Comments on: I am trying to upgrade my friends computer windows xp with a windows xp pro but I get Error i386, please help?

By: Mahesh Forester

Mahesh Forester — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:59 +0000

This seems that the CD got some prob like it could have some scratches in that.
but its not at all a prob, u can at anytime copy this file from the CD to the location after upgrading the windows. So go ahead with the installation and finally copy the damaged application manually and rename it to exe (instead of EX_)..
If the File still cant be accessed, u better copy that file from another system, it’ll work.. so no probs..
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By: Clutch

Clutch — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:10:59 +0000

I think you have a defective CD, try copying the whole CD onto the hard disk, if it does copy try running the installation from there.. If not i.e. the problem. You'll need to get a new CD
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By: bmj2728@rocketmail.com

bmj2728@rocketmail.com — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:58:59 +0000

My best recommendation was to not upgrade, but do a clean install instead. In fact unless absolutely necessary, it's always a better idea to do a clean install. Otherwise try renaming E:\I386\IEXPLORE.EX_ to I386.EXE before the copy.
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