Problems installing xp

CPU i Should I unistall the windows 7 beofre installing windows xp? Could anyone please reply me because this error keep showing me even with another installation cd of windows xp. Install it on your Windows 7 machine with VMware Player. Also it might be worth checking esp. Have a look and post back :. Thank you all of you very much indeed for your very intense keenness for replying me.

I have already tried booting from CD in my laptop on which Windows 7 is installed. Please send it over to shashank. Thanks for the write back Shashank I sent the svcpack. Please confirm if your system is currently on SP3 and the other issues you are facing would need to be looked at from that angle.

Also, It doesn't seem the error you would have got during installation was "failed to install catalog files". It seem more like you would have got 'Are you sure you want to cancel? Let us know if you recieved a copy from elsewhere. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Remember Me? Results 1 to 24 of Last edited by Saarang84; at PM. Reason: Solved. Register To Reply. Ben Van Johnson. Attached Files Install Error. I recommend you to check or scan your harddisk by : 1.

Open My Computer 2. Assuming you only have one partition and its Drive C:, right click the C: drive, then properties Tools under Error-Checking, click check now. Tick the Second option then click Start. If asked to restart your computer to continue, do so and it will scan probably will find bad sector and fix it.

Second option is Try change your harddisk with a new one or you can borrow from your friend before buying a new one, and replace it to make a test whether changing harddisk fix the problem, or not. Tell me the result you got after you follow my instruction. Please give a Reputation as a gift for a thanks. By clicking the second icon at the top right corner of a user post or reply. Re: Software Installation problems in Windows XP I tried what you said and i'm sure that my hard disk is in fine shape.

The problem's with my SATA disk only. Well information should be as clear as possible. I will check again tomorrow because I want to go home now. I just upgraded my operating system to Windows 10 PRO.

But the installation of Windows XP at some point crashes and fails to complete. I did the test with two different PCs, and the problem is the same on both computers. So, in my opinion, there is a problem of incompatibility of Windows 10 Hyper-V with Windows XP, which will be fixed with an update or a patch of Windows Or is there someone who can tell me already a solution, without waiting for an appropriate update of Windows 10? This thread is locked.