Error message when installing

[Guest]

ERROR COPYING FILE cdrom.inf to
C:\$WIN_NT$.~LS\1386\cdrom.in_

I purchased XP today and tried to install. This error message will not allow me to install it. I even went to a computer repair place and they could not figure it out. It is now 2:16am and I am exausted trying to figure this out.

GO

 

[Kelly]

From a previous post:

The CD may be bad. I would replace the disk and retry. If the same
happens again and you try an upgrade installation on an older version
of Windows you may want to read "How to Troubleshoot Windows XP Setup
Problems When You Upgrade"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310064).