missing files while installing

[Ben]

I upgraded my computer to XP last month and had no
problems during the installation. I had a hard drive
crash and ended up reformatting my drives and totally
reinstalling Win98. I've been trying the XP upgrade for
the last 2 weeks but keep getting error messages during
the 'copying files' part of the installation that files
are missing. Some look to be installation files; other
appear to be otherwise ie. photowiz. I've have only
minimal programs installed as I wanted XP to have as few
problems upgrading as possible. I tried disabling my
virus scanner but that didn't help either. (I didn't
disable anything during the successful install the first
time and didnt have any problems).
Any suggestions?

Thanks
Ben

[naddame]

if you're going to be running XP then why not just install it and forget
about installing 98 first...not saying that that will cure your problem but
give it a shot, clean installs are much more stable and have fewer problems
from the start. as for your missing files (assuming that you have a legit
cd of XP) your cdrom may need cleaning or just replacement, or there is a
scratch on the disk, had the same problem a few weeks ago and ended up
replacing the drive. oh well it's only money...


"Ben" > wrote in message
...
> I upgraded my computer to XP last month and had no
> problems during the installation. I had a hard drive
> crash and ended up reformatting my drives and totally
> reinstalling Win98. I've been trying the XP upgrade for
> the last 2 weeks but keep getting error messages during
> the 'copying files' part of the installation that files
> are missing. Some look to be installation files; other
> appear to be otherwise ie. photowiz. I've have only
> minimal programs installed as I wanted XP to have as few
> problems upgrading as possible. I tried disabling my
> virus scanner but that didn't help either. (I didn't
> disable anything during the successful install the first
> time and didnt have any problems).
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Ben

[Ben]

The XP upgrade will only work if Win98 is installed..it
can't be installed just to a formatted drive.
>-----Original Message-----
>if you're going to be running XP then why not just
install it and forget
>about installing 98 first...not saying that that will
cure your problem but
>give it a shot, clean installs are much more stable and
have fewer problems
>from the start. as for your missing files (assuming that
you have a legit
>cd of XP) your cdrom may need cleaning or just
replacement, or there is a
>scratch on the disk, had the same problem a few weeks ago
and ended up
>replacing the drive. oh well it's only money...
>
>
>"Ben" > wrote in message
...
>> I upgraded my computer to XP last month and had no
>> problems during the installation. I had a hard drive
>> crash and ended up reformatting my drives and totally
>> reinstalling Win98. I've been trying the XP upgrade for
>> the last 2 weeks but keep getting error messages during
>> the 'copying files' part of the installation that files
>> are missing. Some look to be installation files; other
>> appear to be otherwise ie. photowiz. I've have only
>> minimal programs installed as I wanted XP to have as few
>> problems upgrading as possible. I tried disabling my
>> virus scanner but that didn't help either. (I didn't
>> disable anything during the successful install the first
>> time and didnt have any problems).
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ben
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