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Try slipstreaming Service Pack 2 into your Windows XP CD. Here is a
great guide on how to do this:
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
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Nathan McNulty
mjdawber wrote:
> Hi Nathan.
> You said that there should be very few problems with using an Athlon64 and
> WinXP pro 32-bit, but i have a problem that you may be able to advise on. I
> (like most other people it seems) just built myself a new Athlon64 pc and
> tried to install WinXP Pro 32-bit but every time i tried (which was a few
> btw) i got the same error. Something to do with setup not being able to
> install a necessary component "gdiplus.man". The error came up as a cyclic
> redundancy check error.
> I was trying to install to a 20GB partition of a 200GB western digital SATA
> hard disk; is this the cause of the problem.
> I could do with trying to sort this out as i've had to resort to using the
> beta of WinXP 64-bit.
> Any help would be much appreciated,
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Nathan McNulty" wrote:
>
>
>>Athlon64 processors are capable of running Windows XP 32bit just fine.
>>They also support the 64bit version of Windows XP which is a bit more
>>limited at the time because 64bit software/drivers are still being
>>developed as it is a new platform. You should run into very few
>>problems if any with an Athlon64 Processor and 32bit Windows XP
>>
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>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>
>>brian east wrote:
>>
>>>Is windows xp pro fully compatable with amd athlon 64
>>>processers, or is there any known issues.
>>
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