Can no longer install using "Genuine" media.

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Mark Barnes (Jao)

Hi

I'm having a big problem. I can no longer install windows XP using genuine
media when using new CD/DVD hardware. Using old hardware I am having no
issues (I'm just waiting for the last of my 12X CDROM's to die then I'm
screwed)

I've tried old trusted install disks, and new freshly unsealed disks, and
all seem to fail during the "Setup is copying files" stage with the message
"Setup cannot copy the file: <insert filename here> To retry press enter
etc.".

My guess is that MS foresaw the day everyone had a CDRW/DVDRW and
manufactured the media so that these drives could not read the disks,
therefore could not copy them. Only problem is, nowdays it's impossible to
buy one that doesn't have this feature.

Is there an official solution to this problem, other than "Upgrade to Vista"?

Cheers
 
On 20 Dec, 18:27, Mark Barnes (Jao)

Have you tried setting the CD/DVD drives and/or the HDD to legacy in
the BIOS? I've had issues building systems with SATA drives that have
been resolved this way.
 
On Dec 20, 1:27 pm, Mark Barnes (Jao)
<MarkBarnes...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm having a big problem. I can no longer install windows XP using genuine
> media when using new CD/DVD hardware. Using old hardware I am having no
> issues (I'm just waiting for the last of my 12X CDROM's to die then I'm
> screwed)
>
> I've tried old trusted install disks, and new freshly unsealed disks, and
> all seem to fail during the "Setup is copying files" stage with the message
> "Setup cannot copy the file: <insert filename here> To retry press enter
> etc.".
>
> My guess is that MS foresaw the day everyone had a CDRW/DVDRW and
> manufactured the media so that these drives could not read the disks,
> therefore could not copy them. Only problem is, nowdays it's impossible to
> buy one that doesn't have this feature.
>
> Is there an official solution to this problem, other than "Upgrade to Vista"?
>
> Cheers

I never had this type of problems. Unless the disks are "extrremely"
scratched, your CDRW / DVDRW drive is starting to be defective or the
unit was never "up to specs" originally.
 
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