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    Serious Windows XP Home install problems

    Well, I guess the errors I mentioned in the original post were being caused by ram not being inserted correctly (Thanks dad, what a true computer genius you are -.-) When I put them in the RIGHT way, the errors disappeared and I got to the "Please insert a windows disc (95, 98, 2000, etc)"...
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    Serious Windows XP Home install problems

    Figured it out, apparently I have the 'upgrade' version of XP, which is extremely hard to decipher on the holographic disc itself...all I gotta do is install any windows and pop in my disc I hate it when it's this easy Edit: Question about installing with upgrade version...could I install...
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    Serious Windows XP Home install problems

    Will do that gladly, thanks for the help I got memtest86 to work, it's scanning as we speak
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    Serious Windows XP Home install problems

    I've heard that it was most definitely a hard drive issue and then a cd rom issue, but it's still not working :-( so you can see why I'd like to test it out before shelling out more cash As for Isoreader, I can't seem to get it to work, I'm using windows xp SP 3 on the computer I'm using...
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    Serious Windows XP Home install problems

    Thanks for the replies thus far I tried running Windows Memory Diagnostic as you suggested only to get prompted to "insert a system disc" which I assume means I need windows installed to run this test Are there any tests I can download and run with no windows up whatsoever? Somebody...
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    Serious Windows XP Home install problems

    I haven't been able to test my memory, mainly because I don't know how I was planning on borrowing a stick of ram off somebody and seeing if that does it, than buying my own...just wanted some info from someone who knows what they're doing as to whether or not it would be ram
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    Serious Windows XP Home install problems

    Overview of the problem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Been trying to install windows xp for about a month now and i keep getting errors after switching out hardware to "troubleshoot" Full description of the problem and symptoms...