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Problem installing win xp pro

Mar 21st, 2008

Hey,

Im trying to install a fresh copy of win xp pro but on the last 29min of the installation a message comes up saying "some files on windows xp professional CD-ROM are needed?"
can anyone help?

Thanks

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Re: Problem installing win xp pro

Mar 21st, 2008

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Originally Posted by work_it

Hey,

Im trying to install a fresh copy of win xp pro but on the last 29min of the installation a message comes up saying "some files on windows xp professional CD-ROM are needed?"
can anyone help?

Thanks

ok,assuming you are using a winxp pro disk ,it might be that it cant copy said files because the disk is dirty ,take out the disk and clean it and replace disk and hit try again or similar option

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