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.

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

 

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_.