Difficulty Installing XP-Pro, Help please

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Michael Hobbs

I formatted the drive and now want to do a fresh install of XP-Pro into a
computer that I built a few months ago. My cd says that it "includes service
pack 1a"
Along in the process, Install halts and tells me it 'the file asms on the
xp-pro sp1 cd is needed'. I am instructed to insert the sp1 cd and click
ok!!!! Prob is. the label says it's already there and I got no second
cd-when i bought this copy

I have long forgotten what I did to get this to install the first time. Can
anyone help me please. I hate to go out and just buy another copy of XP.

Thank you so much.
 
Greetings --

Problems copying files or corrupted files during installation
are most often caused by defective or sub-standard hardware; in order
of likelihood, either RAM, the hard drive, or the motherboard. On
much less frequent occasions, a bad CD or defective CD drive can also
cause this.

Was there a problem that led to your thinking a re-install of the
OS was necessary? If so, have you eliminated hardware as a potential
source of that problem?

You might try copying the \i386 folder from the CD to your hard
drive (after formatting it, of course) and then running
C:\i386\Winnt.exe from the command prompt.


Bruce Chambers

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Well Its an Asus P4C800E-Deluxe motherboard. RAM passes the standard ram
check on p.o.s.t. (not a rigorous test I must admit). As to the CD
drive....... well Maybe I shold worry. It's a Plextor cd\DVD drive and I'm a
little nervous about these do-everything drives.
I will probably pop for another copy of the OS, I can always use it. This
has never happened before to me so I agree it's rare. thankfully.
And, thank you Bruce.
 
Greetings --

You're welcome. FYI, the POST does "test" the RAM at all, it just
counts it. You might try MemTest:

http://www.memtest86.com/

Bruce Chambers

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Bruce Chambers said:
Greetings --

You're welcome. FYI, the POST does "test" the RAM at all, it just
counts it. You might try MemTest:

http://www.memtest86.com/

Bruce Chambers

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hello Bruce ,
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In general I agree to your idea to first exclude hardwareproblems .
I slipstreamed xp sp2 rc1 (german edition) to a XP home sp1 OEM and to a XP prof OEM sp1 . Afterwards I generated testinstallations . A lot of files from the slipstremed XP home couldn't be copied to the HD ( C:) , but the installation did run through . I tried then with the slipstreamed XP prof . And again some files couldn't be copied , not as much as with the XP home . Then I repeated the installationprocess with another computer with differrent hardware . The same failures occurred ! My conclusion : A beta-bug is responsible for the failure of copiing the files . Mister Hobbs , I think , has a problem with a somehow corrupt XP prof copy . Best wishes to you Bruce and to you Michael

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