NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction

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Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User) said:
It's not bootable? What is this disk, is this a recovery disk provided by
the manufacturer? If yes, it likely can only install based on a
configuration it recognizes. All retail XP Pro and Home disks are bootable,
so are the full OEM versions unless they happen to be proprietary versions
supplied by the system manufacturer but those are usually recovery CDs.
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A few weeks ago my computer would not recognise the Windows XP retail disk
or the Windows ME disk as bootable. I had to download the utility to make 6
boot diskettes to get my system to boot at all. So NOT all XP disks are
bootable.
 
If you have a retail version and you were unable to boot from it, it's
possible you didn't have your CD-ROM drive set first in line in the boot
sequence or when you booted, you missed the screen that tells you to hit any
key if you wish to boot from the CD.

Most ME disks were not bootable.
 
It's because YOU don't know how to set up YOUR computer!

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
 
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