Many install files cannot be copied

[MB]

Hi,

I just built a new computer, and I'm trying to get Windows
XP installed. I manage to get the process all the way to
copying the system files onto the hard drive. However,
once it gets about halfway in, I start getting these sort
of prompts:

'The file XXXXXX.XXX could not be copied'

I retried and skipped a few, but after the 30th or so bad
file, I gave up. I've tried the install a few more times,
and it keeps happening. I'm using the drivers for the
Serial ATA drive and get's past the partioning stage just
fine.

Any idea what might be causing this?

My comp specs are:

2.8 GHz Intel P4 w/ Hyper Threading
SOYO P4i845PE V1.0 motherboard
1024 RAM
Seagate 80 GB Serial ATA hard drive

Thanks,
MB

 

[peter]

Before the install can take place you need to load the SATA drivers that
came with your MOBO.
They need to be placed on a floppy and during the process it will ask at
which point you push F6 and direct it to the floppy.
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp

peter

 

[MB]

Peter,

Perhaps I wasn't clear in my original posting. I have
followed the driver loading procedure you are referring
and gotten past that point, past partitioning the hard
drive even. It even goes throught the process of
formatting the partition with NTFS just fine.

Where the problem is occuring is after that point, while
the system files are being copied to the drive. All of a
sudden, the installer will bring up a screen saying:

"Setup cannot copy the file: iis.dll"

Retrying by pressing ENTER doesn't work. After I skip
this one, more and more files come up that can't be copied.

I hope I've given you a better picture of the problem. If
you have any ideas, I'd really appreciate the help.

Thanks,
MB

MB

 

[Jim]

I've seen this happen on an overclocked system. If this is a DIY build,
it's not uncommon. Strongly suggest if your are overclocking, returning the
BIOS to "BIOS defaults".

If the problem persists, get yourself a Win98 boot disk from
http://www.bootdisk.com. If you haven't already, or if you'd defined an
NTFS partition, use fdisk (or whatever partitioning you used before, even
the XP install) and create a FAT32 partition for installation (or perhaps
it's still there, that's fine). I realize that XP doesn't require
preparation of the HD prior to installation, but there's a method to the
madness.

Create the Win98 boot floppy (use the one w/ CD drivers!) and when booted,
create a C:\i386 directory on the new FAT32 partition. Now cd to the
C:\i386, copy all the D:\i386 directory to C:\i386:

c:\i386> a:\xcopy d:\i386\*.* /e /s

... and when complete, run Setup from there.

The whole point of this exercise is to STOP running the install off the CD,
which I believe may be a source of the problem. I always install my OS's
this way, it has the added bonus of never having to grab the CD everytime
Windows needs some drivers, DLLs, etc. With the size of todays HDs, it's no
big deal to store the CD contents on the HD anyway (let's you safely tuck
the CD away as well). But if you prefer, feel free to delete the C:\i386
directory (just realize you'll be prompted more often for the CD).

HTH

Jim

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Problems copying files or corrupted files during installation
are most often caused by defective or sub-standard hardware; in order
of likelihood, either RAM, the hard drive, or the motherboard. On
much less frequent occasions, a bad CD or defective CD drive can also
cause this.


Bruce Chambers

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[Guest]

Thanks for your help! It was the overclocking. I would
have never thought that was the cause!