Windows XP Home Install problems

When I try to load Win XP Home, setup halts when copying
shell32.dll. I get the message "shell32.dll could not copy
correctly. The file Setup placed on your hard drive is
not a valid Windows XP System image." If I bypass, I get
a similar message for a number of other files, but these
eventually copy successfully. The OS will not work
correctly without shell32.dll, so bypassing it is not an
option.

My copy of Win XP is brand new, never loaded, retail that
I purchased privately (not OEM). I formatted the hard
drive (60G) prior to attempting to install. I've
attempted to install multiple times, each time
reformatting the hdd. Tried to load it using both fat32
and ntfs formats.

The machine has a Biostar M7VKQ XP compatible motherboard
with on-board sound and video. The BIOS is updated. Only
peripherals are a Sony cd rom and floppy drive. It has
256 meg of ram (I removed 256 and other peripherals to try
to keep it as simple as possible), and an AMD Athlon 1.2G
processor.

I am thinking I got a bad Windows XP cd, but I also
suspect BIOS incompatibilities. I would appreciate any
help. Thanks.
jv

Hi Joe, I have run into the same problem a time or two when installing an O/S
on a client machine, and your assumption that the cd may be the culprit could
certainly be correct. I really can't recommend a fix on an open forum support
group, unless you contact whomever it was that you purchased the cd from. If
it was a retailer you purchased from, maybe their tech people could assist.
Basically, another disk may effectively install, but it is "One O/S, One
Computer".

"Joe Versace" wrote:

When I try to load Win XP Home, setup halts when copying
shell32.dll. I get the message "shell32.dll could not copy
correctly. The file Setup placed on your hard drive is
not a valid Windows XP System image." If I bypass, I get
a similar message for a number of other files, but these
eventually copy successfully. The OS will not work
correctly without shell32.dll, so bypassing it is not an
option.

My copy of Win XP is brand new, never loaded, retail that
I purchased privately (not OEM). I formatted the hard
drive (60G) prior to attempting to install. I've
attempted to install multiple times, each time
reformatting the hdd. Tried to load it using both fat32
and ntfs formats.

The machine has a Biostar M7VKQ XP compatible motherboard
with on-board sound and video. The BIOS is updated. Only
peripherals are a Sony cd rom and floppy drive. It has
256 meg of ram (I removed 256 and other peripherals to try
to keep it as simple as possible), and an AMD Athlon 1.2G
processor.

I am thinking I got a bad Windows XP cd, but I also
suspect BIOS incompatibilities. I would appreciate any
help. Thanks.
jv