How to bypass XP install checking for prior existing version

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Allen

I have bad sectors on my hard drive right where the XP
directory resides. This prevents the XP from reinstalling
while it searches for prior loaded versions unsucessfully.

I bought a new hard drive so that I can use Ghost to clone
this bad sectored drive, but Ghost fails right away when
it encounters the bad sectors in the directory.

I need a way to reload XP without first checking for prior
installations to rewrite the directory in a good area of
the disk. Then I can clone the entire disk drive to my new
hard drive.

I can boot up in MS DOS and I can read all of the
directories correctly. It is just the XP OS that is
corrupted.

How do I do this?
 
Ghost -FRO
Command Line using a boot disk. This will force it to back it up. &
force it to restore it.

(However, you may need to repair install after you get xp on the new
drive. )

Greg R
 
This does not work. I already tried it. When Ghost starts
out with reading the diectory, it locks up when the bad
sectors are encountered before the cloning even begins.

-----Original Message-----
Ghost -FRO
Command Line using a boot disk. This will force it to back it up. &
force it to restore it.

(However, you may need to repair install after you get xp on the new
drive. )

Greg R

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