I bought an OEM copy of Windows XP at the same time as I purchased a new HDD
to try and get my home PC up and running again (long story). I formatted the
HDD and started to install XP. during the installation process the kernal
debugger installs then a message appears telling me "File setupdd.exe could
not be loaded. Error code is 4.
Cannot continue. press any key to exit."

I cannot think of any reason why this would happen as all my hardware is
supposed to be XP home compatable. any ideas?

Windows XP problems with damaged or incompatible hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;330181

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Pearsonow" wrote:

| I bought an OEM copy of Windows XP at the same time as I purchased a new HDD
| to try and get my home PC up and running again (long story). I formatted the
| HDD and started to install XP. during the installation process the kernal
| debugger installs then a message appears telling me "File setupdd.exe could
| not be loaded. Error code is 4.
| Cannot continue. press any key to exit."
|
| I cannot think of any reason why this would happen as all my hardware is
| supposed to be XP home compatable. any ideas?