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    XP installation won't copy cmnicfg.xml?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hooper1, Feb 17, 2008.

  1. hooper1

    hooper1 Notebook Geek

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    I'm replacing Vista with WinXP Home on a Dell m1530. As it's running setup, I get this message:

    Setup cannot copy the file: cmnicfg.xml

    This is followed up by options to skip the file, retry (which doesn't work) or quit setup.

    Any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it?
     
    hooper1, Feb 17, 2008
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    During the install process, choose to format the partition. That error is related to permissions on the existing system32 directory.
     
    kegobeer, Feb 17, 2008
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    Got it! I was just about to try that. Thank you!
     
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    Looks like that fixed the problem! Thanks!
     
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    Glad it worked.
     
    kegobeer, Feb 17, 2008
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