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Offline cybgeek

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win xp booting up
« on: September 03, 2010, 10:39:18 AM »
i have tried to boot up an asus ee pc 900 laptop and am getting the following error.

it related to vgaoem.fom file either being missing or corrupted. it requesting me to repair file by starting windows setup w original setup cdrom. can any winxp work? or any can be used? how to i repair it wout original setup cdrom?

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Re: win xp booting up
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2010, 11:48:28 AM »
It must be the same version of xp you are running but it should work.
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Re: win xp booting up
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2010, 02:39:54 PM »
thx.

now i need to find an external cd rom and repair the file. but i hope it will recognize the cdrom.

will let you know if am successful.
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Re: win xp booting up
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2011, 07:15:37 AM »
so you are getting as far as step 8 in this MSKB article?
 
 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315338
 
 if all fails, you can do an 'in-place' upgrade (repair installation) without loosing your data:
 
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341
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