Problem with reinstalling Windows XP?

Windows XP reinstalled after the virus crash (clean install, HD partitioned, reformatted). XP Media installed on the D drive. C drive – empty, formatted as FAT32. D drive formatted as NTFS. Install prompt asked for the SP2 files but it couldn’t retrieve them from the CD -installed afterwards through the windows GUI. Computer booted to Windows with the delay but recognized boot from the disk. Windows seemed to behave normally. Problem occurred when installing drivers. Windows showed prompt “Windows installer missing”. No such file was found on the system. Also some of other files couldn’t be found, like Windows Help files...All was done without the computer being connected to the internet. Install was performed twice with the same problematic result. Computer is new (Intel CPU, a lot of memory, HD space and power). XP install disks are genuine. Is the problem connected to windows being installed on the D drive? Thank you for any help/suggestions in this matter.

Problem with reinstalling Windows XP?
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Is your CD is totally ok? {every file readable?}





Plz dont use FAT32 File system,,,it's gone old %26amp; corrupts files %26amp; makes them unrepairable..........always use NTFS





Plz be sure to install windows in primary partition {always C} ( It's a healthy suggestion)





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Download Drivers from internet in case drivers CD have any reading problem {might be 'cause of CD ROM Drive not working well





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Sorry for late reply
Reply:Sounds like you have old windows installer. The windows installer keeps updating and I guess you have an old version. You need to connect to internet windows update and then windows will correct itself.





I think no re-install is necessary and fix anything as you already tried it.





Other way of getting new windows installer is installing Visual studio/ SQL server or new version of Office.
Reply:Try repairing your OS by this way:


1. Make your CD ROM the first boot drive


2. Insert your OS in the CD ROM


3. Wait until the Windows Installation set up appears


4. Choose Repair


5. Choose the hard drive which has your OS was been installed


6. Type chkdsk -r





Wait until your OS is being repaired. You will notice that some percent keeps on repeating. Ignore that and just wait until repairing finishes.
Reply:Yes exactly! You want to install XP to C drive, the primary partition. If I were you, I would make just ONE primary partition per hard disk for starters. Later, if you want to break it up into one or more partitions, I would spend a few bucks and get Partition Magic 8.0 from Symantec, or use the free GPARTED.
Reply:If the install prompt complained about something, that's probably where your problem came from. Try reformatting and installing again. If you get the same error, you might have a bad install CD.