Installation problem - bad 3.5 floppy or bad keyboard & mouse

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I'm trying to install winxp home on a brand new system. If I use my install
disk (winxp home sp1) and use the F6 prompt to install the drivers for my
SATA HD, my floppy drive eats my floppy disk. It gives me an error stating
the textsetup.oem file causes an error and I can't load the drivers - so the
installation fails with a BSOD popping up before I get to partition the
drive. Additionally, the 3.5 floppy disk becomes useless and I have to
reformat it. I tried about 8 different floppy disks unsuccessfully. I tried
copying the drivers to the floppy on this computer and on a different
computer. The floppy disk is good until the point when the install looks for
the drivers on it.

I tried making a slipstream disk with SP2 and the drivers. That gets me
past the former problem. However, I get some messages about missing files
during installation (ks.sys and some other files) that I can bypass if I
press Esc. After the reboot following the partitioning, my USB keyboard and
USB mouse don't work during the GUI part of the install. Windows boots up
and copies files for 5 minutes, then I must choose the Region and Language
Input, but the mouse cursor doesn't show and the keyboard is dead. I tried
using a ps/2 keyboard and it didn't work either.
 
I have copied the SATA drivers to floppies on 2 different 3.5 drives. I
haven't tried installing a different 3.5 drive to the new computer.

I'm stilled worried, that even if a different 3.5 drive to work, i'll
nevertheless get to the point in GUI install where my keyboard and mouse
don't work.
 
You need to resolve the floppy problem and the file copy problem, neither of
those are normal, if you have to skip files during installation there is a
serious problem that needs to be rectified. File copy problems are usually
cause by a bad install cd, a bad cd drive, bad memory, or a bad hard drive.
 
OK, i got it to work finally. I had to redo my slipstream disk. I had
removed some components on my first slipstream and, I guess, that explains
the missing files during setup and the non-functioning keyboard and mouse.
Thanks for helping!
 
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