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Reinstalling windows xp home edition

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sharon - Aug 25, 2009 at 11:40 AM
 sharon - Aug 26, 2009 at 03:03 PM
Hello, my brother somehow managed to deleted windows from his computor. he put disk in to reinstall it - won't do anything - keeps getting message "can not copy hraidsk1. help pls
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sharpman Posts 1021 Registration date Saturday May 23, 2009 Status Contributor Last seen October 20, 2010 183
Aug 25, 2009 at 12:22 PM
at what point does it display this message?
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Aug 25, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Does he have a RAID disk setup? If so he will need to install the raid drivers via floppy disk at the XP prompt.

Good Luck
sharon
Aug 26, 2009 at 02:27 PM
thnx. i've pasted your message on to him, he's going to let me know how he gets on. (i'm acting as go between)
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sharpman Posts 1021 Registration date Saturday May 23, 2009 Status Contributor Last seen October 20, 2010 183
Aug 25, 2009 at 12:49 PM
what is the computer involved. laptop or desktop?
sharon
Aug 26, 2009 at 02:29 PM
it's a dell desktop
sharpman Posts 1021 Registration date Saturday May 23, 2009 Status Contributor Last seen October 20, 2010 183 > sharon
Aug 26, 2009 at 02:41 PM
what model is it?
sharon > sharpman Posts 1021 Registration date Saturday May 23, 2009 Status Contributor Last seen October 20, 2010
Aug 26, 2009 at 03:03 PM
have to ask him and get back to u