Cannot copy files during install

[Guest]

I have a 5 yr/ old Dell Dimension that was running ME. I an trying to upgrade
to W2K. I reformatted the drive and then attempted to boot from W2KPro CD.
Cannot boot from CD and I can;t get into BIOS to change boot sequence. I
then ran the W2k set up disks and was able to start the install process from
CD. Goes through a good percent of the install and them comes up with
message that it cannot copy certain files. From taht point on - it can;t
copy any of the remaining files - so I stopped the install. i then
successfully installed w98 and tried upgrading to w2k - same problem???
computer has 10gb hard drive, 128 meg memory

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a 5 yr/ old Dell Dimension that was running ME. I an trying to upgrade
to W2K. I reformatted the drive and then attempted to boot from W2KPro CD.
Cannot boot from CD and I can;t get into BIOS to change boot sequence. I
then ran the W2k set up disks and was able to start the install process from
CD. Goes through a good percent of the install and them comes up with
message that it cannot copy certain files. From taht point on - it can;t
copy any of the remaining files - so I stopped the install. i then
successfully installed w98 and tried upgrading to w2k - same problem???
computer has 10gb hard drive, 128 meg memory

Installing Win98 first in order to upgrade to Win2000 seems a
backwards step and would give you an inferior system.

I suspect an incompatibility between your CD drive and your
Win2000 CD. You could try this:

1. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot diskette
(www.bootdisk.com).
2. Run fdisk, then format in order to create a partition
of sufficient size for Win2000.
3. Run this command:
xcopy d:\*.* c:\ /s /e /h
in order to copy the CD to your hard disk. Is the copy
process successful?
4. If yes, type these commands:
c:
cd \i386
winnt
5. After installing Win2000, convert drive C: to NTFS if desired.

 

[Sid Knee]

I have a 5 yr/ old Dell Dimension that was running ME. I an trying to upgrade
to W2K. I reformatted the drive and then attempted to boot from W2KPro CD.
Cannot boot from CD and I can;t get into BIOS to change boot sequence. I
then ran the W2k set up disks and was able to start the install process from
CD. Goes through a good percent of the install and them comes up with
message that it cannot copy certain files. From taht point on - it can;t
copy any of the remaining files - so I stopped the install. i then
successfully installed w98 and tried upgrading to w2k - same problem???
computer has 10gb hard drive, 128 meg memory

Pegaus's suggestion is probably your best bet. You could also try what
worked for me: When it trips up, hold the enter-key down (enter = retry)
to give it repeating inputs until it gets going again.

 

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|I have a 5 yr/ old Dell Dimension that was running ME. I an trying to
upgrade
| to W2K. I reformatted the drive and then attempted to boot from W2KPro
CD.
| Cannot boot from CD and I can;t get into BIOS to change boot sequence. I
| then ran the W2k set up disks and was able to start the install process
from
| CD. Goes through a good percent of the install and them comes up with
| message that it cannot copy certain files. From taht point on - it can;t
| copy any of the remaining files - so I stopped the install. i then
| successfully installed w98 and tried upgrading to w2k - same problem???
| computer has 10gb hard drive, 128 meg memory
|