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Spielwurfel   10-29-2006 at 03:31:51 AM

I have an original Windows XP here... I wanted to format my pc, but when the files of the cd where being loaded on the boot screen, a message appeared telling that there was a corrupted file... What can I do now to have it back??? Can I get a new cd from Microsoft??

Anything helps... xD

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Moebius078   10-29-2006 at 10:40:35 AM
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Try burning another CD using the nLiteOS tool.
Here's the link: nLiteOS

BTW: is your Windows CD legal?

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Spielwurfel   10-29-2006 at 02:34:39 PM
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Yes... It's totally legal...

Are you sure nLite will solve my problem (it doesn't make sense xD)??

There's another thing I'm afraid of... I already tried to use nLite a long time ago (maybe the problem was in the version of the program), and although I didn't removed any crucial program for windows to work, when I was on the "graphical part" of the installation, it always crashed my pc, and then I had to use my normal Windows XP cd (Home Edition)...But now I can't make any mistakes... Or else I'll have no pc... xD

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Neowarex   10-29-2006 at 05:06:25 PM
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You can try using MagicISO to make a bootable duplicate of the cd. If this doesn't work, I don't know if Microsoft will give you a new copy but I doubt it. You can also extract the boot sector from the cd and then use Isobuster to try and recover the cd. if there are some files missing, you can get them from your current windows installation or from a friend and even from me. I hope to have been of help. Let us know how it goes.

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fattony   10-29-2006 at 06:27:06 PM
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worst case senario, download windows xp and hope your CD key will work with another copy

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Spielwurfel   10-29-2006 at 11:28:51 PM
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Then I'll have another problem... I've bought my Windows XP just after is was released... So it's the original version, without any Service Pack... I think it's impossible now to find the first Windows XP release... The SP2 version much probably use a different serial key...

If somebody have another idea, it will help... xD

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Spielwurfel   10-29-2006 at 11:33:37 PM
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I just remembered that once I found a way to activate Windows XP without the normal way... I just have to copy two files from an activated Windows XP (that I have) and substitute the ones that are on the non activated copy...
But my doubt is... Does it really work??
If yes, does it work with "different" Windows?? I mean... Will it work if I take the files from a Windows XP Home Edition without any Service Pack and put it in a Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2?

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GyRo567   10-30-2006 at 03:28:13 AM
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I've had issues with Windows XP CDs before (they were supplied by my customer & burned copies, so the problem was that they weren't even bootable until he gave me an alternate disk - also a copy - & it just randomly worked) & the best form of action seems to be to just obtain new disks, not to try repairing the malfunctioning ones with bootable copies.

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Spielwurfel   10-30-2006 at 04:58:53 PM
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So... In your case, the cd's were already with problems... But in my case, the cd got problems after I used (the cd is not scratched at all though)...

Can I get a new one from Microsoft???? The support in the website wasn't useful.... :S

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fattony   10-31-2006 at 04:33:26 AM
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call them up and ask if they can replace your defective media

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Zoron   11-01-2006 at 08:17:07 PM
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You original key will work with any revision of Service Packs, unless your key has somehow been blacklisted. So if you make yourself a SP2 CD from your original Windows CD, your key will still work.

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diplomat696   11-07-2006 at 07:51:04 PM
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if you have a legit copy of the OS you should probably be able to call Microsoft up and have them ship you a new disc I would think. If you do that most likely they would give you a copy with the most recent rls that they have presumably including SP2 as well.

Doesnt matter though what version you install really as you can just go to the update website and download service packs etc etc etc to bring your software up to date

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