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ephobe

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Posted: Mon, 11th Apr 2005 17:55 Post subject: hivesys.inf	Quick Quote Quote

what does it mean when is says..."hivesys.inf corrupt, can't install Windows XP?"

Steve-O 2004

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Posted: Mon, 11th Apr 2005 18:00 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

it means hivesys.inf is corrupt and it cannot install Windows XP George W Bush - '...more and more of our imports are coming from overseas.'

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ephobe

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Posted: Mon, 11th Apr 2005 18:04 Post subject:

Steve-O 2004 wrote:

it means hivesys.inf is corrupt and it cannot install Windows XP Smile

obviously...is there a fix? can I replace the file? Rolling Eyes

uploader

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Posted: Mon, 11th Apr 2005 19:02 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

No, you are trying to install windows from cd when you get this error right? well if this is the case try to clean your cd or get hold of a new copy of windows

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Posted: Mon, 11th Apr 2005 19:31 Post subject:

ephobe wrote:

Steve-O 2004 wrote:

it means hivesys.inf is corrupt and it cannot install Windows XP Smile

obviously...is there a fix? can I replace the file? Rolling Eyes

Well you asked "what does it mean when is says..."hivesys.inf corrupt, can't install Windows XP?" "

Very Happy

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ephobe

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Posted: Tue, 12th Apr 2005 20:06 Post subject:

uploader wrote:

No,
you are trying to install windows from cd when you get this error right?
well if this is the case try to clean your cd or get hold of a new copy of windows

yeap, figured that out lastnight after the 10th failed install...but it works now Very Happy

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Posted: Tue, 12th Apr 2005 20:12 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Should always try to clean your CD after a failure "Why don't you zip it, Zipfero?" - fraich3

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ephobe

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Posted: Tue, 12th Apr 2005 20:27 Post subject:

Mutantius wrote:

Should always try to clean your CD after a failure Smile

yeah, what happened was I burned the CD at 48x on one computer and tried to install it on another computer...apparently the other computer couldn't read the cd as well as the one that i burned it on... Laughing

oh well..live and learn.

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