An HP pavilion laptop with XP Home was failing to boot. When I tried in Safe
Mode it was hanging after loading the MUP.sys files. I tired to repair using
the system disc that came with the laptop. Now I get an error "setup failed
to install the product catalog" Data error (cyclic redundancy check).

Anyone know how to deal with this? There are a couple of files I really need
to get off this machine.

Thanks in advance to all who offer suggestions, whether they work or not.

Booting to the setup disk offers 'r' for Repair, and leads to the Recovery
Console prompt. Run the command:
CHKDSK /R
Then run setup/'ENTER' for the other repair, again
If no help, try to get the diagnostic software offered for download on the
site of the maker of the hard drive.
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"Peel and Stick" <PeelandStick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> An HP pavilion laptop with XP Home was failing to boot. When I tried in
> Safe
> Mode it was hanging after loading the MUP.sys files. I tired to repair
> using
> the system disc that came with the laptop. Now I get an error "setup
> failed
> to install the product catalog" Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
>
> Anyone know how to deal with this? There are a couple of files I really
> need
> to get off this machine.
>
> Thanks in advance to all who offer suggestions, whether they work or not.

Booting to the setup disk offers 'r' for Repair, and leads to the Recovery
Console prompt. Run the command:
CHKDSK /R
Then run setup/'ENTER' for the other repair, again
If no help, try to get the diagnostic software offered for download on the
site of the maker of the hard drive.
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Mark L. Ferguson
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"Peel and Stick" <PeelandStick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF40EFD0-2547-4409-9DFF-9E1CE187FFC1@microsoft.com...
> An HP pavilion laptop with XP Home was failing to boot. When I tried in
> Safe
> Mode it was hanging after loading the MUP.sys files. I tired to repair
> using
> the system disc that came with the laptop. Now I get an error "setup
> failed
> to install the product catalog" Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
>
> Anyone know how to deal with this? There are a couple of files I really
> need
> to get off this machine.
>
> Thanks in advance to all who offer suggestions, whether they work or not.