To solve a Windows problem, I installed Windows XP to a new folder. This is also known as a parallel installation. I now have XP installed in two locations, in the WINXP folder as well as the Windows folder. I want to keep the new WINXP installation and discard the old, problem-laden Windows installation.
View 8 RepliesI've lately had some problems with my win-xp (home) following installation/ un-installation of daemon tools that corrupted some registry files. After an unsuccesfull repair-instalation of xp, i re-installed xp onto the secondary partition of my hard drive (d:, the original instalation being on c. I was intending to format the c: drive, then instal a copy of xp-pro i have onto it
finally moving the files i want to keep back from the d: drive onto the c: drive.The problem i'm now having is on formatting i recieve the error message 'system partition is not allowed to be formatted', as it is the primary partition. Can i go about formatting this drive in partitions and proceed with the re-install without having to remove the files i have on the d: drive? How might i go about this?
WinXP Pro SP2..Multiple drives USB, SATA, EIDE..Had WinXP on C:. Drive started getting a little flaky, created an XP parallel install on newly formatted NTFS drive F: Dual boot works fine, can choose either install to boot, (of course the F: install is newer/cleaner/faster)C: continues to go south, taking the bootloader with it.Is there some way to make the drive F: installation bootable, so that I can jettison the wonky C: drive? It's not a question of BIOS boot order, or whatever, if I disable C: and set the F: disk as the boot device, I get an error message about inserting bootable media.I'm fooling around with Acronis Disk Director and OS selector, but that doesn't seem to get me completely there.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI used this Parallel marked especially for Direct Connection file transfer. Now. I set up this connection on both computers. both have Windows XP, both are Service Pack 2. One as the host, and one as the guest. however. while I can directly connect the two, niether of the computers show in terms of shared files or even workgroup computers. I don't know how to get this to work, and I cannot afford any USB cables.
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View 14 Replies View RelatedDell optiplex gx240, 20 gb, 256 mb p4, I try installing xp pro with the dell reinstallation disk and it will go thru format,creates a list of files to be copied, starts copying files, then stops after about 3-4% and says file cannot be copied. I hit escape to skip file but continues with file after file until windows stops installation. It starts not copying .tff and .dll files. I have changed hds, cdrom,different disk, tried xp pro and 2000 with the same results.
View 2 Replies View Relatedi have a HP Pavilion laptop [dv5117ci] with factory load XP Pro SP2and factory restore discs. the system became corrupted by a failed Win update.
it had multiple files showing bad, so rather than chase them one at a time for an unknowable number of days, I decided to create a new directory and install fresh copy of WinXP Pro
That looked like it was going to work but after being up on the initial boot, wobbly, for about 45 minutes, something caused a freeze, and I was toasted after that. Same routine again: bootup, get error "Windows failed to start because the following file is missing or corrupt"
I recently purchased and installed xp home version update package. can I delete the windows me files without damaging the installation
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am trying to install Windows XP Prof. and it keeps failing to copy over files right after a format. It never is the same files, it has been about 15-20 different files on about 5-6 tries of installation.It asks you if you want to retry and sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes you have to skip. It says it could be the windows disk, but the windows disk works fine in my test machine and I can install windows perfectly over there.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI recently bought a new hard drive because my old one was playing up. I installed xp on my new one, and after a few teething problems i got it up and running and transferred all my files and installed the programs i wanted. Whenever i started the computer, i got a message saying that two operating systems had been found, and i could choose to load either my old or new one. I wanted to format my old drive so that i could use it for storage (it wasnt dead, just slow). It didnt let me do that on windows for whatever reason, so i looked it up on the net and someone said to load up from the xp boot cd and delete the partition from there. I did this, but after that it didnt recognise the windows installation on my new hard drive.
So all i could think of doing was to reinstall windows on my old one, which i have done. I know the data on my new hard drive is all there, as i can access it via my computer. my new hard drive is a SATA, and i read about problems with this, indeed i had to load some drivers from a floppy to get it to work in the first place. also i heard about having a master disk drive or something, but in BIOS i couldnt figure out how to change it to make my new hard drive the master. So basically, i was wondering what can i do to be able to load windows from my new hard drive, and once i suceed at that, how can i safely format my old one so i can use it for storage?
I initially had a problem with java after installing a SP2 update for IE. And eventually reinstalled XP, that didn't correct the issue and then I had to get a new product code because I was in the "you have 30 days to activate" loop even though my copy of XP was already activated.So called Microsoft, got new product key and started to install again. This is when I first got the "Unable to copy files" error. I tried 2 different copies of XP but got the same issue, with the same files, with each disk.I've talked to Microsoft for hours, and finally had a guy tell me it was my motherboard (now this is after having swapped out my memory with the manufacturer). I just received my replacement board (M7NCD by Biostar) and I am still getting the same error. The gist is that at the dsound3d.dll, I start to get "unable to copy file" errors. I attempt to retry the copy, which works occasionally, but eventually I get an error (normally a memory error) Microsoft had said that even with those errors, it wasn't my memory but my motherboard that was the issue
View 8 Replies View Relatedmy dying WinXP system sometimes can be coaxed into booting as far as the recovery console or even into Windows (5 or 6 successive reboots, couple of CHDSKs and so on).Will not boot into Safe Mode(hangs after dumping a page of file names)Will not go back to Last Known Good Config Will not go back to any Restore Points I Have given up on it ....and will go for a complete re-install next ... but I would love to be able to grab some files before I kill it off.
Is there some way I can (forgive the terminology) 'stop the system' the second it passes the Windows Log In screen, it sometimes makes it this far but will not complete installation of all apps etc before dying. I just need basic functionality for 15 minutes to copy some files or maybe there is a way to find the files once in Recovery Console?
Where are the installation files located on the XP CD? So I can copy the files to the hard drive, and then install XP off the Hard Drive.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI reformat the drives and during the XP Home Discs process of copying files for the installation, the process freezes the system anywhere from 11% at driver.cab to 54% at some random file (i didnt take note). I have tried 2 different XP home Discs (both legal etc.) and two different disk drives, though both are new. and still it is yielding the same result. I have also tried loosening the ram timings to 5-5-5-15 (they are rated at 4-4-4-12). No luck and this is beggining to wear me down.
View 2 Replies View RelatedFirst time poster; having an issue with a Windows XP repair installation. More specifically, during the repair installation process I am presented with this error message:"Files Needed The file 'asms' on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD is needed. Type the path where the file is located, and then click OK. Copy files from: D: . . . " Note that the Windows XP DVD includes Service Pack 2. Also note that when the error message presents, the CD-ROM essentially goes dead.
View 2 Replies View RelatedFirst I attempted to install Win XP Home from a cdrom to my C partition (20 gigs, partitioned from either my 120 or 160 gig (forget which) hard drive). However it kept botching up and giving me messages about files not copying properly or being corrupted etc. I cycled through a variety of XP install cds (son's, wife's, etc) without any luck. I tried using either the CDRW or DVD drive, in case one might have been faulty...no luck, however.I figured all of this business probably gunked up the works on my C partition, so I thought I'd better format it and wipe it clean, which I did using a Win98 SE boot CD and loading FDISK. I wanted to partition the 20 gig into 2 x 10 gig so that I could limit the C partition to pretty much only Win XP. Silly me...! Turned out I made a 2 MB partition with the remainder of the partition seemingly unavailable to me...couldn't see it when attempting to view partition information.
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI recently reinstalled XP but I didn't format the hard drive during the process. My hard drive is now almost full because the files and folders were not deleted...and they are nowhere to be found. I vaguely remember an option somewhere to delete files from a previous installation in xp but I can't seem to find it anywhere.I even tried Googling it but can't find it. Does anyone know how I can get rid of these old files.
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When I try to copy/paste files and folders in windows XP explorer (or in the desktop or a program's dialog box), windows wants to re-install one of the programs I have already installed on my computer or that I installed once upon a time.
Currently this is happening with Roxio Easy media Creator 7, but in the past it has happened with many other programs, such as MS Office, Roxio and some other shareware programs.
I have a Dell 2350 Pentium4 1.8 gig Running WinXP Servicepack 1. When trying to install service pack2 thru automatic updates, the installation seems to be going fine. Then, while copying new files to the computer (after backing up and setting a restore point) I get a message that says "Generic host proces for Win32 Services encountered a problem and needs to close". The file copying continues in the backround. The standard message asks if I want to send the error to Microsoft. I send it and the file copying continues. After five more minutes copying files an error message pops up:"Access is denied". The system requires a click on "OK" and the old system is restored. I have tried to install several times with the same results.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI purchased the following system from Costco and was glad I was able to purchase the system complete without having to add components after the sale. I have tried and tried to get used to Vista (6 months) but as I am disabled and my brain doesn't always compute efficiently, I've had difficulties. Mostly with getting things recognized on the small network in my home. My other computers run XP and I wonder if there is not some conflict with the different operating systems trying to access the same files and printers? Finally I just decided to go back to XP..
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at first my PC was making funny effects. The screen goes blank and no screen comes out after XP finishes booting up. Frequent reboots were needed to get into XP. Didn't care at this stage as i was able to still do my work.
After few weeks, the PC goes mad with BAD POOLER CALL errors and restarts and i could not get my way into XP same goes for Safe Mode. So i decided to repair my XP...
It all goes fine, when installation goes halfway at "Copying files..." screen goes black, DVDROM goes disco in the LEDs and the PC restarts by itself. This happens endlessly.
I started up the computer, watched the BIOS detect the RAM, hard drive, etc, and then was greeted by a blank screen instead of the Windows boot screen. It proceeded though, and after a few seconds flashed to another black screen, this time displaying the cursor. I'm guessing this is the logon screen, but nothing displays but the cursor. (Note that the video card and monitor are both fine...I tried swapping them out just in case.)
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View 6 Replies View RelatedWhenever I try to install something, the window that shows thats its installing closes and installation stops. I restart the install, but it keeps on closing and at different times.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm using Win XP and, using the built in Zip feature,have zipped up 14 files that include one .exe file and one .bas file.When I try to Extract All files it extracts all except these two files.It says that the files have been blocked to protect the computer, then I can click on a link to find out how to unblock the files but the instructions to do so don't make sense.The instructions tell you to save the file, then right click/properties/unblock, but I can't see how you can save a file if it hasn't been unzipped.How can I stop the .exe and .bas files from being blocked
View 6 Replies View RelatedNow however, my hard drive seems to contain approx 13GB of data which I am unable to locate, even when viewing the "hidden files" option. I first noticed this increased used space when I wanted to defragment the hard drive and noticed that there was only 45% free space available (there is usually 75%).I have viewed the properties of all the folders on the C: drive and they do not add up to the 20GB shown on the C: drive properties...The defragment report states that "some files in the volume could not be defragmented"
My system totally crashed. I reformatted the drive and reinstall XP. Well, everything seems to be going along just fine until I get to 70% finished with copying installation files and I get message after message saying that the files cannot be copied.
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