Corrupt XP Discs

Don MacNeill · Jan 8, 2014

I have upgraded my wife's and my XP to 7. I have a 3rd computer running XP but it is corrupt. The 2 old XP discs are corrupt so I can't repair it. How do I obtain replacement discs.

I am also considering doing dual boots for XP and 7 in the 2 other computers so that I can run incompatible programs on XP (such as BackUp MyPC to recover backups)

Elizabeth23 · Jan 8, 2014

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/en-gb
Replacing broken disk

try above or you can contact the pc manufacturer

How did an install cd become corrupt???

99.9% the cd cannot be written to.

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https://www.google.com/#q=dual+boot+xp+and+windows+7

above is google search page for dual boot xp and 7

read through several but main points are that xp should be installed first, and then 7

but there are workarounds for this if you have 7 installed first.

Don MacNeill · Jan 9, 2014

Thanks Elizabeth. I contacted Microsoft and find that XP is not supported and that I must purchase new retail discs (my original ones are retail and so I can't go back to a PC manufacturer. I build my own systems in any case.)

Regarding the corruption, my disc gave this message when I tried to load it on a new computer years ago. I have been using my wife's since as I wipe and reinstall programs on hard drives or set up new computer equipment. It finally gave out. Perhaps it is scratched.

Thanks for the info on the dual boot procedures

Elizabeth23 · Jan 9, 2014

find someone with the same os as yours and make a new cd

Imgburn:

http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

recovering corrupted disk:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/for...upted-xp-installation-disc-with-linux-ubuntu/

one more solution you might try is to copy the cd to your desktop, and then run checkdisk chkdsk c: /r run at least two times until no errors are found and then burn it back to a bootable cd rw with imgburn.

Elizabeth23 · Jan 9, 2014

if you download imgburn DO NOT install any of the offered software.!!!

Don MacNeill · Jan 13, 2014

I have decided that it will be much easier to run Ubuntu on my separate computer. It seems to support the programs that 7 wouldn't but XP would.

Elizabeth23 · Jan 13, 2014

okey-dokey,

fingerfood12345 · Mar 18, 2014

Are you sure the corruption you speak of is not caused by the optic-disk drive? I recently had somewhat of the same experience, and finally realized I had to replace my optic drive, and PRESTO!, no more problems....