Re: the missing \i386 folder on XP SP2 CDs

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Obtaining a Recovery CD or DVD set
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=71013&lang=en&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=bph07143

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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"rwmjlally" wrote:

| (Very strangely there does not seem to be a newsgroup dedicated to
| Installation! So I hope you don't mind me posting this question here)
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| Background: the hard disk on my laptop failed. HP kindly sent me a new one
| but of course its blank. I have tried loading up Windows XP twice, from two
| different CDs. On both ocaasions, about half an hour into the installation it
| asks for the SP2 CD, on which it expects to find a folder called \i386. I
| have three SP2 CDs NONE of which have a folder called \i386!!!!
|
| Any ideas how I can get Windows XP back onto my laptop?
|
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| Richard

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