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Name: michelec
Date: March 28, 2005 at 17:33:19 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: dont know
Comment:

When I turn my computer on, why does windows installer come up then it tries to "copy" something even though nothing is in the drive then I get an internal error
its so annoying help



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Name: Celestia
Date: March 28, 2005 at 17:53:18 Pacific
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Sorry Michele, this is beyond my area of expertice. contact DELL tech support, they'll know what to do.

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Response Number 2
Name: chrisman7 (by chrisman.7)
Date: March 28, 2005 at 18:12:18 Pacific
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Is the os preinstalled or did you install it


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Name: michelec
Date: March 28, 2005 at 18:27:57 Pacific
Reply:

the os is preinstalled


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Response Number 4
Name: chrisman7 (by chrisman.7)
Date: March 28, 2005 at 18:33:59 Pacific
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Do you have the original os disk?


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Response Number 5
Name: chrisman7 (by chrisman.7)
Date: March 28, 2005 at 18:49:26 Pacific
Reply:

If you do then you can do a system repair (if you have win xp this will be easier}
By booting to the os disk
you can also try pressing f8 or f10 as the pc is booting and pick the option for booting to settings when last worked

Is the pc brand new?


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Response Number 6
Name: keltikgent
Date: March 28, 2005 at 18:52:09 Pacific
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hi,
try turning the windows installer to manual and stop the service. control panel >administrativetools >services.
keltik

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