Win XP setup can't find cd that is there

[jzdenton]

I just bought a new system that is finally up and running. If you wanna see how you can read about it here

Anyway, I started installing windows xp pro and everything went fine untill I came to the part where it says it's copying files (this is after I'm done with the dos part where it had no problem copying files) and it suddenly asks for the "I386" folder. Somehow it's all of a sudden unable to read the cd. So I click on the browse button to try and locate it and notices that the cd rom drive lists as a local disk and that when I try to click on it I get an "unnavailable" error message. Have anyone else encountered this and knows how to fix it.

 

[LiLithTecH]

How do you have the RAM installed?

What is the exact model number of the RAM (Corsair TWIN2X-1024-xxxx)?

 

[doc2345]

How many drives are in the machine? Sounds like drive assignments changed on the reboot and the source path is no longer where XP is looking for it. Try disconnecting all HD's but the system drive and all but one optical and start the install again........

 

[firewall]

Also allow some time for the cd drive to cool and then hit retry. You should also look into cleaning the cd-rom lens if that is the problem.

 

[jzdenton]

Actually that RAM was defect so I had to return it and I'm curently running with 2 older 256 mb TwinMos dimms that I honestly don't know the exact model number of. It's installed properly, I chacked and re-checkd that several times and it's in the 2 blue slots so that they run in dual mode or whatever that is called. There are 2 HDD's in the machine, so drive assignment could be the problem but I know from past experience that if a drive is not inserted during install xp may not assign it to the trash can which screws things up when you try to delete stuff from that drive. I don't think it's a lense problem cause it copies files just fine while it is in the dos part of the install. I actually managed to fix the problem by copying the flder (I386) to an external HD and connecting it to usb and browsing to it's location when I got the prompt for cd. Hardly optimal but it worked. I'm hoping to fix the problem fully some time later with the drive assignment thing hopefully. Now I just need word for school.