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    meow93 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 20, 2009, 07:17 AM
    How to read Vista Zip files on Windows XP
    I have two computers. One has Windows Vista, and the other has Windows XP. I downloaded some zip files on Vista and then burned them to a CD-R disc. When I put this disc into my XP computer, autorun did not start. And when I clicked on the actual icon in "my computer", it gave me the message that the files may be corrupt or in a format unreadable by the computer. Can anyone help??
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    Feb 20, 2009, 08:04 AM

    Try copying the files to your PC. If you tried opening directly from the CD, it may not have been able to create the temp files needed when opening a ZIP archive.
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    Feb 20, 2009, 09:41 AM

    It sounds like a bad CD-burn to me. I'd try re-burning the CD and trying again.
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    Feb 21, 2009, 09:32 AM
    I agree that it could be a bad CD-ROM. I would also recommend installing WinRAR to unzip all of your files. Both the Vista and XP compression algorithms are terrible.
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