installing XP, now in a loop!!!

[Guest]

I was installing XP and now I am stuck - it keeps asking for the files - I
point it to the DVD drive it finds the asms directory then asks for NT5.CAT
but the DVD has NT5.CA_ so when i point to that it fails - how do I use CA_
to get CAT files? Why is it asking for files which don't seem to be on the
DVD?

Maybe I should not have allowed it to look for updates before installing -
it seems that the updates may have been for the CD but not the DVD?

I don't know how to get back to start over - please help me.

Russell

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply, but I should have mentioned that this is an upgrade,
not a clean install, so if I format and install I will lose everything that
was on the partition before.

I can restore and try again, maybe if I copy the install directory from the
dvd to the hard drive and do not update from the net until the upgrade is
done...

Will that work?

Thanks again,
russell

 

[thecreator]

Hi Russell,

You are mentioning DVD and Upgrade. What is presently installed like
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition? And what are you upgrading to? How many
partitions are you the Hard Drive?

You will lose everything on that partition, but not everything that
exists on the Hard Drive and in other partitions.

It is always best to keep your Documents folder on another partition and
use a Sync-type backup program to copy your Desktop, Briefcase Folder,
Favorites, AddressBook to another partition or Hard Drive.

Always do a Format and install concerning Vista, because the programs
that are operating system aware, have not installed drivers for Vista, only
the previous operating system.

Yes, according to Microsoft, you can do an Upgrade, but Microsoft
doesn't know what programs are installed on a particular computer and how an
Upgrade will work.

Plus, upgrades create new User IDs and leave copies of the old User IDs,
thus taking up valuable Hard Drive Space.

 

[Guest]

HI,

I am upgrading from windows 2000 pro. I think I have 3 or 4 partitions on
the 120 GB HD. I am upgrading to XP pro sp2. I have a distribution DVD and
an unused license key for it. The computer didn't have a dvd drive, so I got
a usb dvd drive for it. I couldn't figure out how or if i am able to boot
from the dvd drive, but i booted to win2000 and then started the xp setup.exe
on the dvd drive - everything went well until the install couldn't find the
files it was looking for on the dvd drive, partly because it seemed to be
looknig in the wrong directory and partly because it was looking for .cat
extentions but the dvd had .ca_ extensions. I wondered if it was because i
had allowed the setup to go look for updates from the web and it confused it
up. So i thought i would try to restore from back up, to win 2000 again and
try to copy the dvd directory to a hard drive partition, either c: or d: and
then try it from there. I could try to copy the dvd to a cd, but i don't
think i could do that and make it bootable...

Please let me know if you have any other questions or suggestions - i am
very frustrated - I wish the XP install iso for cds were available so i could
creat my own install CDs.

 

[thecreator]

Hi Russell,

I would contact Microsoft and tell them what is happening. Windows XP
Upgrade CD, comes on CD, not DVDs. Windows Vista Installation CDs comes on
DVDs only, because of the size of the file.

Whoever sold you the Upgrade, should provide Installation help.


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thecreator

HI,

I am upgrading from windows 2000 pro. I think I have 3 or 4 partitions on
the 120 GB HD. I am upgrading to XP pro sp2. I have a distribution DVD
and
an unused license key for it. The computer didn't have a dvd drive, so I
got
a usb dvd drive for it. I couldn't figure out how or if i am able to boot
from the dvd drive, but i booted to win2000 and then started the xp
setup.exe
on the dvd drive - everything went well until the install couldn't find
the
files it was looking for on the dvd drive, partly because it seemed to be
looknig in the wrong directory and partly because it was looking for .cat
extentions but the dvd had .ca_ extensions. I wondered if it was because
i
had allowed the setup to go look for updates from the web and it confused
it
up. So i thought i would try to restore from back up, to win 2000 again
and
try to copy the dvd directory to a hard drive partition, either c: or d:
and
then try it from there. I could try to copy the dvd to a cd, but i don't
think i could do that and make it bootable...

Please let me know if you have any other questions or suggestions - i am
very frustrated - I wish the XP install iso for cds were available so i
could
creat my own install CDs.