re: GDIPLUS.MAN error on installation
Monday, June 2, 2003 at 12:45 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Erik Tryggestad
(2 messages posted)
Loren: Wherever you are, thank you so much for posting this information about the
GDIPLUS.MAN error. I have an HP Pavillion I bought back in 1999. Since I was experiencing
trouble with my Windows 98 and had a bunch of junk on the hard drive I didn't want
anymore, I told the XP Home upgrade to wipe the partition and reinstall the whole
OS. I got this same error several times, and -- just as Loren described -- I was
hearing a lot of weird noises from my CD drive. It just wasn't copying the file correctly.
Of course, my hard drive was wiped by the time the error occurred, so for a while
I thought I was going to have to junk the whole system, since my factory backup disks
were lost about three moves ago. (I moved a lot when I lived in Savannah, Ga.) But
... My computer also has an old DVD drive, so I tried to install the same program
from the same disk using the DVD drive instead of the CD drive. I told the disk to
reformat the hard drive and install Windows XP. It worked like a charm. No problems
whatsoever. The new OS has even corrected the problems I was having with Win 98.
So, if you're having this problem, especially with an HP, try swapping CD drives
or using a DVD drive if you have one. If you don't, I'm pretty sure you can borrow
a drive from another machine and then swap it back after you install. In my new XP
environment, I've read information from the CD drive that was giving me problems
on the install, and everything seems to work just fine. Of course, the main reason
I did all this was so that my soon-to-be wife would have a semi-fast machine she
could use for her med school classes. I got an Apple G4 laptop about two months ago
and use that instead. It's a much superior machine with a superior operating system
that doesn't have the kinds of problems Microsoft is known for. --Erik Tryggestad,
Oklahoma City
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