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Missing XP files during Windows Media Center install?

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While I was setting up a dual boot OS using WindowsXP Pro and Windows Media Center Edition, I got several messages during the WMC install referencing missing XP Pro files. It asked me to insert the XP Pro disk but the problem is that XP Pro was already installed by Acer so I don’t have the original disk. What do I do now?

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Short of finding a disk or burning one from the Acer files you could try redirecting the install to the XP Pro directory. It may find the files there in the system32 directory.
If you’re lucky there may be an i386 directory on the machine that Acer put there.

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