| "Mawdz" <
[email protected]>
| wrote in message | i am trying to reinstall windows Xp home - however when
| doing so driver.cab file fails to load . i can skip this
| and get the whole of the system up and runnin . however
| there are no icons on the screen when i have logged on
| only the bottom tool bar " START BUTTON"
| can i load these dirver if so how do i do it
Directly quoted from Microsoft Knowledge Base Article KB257954:
"CAUSE
This behavior can occur because of any of the following reasons:
The Windows CD-ROM is damaged or dirty.
PC133 SDRAM is being used in a computer that requires PC100 SDRAM.
The CD-ROM drive is malfunctioning.
The RAM is mismatched or the memory is faulty."
For more information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
KB257954 - Random Files May Not Be Copied During Text-Mode Setup
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=257954
And on the subject of faulty RAM, here's what another user with the same
problem had to say about it:
----- Begin Original Message -----
From: "Jim Smith"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup
Sent: Friday 2002/07/26 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Setup cannot copy the file ....
I have found this to me a RAM problem, not a CD or HD problem. The CPU
decompresses the files on the CD and writes them to the HD, if RAM is
flakey, files will not be decompressed correctly and when setup does a
verify, it fails. I fought with this problem for almost a day before I
replaced my RAM and it went away.
----- End Original Message -----
And on the subject of testing RAM, Microsoft has released a software memory
diagnostic tool (mtinst.exe) that you can use to tests the Random Access
Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. For more information , and to
download this tool, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Microsoft Online Crash Analysis - Windows Memory Diagnostic
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp