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Install and booting issue

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It means that the Windows installation you are trying to perform is accessing a version of Windows that isn't working. If it is on a USB and it was copied to it rather than burned onto it, that could be why. Or it could be a bad CD. Will really depend on how you are trying to reinstall it.
It means that the Windows installation you are trying to perform is accessing a version of Windows that isn't working. If it is on a USB and it was copied to it rather than burned onto it, that could be why. Or it could be a bad CD. Will really depend on how you are trying to reinstall it.
 
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