Fresh Install of XP fails

[Guest]

After a hard drive failure, I'm trying to reinstall WinXP Home. The drive
formats fine. When the Windows install begins copying files to the hard
drive, it stops halfway through with the message,

"Setup cannot copy the file: dx7ub.dll

"to retry, press Enter

"If you are installing from a CD make sure the Windows XP CD is in the CD
ROM Drive

"To skip this file, press ESC . . ."

I've tried a different CD with the same result. I even replaced the CD ROM
drive, thinking it wasn't working correctly.

If I press ESC, then the same message pops up with another file, then another.

Any suggestions?

 

[XPUSER]

After a hard drive failure, I'm trying to reinstall WinXP Home. The drive
formats fine. When the Windows install begins copying files to the hard
drive, it stops halfway through with the message,

"Setup cannot copy the file: dx7ub.dll

"to retry, press Enter

"If you are installing from a CD make sure the Windows XP CD is in the CD
ROM Drive

"To skip this file, press ESC . . ."

I've tried a different CD with the same result. I even replaced the CD
ROM
drive, thinking it wasn't working correctly.

If I press ESC, then the same message pops up with another file, then
another.

Any suggestions?

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Since you have already tried a different CD and CDROM drive,
and if those CD's do not have scratches or are dirty in any way,
I would suspect some kind of RAM or Hard Drive problem.
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[Guest]

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Since you have already tried a different CD and CDROM drive,
and if those CD's do not have scratches or are dirty in any way,
I would suspect some kind of RAM or Hard Drive problem.
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Well, this same thing happened on both the original hard drive and the
replacement, so that leaves RAM. What is there about RAM that would cause
this?

 

[Guest]

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Since you have already tried a different CD and CDROM drive,
and if those CD's do not have scratches or are dirty in any way,
I would suspect some kind of RAM or Hard Drive problem.
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Thanks for the tip. Since it was acting this way with the old hard drive
and the old CD ROM, I guess that RAM is the only other possibility.