Help! Help! Windows Xp

[Ramones53rd3rd]

I've downloaded Windows Xp, and when I try to run it it says, "Not a Valid Win32 Application." What does this mean? Help! Anysuggestions will help thanks.

[amphoteric88]

did you download an iso of xp?
if so, you'll have to burn it onto disc first, with a program like alcohol 120% or nero

[Ramones53rd3rd]

Ive Read every wear and everyone says to extract, whatdoes that mean? how do i extract the file. I already put it on a cd but it wont run and it says the same thing, Not a valid Win32 application. Help.

[KANADIANborn]

Originally posted by amphoteric88@4 May 2003 - 03:03
did you download an iso of xp?
if so, you'll have to burn it onto disc first, with a program like alcohol 120% or nero
Listen to the man, Ramones :) I download WinXP off of kazaa, used (I forget exactly what I did :rolleyes: ) WinISO>extract to a "New Folder">burnt a cd with Nero with contents of that folder.

Here's an other post with the same question/answer Not a valid WIN32 app (http://www.klboard.ath.cx/bb/index.php?act=ST&f=30&t=31145)

[freak]

another way im pretty sure u can do it as long as u have winzip right click on the file go to winzip then extract and that should get the files out for u!!!! U should be able to figure it out from there :D

[nizers]

Originally posted by freak@4 May 2003 - 06:14
another way im pretty sure u can do it as long as u have winzip right click on the file go to winzip then extract and that should get the files out for u!!!! U should be able to figure it out from there :D
WinZip does not extract .ISO's. You must first install one of the programs mentioned above by amphoteric to 'extract' the files. You can also use winRAR or IsoBuster. Go into one of these programs and 'open' the XP.iso file. This will show you the files that are compressed into that file. Then select all of these files and extract them into a folder on your desktop(ie. WinXP Folder). Then burn the contents of the 'WinXP Folder' onto a cd. DO NOT BURN THE ENTIRE FOLDER.. JUST THE CONTENTS. This should help your problem alot.

[freak]

i dont think he's talking about an iso i have a few files that give me that error and there exe files but u can extract stuff from them! the iso may be in there but from the sound of it its saying it not a valid win32 app so hey may have to do it the way i said

Ramones u should be more specific is it an iso, iso.exe or is it an exe if its an iso or a iso.exe ignore what i said...

[fallenknight308]

Yah, I extracted with winrar. but you could probably also use winzip, and winace ;)

[ck-uk]

Originally posted by Ramones53rd3rd@4 May 2003 - 02:59
I've downloaded Windows Xp, and when I try to run it it says, "Not a Valid Win32 Application." What does this mean? Help! Anysuggestions will help thanks.
m8 to b able to extract it u need to change the extension to .iso
first then use somthing like winrar which reads iso files :)

[amphoteric88]

winiso is to be used to extract files from an iso image

[freak]

balamm what up with all the extracting stuff is! Is that he may have to he never said it was an iso. he never even said what file type it is so to help him better we'd have to know. if he hasnt figured it out already since we havent heard from him?! I download a version of windows 2000 that was an exe and had to extract it with winzip ;) So we both could be right since he wasnt so clear on what file type it exactly is im just going by the error he gave and i got the same thing with the win2K i was talking about