"neutrino" <stuartr@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > Nope that will NOT work unless the hardware on your machine is identical
> > (or very close) to what it is on the other machine.
> >
> > Besides...If XP won't install you need to get to the root of the issue
>
> Pretty confident the PC IS ok - relatively new. (under 12Mth)
> hardware also - should be fairly close - hers be a little newer and
> higher spec'd.
> Was initially corrupted by virus, though I don't have details.
> Not sure what caused the XP reinstall to fail - suspecting just not
> all steps followed
> correctly.
> Aaah well... maybe it wouldn't be a quick solution after all - would
> love to give it a try and 'see what takes place! ~ sure can't make it
> amy worse than it is now, but really I'd prefer to be there to See it!
> (and be able to see what might need amending!)


The age of the machine means nothing...
the chispet really needs to be identical...

Besides...if the machine cannot load XP during setup...
you need to find what the real problem is