error code 7

[travis]

R. C.,
> I have a few questions. The reason i used the fdisk, was
becuase i was
> having a lot of problems with windows xp that was
already installed on the
> computer. I could start the computer it would keep on
restarting and
giving
> the options for safe mode and all the others then i
would choose an
opotion
> and it would try and open and then just reboot and take
me to the same
> screen. when i tried to repair the os using the cd it
would not let me get
> past the point were it loaded the dll's it would give me
an error code of
4.
> so i decided to format the computer and try and start
over. To do this i
> downloaded a 98 bootdisk that had fdisk on it. i used
the bootdisk to boot
> the computer and then deleted the partition and created
a new one. i
> restarted the computer and loaded the win xp install cd
and now i am at my
> provlem. i am doing something wrong. the win xp has
already gone through
and
> reformatted the hdd to ntfs and is at the point of
copying files. can you
> help i really appreciate your response on the website.
> Thanks again
> Travis

>-----Original 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.
>.
>