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    kalyankumar Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    May 5, 2008, 09:41 PM
    Unable to install windows XP professional
    Hi Sir,
    I am unable to complete windows XP professional setup.I have formatted D,E,F drives after entering into the system.After that I kept a bootable CD and I formatted C drive during setup.After setup has completed copying setup files system is restarting and displaying the error as " WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE OF AN ERROR IN THE SOFTWARE.PLEASE REPORT THIS PROBLEM AS:LOAD NEEDED DLLs FOR KERNEL.PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SUPPORT PERSON TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM".On seeing this I pressed enter and the system got restarted and displayed the following error as" A DISK READ ERROR OCCURRED.PRESS CTRL+ALT+DELETE TO RESTART".I hope u people can solve my problem.
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    May 8, 2008, 06:30 AM
    Remove the partiotion table, re-create partitions, then install.

    Or

    Using dos enter a command "/ mbr" without quote. Use this in drive c or where u want to install.

    Then try to install
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