error code 7

[travis]

i am installing xp onto a formatted hardrive. i formatted
the drive using a 98 boot disk and fdisk and i am having
problems, when installing xp from the cdrom i keep getting
errors saying that a driver or file could not be copied.
the error codes i am getting are 7 and 4 and they switch
up. sometimes when i try to install the program i get the
error 7 and then i will try again and i will get a error
code 4. i need help and this computer is driving nuts.
please help what am i doing wrong.

[rifleman]

In article >,
says...
> i am installing xp onto a formatted hardrive. i formatted
> the drive using a 98 boot disk and fdisk and i am having
> problems, when installing xp from the cdrom i keep getting
> errors saying that a driver or file could not be copied.
> the error codes i am getting are 7 and 4 and they switch
> up. sometimes when i try to install the program i get the
> error 7 and then i will try again and i will get a error
> code 4. i need help and this computer is driving nuts.
> please help what am i doing wrong.
>

Try booting from the CD and re-formatting the HDD from within the set-up
options.
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[R. C. White]

Hi, Travis.

As Rifleman says, just boot from the CD and let WinXP Setup partition and
format the drive for you. If you want to create or format additional
partitions after installation, use WinXP's Disk Management to do that.

The DOS program FDISK only partitions the drive, you know. To format the
drive, you would need to use Format.exe after the partitions are created.

If you are using Format.exe from MS-DOS , then you are limiting yourself to
FAT32. Unless you plan to install Win9x/ME on this computer, there's no
need to cling to FAT. Let WinXP Setup format the drive NTFS. This has
several advantages, including greater security, both in the sense of
preventing unauthorized access and in the sense of less chance of corrupting
your files.

RC
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San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"travis" > wrote in message
...
> i am installing xp onto a formatted hardrive. i formatted
> the drive using a 98 boot disk and fdisk and i am having
> problems, when installing xp from the cdrom i keep getting
> errors saying that a driver or file could not be copied.
> the error codes i am getting are 7 and 4 and they switch
> up. sometimes when i try to install the program i get the
> error 7 and then i will try again and i will get a error
> code 4. i need help and this computer is driving nuts.
> please help what am i doing wrong.

[travis]

RC, Rifleman,
First off thanks for replying. the I have already
formatted the hdd with the winxp cd and i am getting the
error codes still. should i try to go through and load the
whole program after a new format. i am lost.
thanks
travis
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, Travis.
>
>As Rifleman says, just boot from the CD and let WinXP
Setup partition and
>format the drive for you. If you want to create or
format additional
>partitions after installation, use WinXP's Disk
Management to do that.
>
>The DOS program FDISK only partitions the drive, you
know. To format the
>drive, you would need to use Format.exe after the
partitions are created.
>
>If you are using Format.exe from MS-DOS , then you are
limiting yourself to
>FAT32. Unless you plan to install Win9x/ME on this
computer, there's no
>need to cling to FAT. Let WinXP Setup format the drive
NTFS. This has
>several advantages, including greater security, both in
the sense of
>preventing unauthorized access and in the sense of less
chance of corrupting
>your files.
>
>RC
>--
>R. C. White, CPA
>San Marcos, TX

>Microsoft Windows MVP
>
>"travis" > wrote in message
...
>> i am installing xp onto a formatted hardrive. i
formatted
>> the drive using a 98 boot disk and fdisk and i am having
>> problems, when installing xp from the cdrom i keep
getting
>> errors saying that a driver or file could not be copied.
>> the error codes i am getting are 7 and 4 and they switch
>> up. sometimes when i try to install the program i get
the
>> error 7 and then i will try again and i will get a error
>> code 4. i need help and this computer is driving nuts.
>> please help what am i doing wrong.
>
>
>.
>

[Frank]

travis wrote:
| i am installing xp onto a formatted hardrive. i formatted
| the drive using a 98 boot disk and fdisk and i am having
| problems, when installing xp from the cdrom i keep getting
| errors saying that a driver or file could not be copied.
| the error codes i am getting are 7 and 4 and they switch
| up. sometimes when i try to install the program i get the
| error 7 and then i will try again and i will get a error
| code 4. i need help and this computer is driving nuts.
| please help what am i doing wrong.

I believe that this is a compatability issue between the cdrom
drive and the disk being used to install XP. Is this by any
chance a copy of XP. I was always getting these type errors
with CDROM drives and I now use DVD drives.



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