Re: XP won't install

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"Roy Daniel" <RoyDaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Recently my computer hard drive became corrupted and I attempted to
> re-install XP. The program began the install and then notified me that the
> "disk was corrupt and could not be repaired". I installed a new hard drive
> and still XP told me the same thing. The install program began and created
> two folders on the drive and then gave me the same message. I formatted
> the
> hard drive and tried both FAT32 and NTFS but it still would not load
> giving
> me the same message. Is the CD corrupt or what???


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