problems with formatting and installing xp

[jag dhillon]

Someone please help,

I have started to build systems for clients, My problems
comes with windows xp oem disks, When i put disk in cdrom,
it fires up starts to format ntfs and then when it comes
to 99% it says this disk cannot be formmatted, If i manage
to formatt at after many trys, we have problems with
installing xp , sometimes this file cannopt be found and
other time fatal exception.

Pplease help

[Michael W Ryder]

jag dhillon wrote:
> Someone please help,
>
> I have started to build systems for clients, My problems
> comes with windows xp oem disks, When i put disk in cdrom,
> it fires up starts to format ntfs and then when it comes
> to 99% it says this disk cannot be formmatted, If i manage
> to formatt at after many trys, we have problems with
> installing xp , sometimes this file cannopt be found and
> other time fatal exception.
>
> Pplease help


The problem could be that you are using the wrong cable for the hard
drives or are overclocking the system. I have seen similar problems
with a friend who used a 40 pin IDE cable on a newer Maxtor drive.
Using the correct 80 pin cable fixed his problems.
You might also have to copy the CD to a formatted drive and install from
there. This will eliminate problems with the CD drive.