We had a computer with ME on it. I reformatted the hard drive and repartitioned it. The install was going fine until Windows files started to copy over. Suddenly certain files were not able to copy over. What would cause this? I cancelled the installation. There was a selection push ESC to skip the file that couldn't copy over...please help!
2007-09-24 08:27:12 · 5 answers · asked by countess_von_katz 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Did you make sure your computer had at least minimum hardware requirements for XP?
2007-09-24 08:31:49 · answer #1 · answered by kid_california_7 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have seen this before. Try using a CD player lens cleaner in your CD Rom. There may be something stopping the disc from reading properly. If that doesn't fix it, try hooking up another CD Rom. One last thing would be to take the XP disk back and exchange it for a new one if there my be problems with the disk.
2007-09-24 08:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by Steve P 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kid CA has a good answer. I had this problem too when installing XP for the first time. Turn out it was my video card was to old for it and I didn't have enough memory.
2007-09-24 08:35:41 · answer #3 · answered by Phurface 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just reformat it again and repartion it again and then do a reinstall. It should work. Once and a while when installing a OS this happens.
2007-09-24 09:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by elias t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully, help is here.
WindowsXP System Restore – excellent link – explains with graphics
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/getstarted/ballew_03may19.mspx
WindowsXP Repair Explained
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/options_to_use_when_a_system_will_not_start.mspx?mfr=true
WindowsXP Repair Tools
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm#How%20to%20Repair%20Windows%20XP%20by%20Installing%20Over%20top%20of%20Existing%20Setup:
http://www.download-download-this.com/4.html?OVRAW=Windows%20Installer%20corrupted&OVKEY=window%20installer&OVMTC=advanced
Fix and/or Repair Windows
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
http://www.onsitechicago.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=23&nav=0
2007-09-24 09:09:40 · answer #5 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋