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[Loretta]

I had started a repair install to fix issues I was having with Windows XP
Pro.
Windows was running but Iexplorer could not access the internet.
The original repair install failed. So I tried again but now the Install
cannot
see the original Windows install. So I tried the repair console(recovery
console?)which does see the Windows directory, but does not ask for the
password.
Since then I have done a complete parallel install. The files look ok on the
original Windows, but obviously something is wrong. If I try to let the
original repair install run it crashes, putting up a blue screen the
disappears before I can read it. Windows was updated to SP2 and several
other updates were done. This in on a Toshiba laptop, with XP pro. I used my
CD from my laptop as the Toshiba did not have a Windows XP CD.
My CD has SP 2 already on it. There could be a driver conflict but I cannot
get into the Original system to uninstall the drivers. The parallel install
went as expected and runs well.

I was just able to duplicate the original error that started all of these
issues. It is:
I have managed to duplicate the original error.
Setup failed to install the product catalogs. This is a fatal error. The
setup log files should contain more information. Press OK to view the setup
log.

"The signature for Windows XP Professional UPgrade is invalid. The error
code is fffffdda/
The system cannot find message text for message number )xfffffdda in the
message file for syssetup.dll"
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Loretta

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

From Recovery Console, the command to 'look for' undetected setups of
windows is:

bootcfg /rebuild

If this fails to detect the original setup, it means the registry files are
too damaged to recover. You might put in the saved copy of the registry from
the original successful setup, or perhaps one of the 'system recovery'
copies that still may exist in the original windows folder.

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q307545

 

[Loretta]

Tried Bootcfg /reguild but still do not get both availabe to repair on a
repair install.
Thank you though.