After having big problems this morning, I decided to do a reinstall of WinXP. The reinstall has been running for hours and after checking it a while ago, I am now getting fatal errors during the reinstall.
The error reads:
Fatal Error:
An error has been encountered that prevents Setup from Continuing.
Setup failed to install the product catalogs. This is a fatal error. The setup log files should contain more information.
Press OK to view the setup log file.
So I clicked on OK and got:
Error:
The signature for WinXP Professional Upgrade is invalid. The error code is 426. The service has not been started.
Fatal Error:
Setup failed to install the product catalogs. This is a fatal error. The setup log files should contain more information.
How do I fix this new problem? I can’t access the internet from that computer because of these issues otherwise I would download a registry cleaner program.
Liz
The reinstall problem makes the computer reboot then the reinstall starts all over…is there a way to get out of the reinstall in the meantime? I have copied a registry cleaner onto CD and would like to try that before I FORMAT C: something I am NOT looking forward to since I haven’t been able to backup anything on my network.
Your help is Greatly, Greatly appreciated!