Windows xp installation

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On installing to a new computer it keeps telling me it cannot copy various
files, asks me to press enter to continue which sometimes does then install
the file but not with others so the install is failing. Any ideas folks?!?!!
Thanks in advance
Steve
 
Steve said:
On installing to a new computer it keeps telling me it cannot copy
various files, asks me to press enter to continue which sometimes
does then install the file but not with others so the install is
failing. Any ideas folks?!?!! Thanks in advance
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Installing *what* to a 'new' computer?
Are you attempting to install the Operating System? If so - what operating
system (Windows XP has many versions)?

It could be (if you are installing the OS):
- Bad CD
- Bad CD drive
- Bad cable from CD to motherboard
- Bad motherboard
- Bad memory
- Bad hard disk drive
- Bad power supply
 
Shenan Stanley said:
Installing *what* to a 'new' computer?
Are you attempting to install the Operating System? If so - what operating
system (Windows XP has many versions)?

It could be (if you are installing the OS):
- Bad CD
- Bad CD drive
- Bad cable from CD to motherboard
- Bad motherboard
- Bad memory
- Bad hard disk drive
- Bad power supply

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way



I'm attempting to install xp Home Edition. It formatted the HDD fine and then the error messages started when it said it was copying files. It did say that there may be a problem with the CD when it stated that it could not copy some of the files but not every one, but I didn't know if this was a standard warning.
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How can I check the source of the error?
 
Steve said:
On installing to a new computer it keeps telling me it cannot copy
various files, asks me to press enter to continue which sometimes
does then install the file but not with others so the install is
failing. Any ideas folks?!?!! Thanks in advance
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Installing *what* to a 'new' computer?
Are you attempting to install the Operating System? If so - what
operating
system (Windows XP has many versions)?

It could be (if you are installing the OS):
- Bad CD
- Bad CD drive
- Bad cable from CD to motherboard
- Bad motherboard
- Bad memory
- Bad hard disk drive
- Bad power supply
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I'm attempting to install xp Home Edition. It formatted the HDD
fine and then the error messages started when it said it was
copying files. It did say that there may be a problem with the CD
when it stated that it could not copy some of the files but not
every one, but I didn't know if this was a standard warning.
How can I check the source of the error?
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Sound to me like one of these: a bad CD (scratched/dirty), bad CD drive
(laser misaligned, bad cabling) or possibly bad memory or hard disk drive.
The easiest thing to check is the CD - clean it with a soft, non-abrasive
cloth and check for scratches. Next - using a CD drive cleaning kit - you
might clean the drive itself. After that - you might try using an
alternative CD drive (replace it with a new one/borrow one from a different
system.) Beyond that, you would need to get the hard disk drive diagnostics
from the hard disk drive manufactuyrer's web page and run it on the hard
disk drive to test for issues (possibly do a full zero-fill write to it) and
popssible some sort of memory testing application to run on your memory for
a few hours.
 
Thanks Shenan

Shenan Stanley said:
Sound to me like one of these: a bad CD (scratched/dirty), bad CD drive
(laser misaligned, bad cabling) or possibly bad memory or hard disk drive.
The easiest thing to check is the CD - clean it with a soft, non-abrasive
cloth and check for scratches. Next - using a CD drive cleaning kit - you
might clean the drive itself. After that - you might try using an
alternative CD drive (replace it with a new one/borrow one from a different
system.) Beyond that, you would need to get the hard disk drive diagnostics
from the hard disk drive manufactuyrer's web page and run it on the hard
disk drive to test for issues (possibly do a full zero-fill write to it) and
popssible some sort of memory testing application to run on your memory for
a few hours.
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After having to reinstall many times, The CD is scratched

No hope of help from Microsoft

They have our money

Now they do not care

To Hell with the customer
 
Dr Robert Tremain said:
After having to reinstall many times, The CD is scratched

No hope of help from Microsoft
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That's only true if the disc is an OEM disc. If it's a full-retail
disc, you can get a replacement from MS.
They have our money

Now they do not care

To Hell with the customer
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Confucious say: Customer who do not make disc backup is dumb customer"

I say: anyone who has to reinstall the OS that many times is a dumb
computer operator.
 
Dr Robert Tremain said:
After having to reinstall many times, The CD is scratched

No hope of help from Microsoft

They have our money

Now they do not care

To Hell with the customer
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Dude, you can't be serious. *You're* the one who scratched up the disk and
who failed to make a copy of it. for safekeeping. How in heaven's name is
that anyone's responsibility but your own? I imagine you can't have been
storing this CD safely in a jewel case, either, because I've used most of my
CDs many times and they don't get scratched from regular, careful use.

For now you can just go find an XP CD on eBay - make sure it matches the
type of key you've got. In that a retail CD needs a retail key - an OEM CD
needs an OEM key - etc.
 
Mike Torello said:
That's only true if the disc is an OEM disc. If it's a full-retail
disc, you can get a replacement from MS.


Confucious say: Customer who do not make disc backup is dumb customer"

I say: anyone who has to reinstall the OS that many times is a dumb
computer operator.
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"Installing" does not scratch a disc.
"Driving" does not scratch a car

Scratches won't get you a new one of either
 
Still insulting posters?
Mike Torello said:
That's only true if the disc is an OEM disc. If it's a full-retail
disc, you can get a replacement from MS.


Confucious say: Customer who do not make disc backup is dumb customer"

I say: anyone who has to reinstall the OS that many times is a dumb
computer operator.
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Not knowing 'that one' I cannot make a statement like that. Suppose for
example he/she is brand new to computers.
 
Not knowing 'that one' I cannot make a statement like that. Suppose for
example he/she is brand new to computers.
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Why didn't you bring that up when "Lanwench [MVP]" posted:

"Dude, you can't be serious. *You're* the one who scratched up the
disk and who failed to make a copy of it. for safekeeping. How in
heaven's name is that anyone's responsibility but your own?"

I'm just sayin'...

 
DDW said:
Why didn't you bring that up when "Lanwench [MVP]" posted:

"Dude, you can't be serious. *You're* the one who scratched up the
disk and who failed to make a copy of it. for safekeeping. How in
heaven's name is that anyone's responsibility but your own?"

I'm just sayin'...
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And I'm just sayin': 7 useless rude crude & demeaning post in a row from
the "best of this group". And not a single OT or no-archive amongst
them so the whole world will be able to view their crassness for
generations to come. 7 times people with nothing to say still said
something, dumb & egotistically anxious to see their tripe in print
rather than say what they had to say; which was nothing and exactly what
they should have said: Nothing. 7 Nothings. What wastes of brainless
shrouds of skin. The "me too" crapola is alive and very well on this
site. 7 "its" who shouldn't even be breating the same air as thinking
individuals. All 7 together couldn't comprise one whole brain's worth
of cells or intelligence.

Now watch the host of silly responses to this post and how ignorant
they'll all sound. Some people have bad days but these people never had
a good day and I hope they never do. All in need of that "male
enhancement" spam going around right now; none with anything to show and
not a grower in the bunch.

Stand by; it's about to rain.
 
And I'm just sayin': 7 useless rude crude & demeaning post in a row
from the "best of this group". And not a single OT or no-archive
amongst them so the whole world will be able to view their crassness
for generations to come. 7 times people with nothing to say still
said something, dumb & egotistically anxious to see their tripe in
print rather than say what they had to say; which was nothing and
exactly what they should have said: Nothing. 7 Nothings. What
wastes of brainless shrouds of skin. The "me too" crapola is alive
and very well on this site. 7 "its" who shouldn't even be breating
the same air as thinking individuals. All 7 together couldn't
comprise one whole brain's worth of cells or intelligence.

Now watch the host of silly responses to this post and how ignorant
they'll all sound. Some people have bad days but these people never
had a good day and I hope they never do. All in need of that "male
enhancement" spam going around right now; none with anything to show
and not a grower in the bunch.

Stand by; it's about to rain.
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Hi, Twayne!

My post was intended to tell the OP that he needed a serious adjustment of
expectations. I also told him he could get another copy on ebay. I posted 26
minutes after the first reply, which had not shown up in my newsreader when
I replied ....or frankly, I wouldn't have bothered. However, that first
reply also told the OP where he could get a replacement disc. Funny thing
is, I'm looking for your reply to the OP in which you answered his question,
but am having trouble finding it. Perhaps you forgot to hit send.

I'm not interested in pursuing this thread, as I actually have other hobbies
in the real world, but you kids go on and enjoy yourselves.
 
You just joined the group of 7.
Twayne said:
And I'm just sayin': 7 useless rude crude & demeaning post in a row from
the "best of this group". And not a single OT or no-archive amongst them
so the whole world will be able to view their crassness for generations to
come. 7 times people with nothing to say still said something, dumb &
egotistically anxious to see their tripe in print rather than say what
they had to say; which was nothing and exactly what they should have said:
Nothing. 7 Nothings. What wastes of brainless shrouds of skin. The "me
too" crapola is alive and very well on this site. 7 "its" who shouldn't
even be breating the same air as thinking individuals. All 7 together
couldn't comprise one whole brain's worth of cells or intelligence.

Now watch the host of silly responses to this post and how ignorant
they'll all sound. Some people have bad days but these people never had a
good day and I hope they never do. All in need of that "male enhancement"
spam going around right now; none with anything to show and not a grower
in the bunch.

Stand by; it's about to rain.
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