another same problem. >> >> I have even tried a completly different HDD and still the same >> problem. >> >> Never come across this before > > First - why do you have a Windows XP DVD? Windows XP came on CD or > multiple CDs depending on the edition. > > Tried a different CD drive? Different cable for the CD drive and/or hard > disk drive? Tried different system memory? > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
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