XP installation from OEM disk - can't copy files

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I had to reinstall XP Pro from a brand new OEM installation disk - about 3
days after I bought the system. During the inital installation (in text
mode), the installer reports that it is not able to copy a number of files
to the hard drive (eg. cyzcoins.chm etc). This occurs after the formatting
part of the procedure. On the assumption that there was a drive error, I
tried duplicating the disk and burning it to a blank disk. It burnt OK, but
the same error occurred with the copy.

I suppose I should put this down to a dodgy installation disk, but my son
has had the same experience with XP Pro with an upgrade disk. Furthermore,
I find that CD-ROMs usually don't fail at this rate usually.

Am I doing something wrong, do MS put their installation disks on poor
quality media, or is this just an isolated piece of bad luck?
 
Contact the machine manufacturer's tech support, Robert.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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Robert S wrote:
> I had to reinstall XP Pro from a brand new OEM installation disk - about 3
> days after I bought the system. During the inital installation (in text
> mode), the installer reports that it is not able to copy a number of files
> to the hard drive (eg. cyzcoins.chm etc). This occurs after the
> formatting
> part of the procedure. On the assumption that there was a drive error, I
> tried duplicating the disk and burning it to a blank disk. It burnt OK,
> but
> the same error occurred with the copy.
>
> I suppose I should put this down to a dodgy installation disk, but my son
> has had the same experience with XP Pro with an upgrade disk.
> Furthermore,
> I find that CD-ROMs usually don't fail at this rate usually.
>
> Am I doing something wrong, do MS put their installation disks on poor
> quality media, or is this just an isolated piece of bad luck?
 
"Robert S" wrote
>I had to reinstall XP Pro from a brand new OEM installation disk - about 3
>days after I bought the system. During the inital installation (in text
>mode), the installer reports that it is not able to copy a number of files
>to the hard drive (eg. cyzcoins.chm etc). This occurs after the formatting
>part of the procedure. On the assumption that there was a drive error, I
>tried duplicating the disk and burning it to a blank disk. It burnt OK,
>but the same error occurred with the copy.
>
> I suppose I should put this down to a dodgy installation disk, but my son
> has had the same experience with XP Pro with an upgrade disk.
> Furthermore, I find that CD-ROMs usually don't fail at this rate usually.
>
> Am I doing something wrong, do MS put their installation disks on poor
> quality media, or is this just an isolated piece of bad luck?

It could be a bad disk or a bad drive. In some cases it can be related to
memory problems or motherboard controller problems.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
 
Robert S wrote:
> I had to reinstall XP Pro from a brand new OEM installation disk -
> about 3 days after I bought the system. During the inital
> installation (in text mode), the installer reports that it is not
> able to copy a number of files to the hard drive (eg. cyzcoins.chm
> etc). This occurs after the formatting part of the procedure. On
> the assumption that there was a drive error, I tried duplicating the
> disk and burning it to a blank disk. It burnt OK, but the same error
> occurred with the copy.
> I suppose I should put this down to a dodgy installation disk, but my
> son has had the same experience with XP Pro with an upgrade disk.
> Furthermore, I find that CD-ROMs usually don't fail at this rate
> usually.
> Am I doing something wrong, do MS put their installation disks on poor
> quality media, or is this just an isolated piece of bad luck?

When using an OEM disk, one must either do a _repair install_,
or wipe the drive in order to start clean. An OEM disk will not
_upgrade_.
 
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