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Unable to reinstall windows

post #1 of 8
11/23/03 at 9:04pm
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I formated my hard drive and wanted to re-install xp on my Area51m since I have been having some problems since it arrived but for some reason am unable to do so. During installation I keep getting a "Setup cannnot copy the file: autoconv.exe" message and when I skip it I get the same message for numerous other files. Has anybody here had the same problems? Any solutions? Any input would be appreciated.
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post #2 of 8
11/23/03 at 10:47pm
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Originally Posted by Dan83
I formated my hard drive and wanted to re-install xp on my Area51m since I have been having some problems since it arrived but for some reason am unable to do so. During installation I keep getting a "Setup cannnot copy the file: autoconv.exe" message and when I skip it I get the same message for numerous other files. Has anybody here had the same problems? Any solutions? Any input would be appreciated.
You have a bad XP CD, or it's dirty thats the only reason short of a bad CD-ROM drive that a file will not copy from the CD to the prefetch cab.
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post #3 of 8
11/23/03 at 11:09pm
I feel your pain. As a Best Buy In-store Technician I had to perform multiple Alienware restores back in the day. Their restore/recovery CD's are easily the worst in the industry for some reason which I have yet to comprehend. I got those type of errors EVERY time I attempted a complete restore/recovery. I finally got pissed and started using a Windows Pro/Home OEM installation CD which proved dependable every time....
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post #4 of 8
11/24/03 at 12:29am
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Originally Posted by Element
I feel your pain. As a Best Buy In-store Technician I had to perform multiple Alienware restores back in the day. Their restore/recovery CD's are easily the worst in the industry for some reason which I have yet to comprehend. I got those type of errors EVERY time I attempted a complete restore/recovery. I finally got pissed and started using a Windows Pro/Home OEM installation CD which proved dependable every time....
Thats an excellent suggestion BTW. If you need the CD I can set up an FTP for you as long as you have the XP Pro key.
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post #5 of 8
11/24/03 at 12:46am
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So its possible to use somebody elses CD with your own CD code? If that is the case its no problem.. I can easily borrow the XP Pro CD from someone else (I only have the home version). For some reason I thought that XP keys only work with their respective CDs.
And thanks for the offer Time-Pilot but I will just get the CD from a friend tomorrow.
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post #6 of 8
11/24/03 at 1:02am
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Originally Posted by Dan83
So its possible to use somebody elses CD with your own CD code? If that is the case its no problem.. I can easily borrow the XP Pro CD from someone else (I only have the home version). For some reason I thought that XP keys only work with their respective CDs.
And thanks for the offer Time-Pilot but I will just get the CD from a friend tomorrow.
Think of windows as Quake3...you just need a CD key for the freedom of a Rocket Launcher and Quad damage...pretty simple.

-Craig
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post #7 of 8
11/24/03 at 1:17am
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Yeah I guess it makes sense. Don't know why I thought that. Anyway this makes things a lot easier for me which is always good.
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post #8 of 8
11/25/03 at 7:48am
Well pro keys, and home keys are different.
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