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by scooter318

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Im trying to do a floppy install of xp with the 6 floppy's.The first disk works fine, but when i go to put in the second disk it tells me that setup could not continue because ntkrnlmp.exe is missing or corrupt error code 7.But the 6 disk work fine on any other computer i insert them in.The hard drive is the problem i think, could you please give me your opinion on how to fix this problem.

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by thechas

Is the hard drive recognized properly in BIOS settings?

If not, that may be the problem.

I would next suspect the floppy drive on the subject PC.

Memory incompatibility can also cause install problems.

A work-around would be to boot froma W98 startup disk, and run setup on the XP CD.

Chas

by scooter318

the floppy works fine and the memory is fine. I've tested both of them, how do i do a install straight form the cd, i've never did that before.

by c.mcfadden

to boot from the cd all u have to do is reboot pc and enter bios hit the (one of these)del/f1/f2/f10/ usually the del key look for boot option and select cd as first boot hit the f10 key then enter key for yes and it will boot to cd just be sure to have the cd in the drive and when it asks to hit a key to boot from cd do so.Every time the pc reboots DO HIT ANY KEYS as the install will start again.

GOOD LUCK

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