# trouble (re)installing windows XP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-re-installing-windows-xp/168481>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 14, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-re-installing-windows-xp/168481 "2003-04-14T00:39:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-re-installing-windows-xp/168481/1 "2003-04-14T00:39:19Z")

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We need to know a bit more.

(joking)

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**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-re-installing-windows-xp/168481/2 "2003-04-14T00:45:17Z")

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Oops… Looks like the board hamsters got it. That’s weird, cause it told me it was there. \>\_\<

It was kind of long and I don’t feel like retyping it, and I sort of have an answer now anyway, so if someone could close this for me? Thanks