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02-23-2004, 12:20 PM
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Can't get windows xp to install
I was trying to install windows xp on a system i just build and i get about 30% through the copying of the files and i start getting messages saying error "couldn't copy file correctly, hit enter to retry"
so i hit enter and it goes onto the next and i get the same error message eventually i stops copying the files completely..... does anyone know whats wrong? i just bought the xp cd fresh today.... |
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02-23-2004, 01:30 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Post your complete system specs by brand and model.
Are you sure the drives are jumpered properly? The hard drive should be jumpered to CS. The CD-ROM (or whatever optical drive you're using) should be set to CS only if you're using a 80 wire IDE cable. If you're using a 40 wire IDE cable, set the jumper to either master or slave. Are the IDE cables installed properly? An 80 wire IDE cable goes blue to motherboard, black to main hard drive and grey to slave drive. Is your system overclocked? If it is, set it to the normal processor speed and try again. And this is a cross-post...you should have continued in the original thread.  Cricket
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02-23-2004, 01:46 PM
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machspeed pt800dbp motherboard
award bios 6.0 pentium 4 2.4ghz 800mhz fsb ultra 512mb pc3200 ddr seagate 200 gb hard drive optorite 52x32x52 cdrw hival dvd rw radeon 9200se 128mb |
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02-23-2004, 02:09 PM
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Look at your other post.
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02-23-2004, 02:24 PM
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i tried what was suggested in the other post and got no new results
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02-23-2004, 02:41 PM
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XP is really sensitive to RAM settings. If you have defective or high density RAM then you will get this type of stop errors during the install. High Density RAM is usually sold as generic and is cheaper than name brand ram.
Also I have had one occasion where I had to disable the onboard LAN port in order to get XP to install correctly. |
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02-23-2004, 02:53 PM
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would ultra ram be considered generic?
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02-23-2004, 02:54 PM
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how did you disable the onboard LAN...did you do it in the CMOS or physically?
ps... thanks for all the help so far |
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02-23-2004, 02:59 PM
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Yes, you would disable onboard LAN in the BIOS.
If you have two sticks of memory, try pulling one or the other out to see if that will solve the problem. |
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02-23-2004, 03:06 PM
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I do not know anything about Ultra Brand RAM other than the only seller seems to be TigerDirect, which IMHO is a great reason to avoid it at all costs.
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