Windows XP installation Problem

And restore from the Image when it's required it's much faster than doing a In Place Install or a Repair Install of XP and you'll get to keep all of the Service Packs & Patches that you have downloaded instead of returning the system to the Windows Default Condition after the Repair. Things like Norton's Ghost perform things like this very well as do the other Brand Name Cloning Packages.

As for getting error messages like this it generally happens because of a Timing Issue with the RAM where different Brands and speeds or RAM are being used and there is a slight Timing Discrepancy occurring. This causes the System to fail to copy files to the HDD during a Repair Install.

Each Stick will test out as OK and they will even allow the Repair Install to proceed without problem but when you add more than 1 to the computer you'll run into some problems. What can also sometimes happen is that with 3 Sticks of RAM being used 2 are identical and the remaining one is a different Brand and Speed and this is what is causing the problem.

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What is the operating system you are upgrading from? I hope you are not trying to go from Home to Pro or upgrading XP over it self as oppose to a repair.

You can partition the hard drive in two and put XP on the new partition. Then you can use XP's File and Settings Transfer program to move your software from the old operating system to XP.