Gerry
Sat Apr 05 03:51:20 PDT 2008
Me
Why are you trying to reinstall Windows XP? Perhaps there is another way
to tackle your problem.
Upgrading to Vista would not be a sensible move. It is likely to
introduce new issues without resolving your current problem.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Me wrote:
> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:Io-dnSrEb5rPXmvanZ2dnUVZ_o6knZ2d@ntd.net...
>>
>> "Me" <me@acmewidgets.com> wrote in message
>> news:Td-dnYebOby8XWvanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@isomediainc...
>>> Boy. am I ticked. It recognizes everything else, but not this one.
>>> The media must be broken or whatever.
>>>
>>> I was going to try to reinstall WinXP, but that's the only disk I
>>> have. I can't think of anything else to do. Can anyone suggest any
>>> options? What problems ( or whatever they're called) do you know of
>>> that I should consider re: upgrading to the Vista OS? I'm running
>>> Office & Windows XP, Outlook Express is my newsreader. Occasionally
>>> it is leaving out the ">>" that it
>>> is supposed to insert before the text of the message to which I am
>>> replying. My inclination is to buy a new machine and be done with
>>> it. I've
>>> made two
>>> backups of all the data to CDs.
>>>
>>> Huh?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Sheesh. I would not buy a whole new PC just because of a corrupt
>> restore disk.
>>
>> First I'd try cleaning it. If that does not work...contact the
>> manufacturer
>> of your machine and have them get you a replacement
>> restore CD. There is probably some small fee involved .
>>
>
> You're right. I'm just so ticked that I hadn't even thought about
> that. I get kind of strange when it comes to reloading or installing
> software. Thanks.