Win XP "Setup cannot copy the file"

[Guest]

With the purchase of a new hard drive, I have decided to
upgrade from Win 98SE to Win XP Prof. When I boot from
the nice, clean, scratchless CD, setup begins. It asks
where I want XP installed and begins copying files to the
hard drive. It only makes it to about 6%, when
messages "Setup cannot copy the file: [file name]". You
can press Esc to bypass that file. In all, setup has a
problem with some 50 files (.dll, .hlp, .drv, .inf &
others) My machine is an Athlon 1200 with an Iwill KK-266
motherboard with 512 RAM with latest bios flashed. HDD is
new Maxtor 60g. I believe the mainboard is "approved" &
am using the onboard video (wife's machine). Help me get
rid of the ear ache my wife is giving me.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to troubleshoot problems during installation when you upgrade from
Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310064&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| With the purchase of a new hard drive, I have decided to
| upgrade from Win 98SE to Win XP Prof. When I boot from
| the nice, clean, scratchless CD, setup begins. It asks
| where I want XP installed and begins copying files to the
| hard drive. It only makes it to about 6%, when
| messages "Setup cannot copy the file: [file name]". You
| can press Esc to bypass that file. In all, setup has a
| problem with some 50 files (.dll, .hlp, .drv, .inf &
| others) My machine is an Athlon 1200 with an Iwill KK-266
| motherboard with 512 RAM with latest bios flashed. HDD is
| new Maxtor 60g. I believe the mainboard is "approved" &
| am using the onboard video (wife's machine). Help me get
| rid of the ear ache my wife is giving me.
|

 

[Guest]

I'm not upgrading from Windows 98 or Windows Millennium
Edition to Windows XP but try to make a new install...

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I understand you are not performing an upgrade, but read the
section titled:
"You receive a file copy error while the Setup program is running"

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Phillips]

Some here will swear the following does not work, but I did it w/ previous
OS's:
Copy the XP CD to the harddrive on a separate partition first and try to
install from there. The whole point is to avoid that 'copy' error.
I do not know if it works as I never had to try it w/ XP.
Michael

 

[Guest]

I would like to know if I get this HD formatted and
installed XP by an other computer, and I put this HD back
to the original computer, will it work?

 

[Phillips]

Since it is not clear if you have the same hardware on both computers, it
might not work smoothly.
Anyway, after installing on PC1, uninstall all drivers in device manager -
leave graphics drivers at default XP VGA, and the standard MS mouse,
standard monitor etc. More clearly, try to see what devices are not the same
on the second PC and disable what is different in XP on PC1. Also, leave PC2
without any devices attached (except: monitor, keyboard, ps2mouse).
Turn off and swap the HDD in the PC2 and hope for the best. If you get no XP
boot errors, XP will load the appropriate drivers or you can set up your own
drivers. Both PC's should support the same ACPI.
Michael

 

[Guest]

Try your install again only this time select the full format (not the QUICK option). It's likely that the reason the file copy fails is that there's a hard drive error preventing the file being copied over - the full format will identify and avoid errors on your hard drive. It worked for me.