Hello, I am looking for some help. I was recently given an old P3
system running at 800mhz, with 512sdram pc133 minus the harddrive. The
mobo is an ASUS, but I can't determine the model #. I would like to
put in a hdd and install XP home. I have the disk and the proper
product key. When I attempt to reformat and install the OS, it only
get so far and I get messages telling me that some files were not
copyed correctly and I could either retry or skip the file, but there
seems to be quite a few . I have tried 3 different XP disks and 4
different hdd, same results. I have checked all cables and
connections. Could it have something to do with the bios? When the
system was whole it was running Windows ME. I am hoping that help is
forthcoming as I hit the wall. I would like to hear any solution that
you may have to help me right this problem. Thanks in advance for your
efforts and your patience as I am new to these matters.
-J
In article <be72a58d-fb62-4a60-a9b9- 7e95586b91dd@t63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, willandsue@rogers.com
says...
> Hello, I am looking for some help. I was recently given an old P3
> system running at 800mhz, with 512sdram pc133 minus the harddrive. The
> mobo is an ASUS, but I can't determine the model #. I would like to
> put in a hdd and install XP home. I have the disk and the proper
> product key. When I attempt to reformat and install the OS, it only
> get so far and I get messages telling me that some files were not
> copyed correctly and I could either retry or skip the file, but there
> seems to be quite a few . I have tried 3 different XP disks and 4
> different hdd, same results. I have checked all cables and
> connections. Could it have something to do with the bios? When the
> system was whole it was running Windows ME. I am hoping that help is
> forthcoming as I hit the wall. I would like to hear any solution that
> you may have to help me right this problem. Thanks in advance for your
> efforts and your patience as I am new to these matters.
> -J
>
I would also want to testor swap the memory.
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In article <be72a58d-fb62-4a60-a9b9- 7e95586b91dd@t63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, jinxy says...
> Hello, I am looking for some help. I was recently given an old P3
> system running at 800mhz, with 512sdram pc133 minus the harddrive. The
> mobo is an ASUS, but I can't determine the model #. I would like to
> put in a hdd and install XP home. I have the disk and the proper
> product key. When I attempt to reformat and install the OS, it only
> get so far and I get messages telling me that some files were not
> copyed correctly and I could either retry or skip the file, but there
> seems to be quite a few . I have tried 3 different XP disks and 4
> different hdd, same results. I have checked all cables and
> connections. Could it have something to do with the bios? When the
> system was whole it was running Windows ME. I am hoping that help is
> forthcoming as I hit the wall. I would like to hear any solution that
> you may have to help me right this problem. Thanks in advance for your
> efforts and your patience as I am new to these matters.
> -J
>
Faulty RAM is usually the issue. Use memtest to check it.
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looking good either. - Scott Adams
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:42:03 +0100, Peter
<pete.ivesAll_stRESS@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>In article <be72a58d-fb62-4a60-a9b9-
>>7e95586b91dd@t63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, willandsue@rogers.com
>>says...
>>> Hello, I am looking for some help. I was recently given an old P3
>>> system running at 800mhz, with 512sdram pc133 minus the harddrive. The
>>> mobo is an ASUS, but I can't determine the model #. I would like to
>>> put in a hdd and install XP home. I have the disk and the proper
>>> product key. When I attempt to reformat and install the OS, it only
>>> get so far and I get messages telling me that some files were not
>>> copyed correctly and I could either retry or skip the file, but there
>>> seems to be quite a few . I have tried 3 different XP disks and 4
>>> different hdd, same results. I have checked all cables and
>>> connections. Could it have something to do with the bios? When the
>>> system was whole it was running Windows ME. I am hoping that help is
>>> forthcoming as I hit the wall. I would like to hear any solution that
>>> you may have to help me right this problem. Thanks in advance for your
>>> efforts and your patience as I am new to these matters.
>>> -J
>>>
>>
>>I would also want to testor swap the memory.
I had a problem like this on machine I was trying to reload XP on. It
was the MBR that was corrupted. All I did was download the DOS version
of the utility at Seagate and ran all the tests and, what I think
helped the most, zeroed out the hard drive. Took about 45 minutes on a
60GB drive and then WinXP installed without a hitch and that annoying
little message that a certain file was not copied was no more. If you
want the name of the proggy (it runs off a floppy drive) I will try
and find it and post back.
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:26:43 -0700, jinxy wrote for every to trash:
> Hello, I am looking for some help. I was recently given an old P3 system
> running at 800mhz, with 512sdram pc133 minus the harddrive. The mobo is
> an ASUS, but I can't determine the model #. I would like to put in a hdd
> and install XP home. I have the disk and the proper product key. When I
> attempt to reformat and install the OS, it only get so far and I get
> messages telling me that some files were not copyed correctly and I
> could either retry or skip the file, but there seems to be quite a few .
> I have tried 3 different XP disks and 4 different hdd, same results. I
> have checked all cables and connections. Could it have something to do
> with the bios? When the system was whole it was running Windows ME. I am
> hoping that help is forthcoming as I hit the wall. I would like to hear
> any solution that you may have to help me right this problem. Thanks in
> advance for your efforts and your patience as I am new to these matters.
> -J
I assume you installed a HD in the old machine, did you use the drive
utilities (Seagate) to format the HD before you tried to install the OS.
New drives need to be low level formatted before you can format a "file
system" and install an OS.
Since you tried 3 CDs and 4 HDs, I have to suspect the memory, PSU or CD
reader. Download the "Ultimate Boot CD" which has quite a few utilities
that you can use to test your memory and hardware, give you information
about your system, like manufacturer and model.
On Apr 23, 4:26*pm, Chill Out <chi...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:26:43 -0700, jinxy wrote for every to trash:
>
> > Hello, I am looking for some help. I was recently given an old P3 system
> > running at 800mhz, with 512sdram pc133 minus the harddrive. The mobo is
> > an ASUS, but I can't determine the model #. I would like to put in a hdd
> > and install XP home. I have the disk and the proper product key. When I
> > attempt to reformat and install the OS, it only get so far and I get
> > messages telling me that some files were not copyed correctly and I
> > could either retry or skip the file, but there seems to be quite a few .
> > I have tried 3 different XP disks and 4 different hdd, same results. I
> > have checked all cables and connections. Could it have something to do
> > with the bios? When the system was whole it was running Windows ME. I am
> > hoping that help is forthcoming as I hit the wall. I would like to hear
> > any solution that you may have to help me right this problem. Thanks in
> > advance for your efforts and your patience as I am new to these matters.
> > -J
>
> I assume you installed a HD in the old machine, did you use the drive
> utilities (Seagate) to format the HD before you tried to install the OS. *
> New drives need to be low level formatted before you can format a "file
> system" and install an OS.
>
> Since you tried 3 CDs and 4 HDs, I have to suspect the memory, PSU or CD
> reader. * Download the "Ultimate Boot CD" which has quite a few utilities
> that you can use to test your memory and hardware, give you information
> about your system, like manufacturer and model. *
>
> UBCD website -http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
Many thanks to all that replied to my post. You were correct, it was
bad memory that was the culprit. Once the bad module was found, all
went as it should. thanks again for your time.
-J
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