Windows repeatedly tries to upgrade

Running the installation disk yields the message:

Windows has already attempted to upgrade the following
Windows installation:

E:\Windows "A , , , Z"

Setup will try to complete the upgrade again

* To retry upgrading to Windows XP, press Enter.

* To quit Setup press F3.

Note that there is no way offered for doing anything else. Indeed pressing
F3 and restarting the installation disk yields the same thing.

Any help would be appreciated!

Don J

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Don

Please provide some background on what you are trying to do. Is this an
installation to a clean drive, a repair installation, attempting to upgrade
some other system or ???????

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User


"Don J" <dej8801@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jtydnYbEB4NILuXVnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Running the installation disk yields the message:
>
> Windows has already attempted to upgrade the following
> Windows installation:
>
> E:\Windows "A , , , Z"
>
> Setup will try to complete the upgrade again
>
> * To retry upgrading to Windows XP, press Enter.
>
> * To quit Setup press F3.
>
> Note that there is no way offered for doing anything else. Indeed
> pressing F3 and restarting the installation disk yields the same thing.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Don J
>
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>
>