My dad was thinking about buying xp ugrade from local retail outlet and I told him I could get full oem version for same price and that it could upgrade his system just as well (and could be used on new computer also). So we got it.
But anytime we try to install or upgrade his system with xp the installation stops about 2% into copying files and says that it is unable to copy a file to the hdd. I can press "enter" to try again, "esc" to skip file, or "f3" to cancel installation. I tried to retry and sometimes after 1 or 2 presses it will continue installation to only find another file it can't copy with the same options. Sometimes no matter how many times I press enter it will not be able to copy file and I have to skip the file. I would say about 20-25 files have this problem throughout installation. I have tried upgrading his windows 98 and also formatting the hdd and doing fresh install of xp (with both FAT and NFTS). Nothing has worked. I was thinking about doing the fixmbr command, but a statement about the mbr being a nonconventional mbr comes up and I am worried about ruining his system from ever working. Maybe changing the mbr will prevent his oem restore disk from working.
When the install stops at a file it can't write it says something like--if copying files from a CD make sure the CD is in the drive or maybe the CD is damaged, contact your hardware vendor, blah, blah, blah... It is a brand new authentic version of Windows XP. I don't think the CD is damaged or unreadable. I may try a dual boot on my system just to verify that the disk is viable.
His OEM restore CD is able to install his Windows 98 (first edition btw). And he once borrowed standard Windows 98 se from a friend and that installed fine on his system.
His specs are p2 450, 256 p100 RAM, 13 gig hdd (not sure make), 4 or 8x dvd player.
Is this thing just too old or unconventional to put XP on?
But anytime we try to install or upgrade his system with xp the installation stops about 2% into copying files and says that it is unable to copy a file to the hdd. I can press "enter" to try again, "esc" to skip file, or "f3" to cancel installation. I tried to retry and sometimes after 1 or 2 presses it will continue installation to only find another file it can't copy with the same options. Sometimes no matter how many times I press enter it will not be able to copy file and I have to skip the file. I would say about 20-25 files have this problem throughout installation. I have tried upgrading his windows 98 and also formatting the hdd and doing fresh install of xp (with both FAT and NFTS). Nothing has worked. I was thinking about doing the fixmbr command, but a statement about the mbr being a nonconventional mbr comes up and I am worried about ruining his system from ever working. Maybe changing the mbr will prevent his oem restore disk from working.
When the install stops at a file it can't write it says something like--if copying files from a CD make sure the CD is in the drive or maybe the CD is damaged, contact your hardware vendor, blah, blah, blah... It is a brand new authentic version of Windows XP. I don't think the CD is damaged or unreadable. I may try a dual boot on my system just to verify that the disk is viable.
His OEM restore CD is able to install his Windows 98 (first edition btw). And he once borrowed standard Windows 98 se from a friend and that installed fine on his system.
His specs are p2 450, 256 p100 RAM, 13 gig hdd (not sure make), 4 or 8x dvd player.
Is this thing just too old or unconventional to put XP on?