xp is not copying files right

[Richard]

ok, recently i have been trying to install windows xp on
my seagate 80 gb harddrive and formatting goes ok
(although i have to do that outside of the setup to make
it a full size drive) and then when i get into the next
setup screen where it puts the install files on my hdd it
says "could not copy file _____.dll" and it comes up with
different ones each time but usually they are
usually "dm..." files. i have been struggling with this
for many days now and i have tried turning off the cache
just incase to no avail, and everything. can anyone please
help me?

[R. C. White]

Hi, Richard.

HOW are you trying to install? Is your new drive installed as primary
master? Are any other HDs installed? Are you booting from the WinXP
CD-ROM? Are you upgrading from a prior Windows, or is this a clean
installation of WinXP? Is this a "typical" desktop computer configuration,
or are you using SCSI or RAID or some other special HD connection?

> (although i have to do that outside of the setup to make
> it a full size drive)

I don't understand this line unless you are trying to use FAT32 on a volume
larger than 32 GB. Why would you choose FAT32; do you plan to install
Win9x/ME on this computer?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"Richard" > wrote in message
...
> ok, recently i have been trying to install windows xp on
> my seagate 80 gb harddrive and formatting goes ok
> (although i have to do that outside of the setup to make
> it a full size drive) and then when i get into the next
> setup screen where it puts the install files on my hdd it
> says "could not copy file _____.dll" and it comes up with
> different ones each time but usually they are
> usually "dm..." files. i have been struggling with this
> for many days now and i have tried turning off the cache
> just incase to no avail, and everything. can anyone please
> help me?

[Peter Hutchison]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:33:53 -0700, "Richard" >
wrote:

>ok, recently i have been trying to install windows xp on
>my seagate 80 gb harddrive and formatting goes ok
>(although i have to do that outside of the setup to make
>it a full size drive) and then when i get into the next
>setup screen where it puts the install files on my hdd it
>says "could not copy file _____.dll" and it comes up with
>different ones each time but usually they are
>usually "dm..." files. i have been struggling with this
>for many days now and i have tried turning off the cache
>just incase to no avail, and everything. can anyone please
>help me?

Does your PC have a boot sector virus protection turned on in the
BIOS? Try turning it off and try again.

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
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