Alexander said:
i have windows 95 installed and working perfectly and now im trying to
install windows xp professional im using two hard drive one which has the 95
operaing system installed is 1.2 gigs and the other hard drive which im
trying to install windows xp has 10 gigs i get pass the formating and disk
check the setup copies over the folders but when it's ready to copy the files
i get an error message saying that "SETUP CANNOT COPY THE FILE: DELPSUED.INF"
post a message if you think you can help me ive also switched my ram a couple
of times and tried to reinstall but still getting the same error
If that computer is so old as to have Win95 on it, it's very unlikely
that it would support WinXP.
Have you verified that all of your PC's hardware components are
capable of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx)
You should also take a few minutes to ensure that there are
WinXP-specific device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many early
models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard
hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will
still support Win9x.
Problems copying files or corrupted files during installation are
most often caused by defective, incompatible, or sub-standard hardware;
in order of likelihood, either RAM, the hard drive, or the motherboard.
It'll most likely be the same component that caused your friend's
original problem. On very rare occasions the CD drive or installation
CD is the problem.
Start with testing the RAM. You might try MemTest86:
http://www.memtest86.com/ It's free. Then you can download and use the
hard drive maufacturer's diagnostic utility to test the hard drive. If
both RAM and hard drive test out clean, check with the motherboard
manufacturer for any diagnostic utilities.
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