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I'm using the same disk I used for the previous Vista/XP dual boot set up (XP with SP2). Both the Vista/XP and the current Windows 7/XP are on Dell laptops, and the XP was purchased from a retail office supply chain.
I'm wondering if there is a file, or files, still lingering from the initial time I inserted the disk and tried to install XP while the systen was up and running, before I found the correct procedure on this forum (it's been a few years since I did the Vista/XP set up, and I did not remember the procedure perfectly). That install failed because a newer version of Windows was alrready installed, according to the error message. But I wonder if the computer still thinks it's in the middle of an incomplete install and goes right to the installation process without the initial set of screens.
Thanks for the assistance.
- Steve R.