I have an eMachines PC that has an OEM license for XP Home (with its license
key on a sticker), but right now, because of a disk transplant, it is
running XP Home installed from a different disk (an upgrade disk rather than
an OEM full install disk).

I've tried reinstalling xp, but during the installation process an error
happened, and the system is stuck in an eternal loop where it always is
"restarting the installation"
I would like to see if running chkdsk on the harddisk could improve the

Hi...........I have a genuine blue boxed Windows XP Professional Version 2002
operating system. Lately, my PC has undergone several expensive repairs, one
of which required a motherboard replacement. Now I find I have a non genuine
XP OS!!

his is the 2nd time in two consecutive days w/ the same problem
on two different Dells.  Windows is damaged and needs a clean
install.  The i386 folder seems okay (they're plenty big enough
at 1GB !)  I copy over my own $OEM$ sub-directory (no drivers,

I uploaded 2 images to RIS server (2k3) on Win2k domain:
1. On RIS server, I uploaded a WinXPPRo CD
2. On an IBM ThinkCentrer PC, I ran RIPrep.exe from RIS server and uploaded
the PC image to RIS server.

This seems to be a common error, but i've been through loads of posts trying
to fix it with no joy.
1) Ran XP setup, wiped existing partitions and created a new one, with I
then formatted in NTFS

Does anyone know what the mysterious 32 meg hidden partition created by xp
is? Or is it something only created by Dell installations?
My computer is BSODing with an important looking:
STOP c000021a Fatal System Error

I've had windows XP installed on my desktop for a long time, but then it
stopped connecting to the internet.
To fix this I inserted the installation disk and wanted to reinstall or fix
the OS. However, half way through i got a question whether I would like to

I have XP on my computer. I needed to fix something and made the mistake of
thinking I needed to reinstall the OS. Halfway through the XP Setup, I
canceled the process. My original XP is working fine. But every time I
restart my computer, I am asked which OS I want to run: XP ...

I'm trying to install the Windows® XP Recovery Console.
According to the Microsoft instructions, "Prior to booting to the Windows®
XP Recovery console, you must install the console. To do so, perform the
following steps:"

i just dont want to do the full install of windows xp professional.  i
rather do the upgrade so i dont have to install and look for drivers
over the internet for my devices thank you

I didn't ask my question so well - what I need to know is - how do I go back
- get out of this setup is restarting loop.  I can get get to the DOS prompt
via the CD but I don't know what files to remove or change to get back to the
XP home being able to boot correctly.  I've ...

I'm doing an upgrade on a dell inspiron 6000  - xp home sp2 to pro sp2 using
new sp2 disk purchased new.  First time through it went to a black screen and
then sat there for over an hour with not hd light flashing and no noice from
cd drive.  I shut down - now it boots to ...

I have a new computer that is running xp home sp2 and have an older upgrade
cd of xp pro sp1 that I want to install.  It won't let me upgrade to an older
version.  How can I get around this.

When ever Itry to install XP Professional I get a OEMBIOS error along with
others while the system is copying the files. The system I am loading it onto
is a HP/Compaq Deskpro EX 1.4 Mhz. I first received this when I tried to load
XP on to a blank drive. After the error I wipe ...