I think I have a faulty disk...

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Drew

Well, I had just bought an OEM version (full, not upgrade)
of Windows XP brand new. I booted up the CD and when I got
to the part where it copys the installation files to the
hard disk, it stopped with a copy error (not a stop error).
It said either the file was not correctly copied or it was
unable to copy the file. It says random things every time.
Do I really have a faulty disk?
 
How to troubleshoot problems during installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310064&Product=winxp

Error During Disk Copy Prevents Completion of Task
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291710&Product=winxp

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| Well, I had just bought an OEM version (full, not upgrade)
| of Windows XP brand new. I booted up the CD and when I got
| to the part where it copys the installation files to the
| hard disk, it stopped with a copy error (not a stop error).
| It said either the file was not correctly copied or it was
| unable to copy the file. It says random things every time.
| Do I really have a faulty disk?
 
Drew said:
Well, I had just bought an OEM version (full, not upgrade)
of Windows XP brand new. I booted up the CD and when I got
to the part where it copys the installation files to the
hard disk, it stopped with a copy error (not a stop error).
It said either the file was not correctly copied or it was
unable to copy the file. It says random things every time.
Do I really have a faulty disk?
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As an OEM version is for a system without an OS, it's a full version by
definition! You can't upgrade from nothing!
 
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