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December 17, 2009 at 12:06 PM
ali.0009

Error 426 while re-installing windows XP! Urgent Help

by ali.0009 . Updated 16 years, 6 months ago

Hello,

A day ago my pc was having startup problems etc, i decided to reinstall the windows, but after the process i recieve error 426 which says: Failed To Install Product Catalog

I tried several times but i got same error, after 5th try i deleted my windows partition again and made a fresh install and this time it worked, but to my astonishment, it installed a fresh copy of windows xp, now i get 2 boot menus of same windows xp, one which was newely installed, and other which was old with incomplete setup.

I tried to boot old Xp but it again gave me same error on setup page with 39 minutes remaining. However the other window works but i cant access the contents of my Hard drive and they seem to be hidden simply away.

Can i somehow make my old windows xp get to work? Or make my new xp allow me to see all of my hard disk contents?

Please help. I have tried using microsoft trouble shooting link, but it fails me as always, and dsnt works.

Please help.

regards

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