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Not sure what 17^ is. Scratched CD probably.
"So won’t you give this man his wings
What a shame
To have to beg you to see
We’re not all the same
What a shame" - Shinedown
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sorry typo i mean 17% of files copyied and this is a copy from a original i had and it got broken. but it a dual boot system im trying to set up and im not going to buy one.need a original i can borrow to get this done
Davidw
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The cd you have now is broken? Or, you made the copy from a broken cd? Or, you made the copy and then the original got broken?
If the first choice...you pretty much outta luck
If the second choice...same
If the third choice...try cleaning the cd or try burning another copy from it
If at any time you get a cannot copy file message and an option to ignore file appears, do that and setup might continue.
Skip
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One other possibility is the hardware you are installing to is not compatible. I mean that in the sense that the version of Win2000 you have may not have drivers to install some of the hardware components.
If you try Skipcox's suggestion to make another copy of the disk you have try this. Burn the disk at a slow speed and also copy and verify. You could even copy to a temp file and burn from there.
CD media is fault tolerant to a degree. The data is not written in linear order so blemishes on the disk can be worked around.
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Also RAM may not be all it might be - as in failing or not good enough specs...
Typically one gets a message to the effect that a file (or files) cannot be copied etc...; suggests the CD is faulty etc... And all the while it's RAM.
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Windows 2000 is based on NT4|OS/2 and is less fault tolerent than MS-DOS based W98SE, so yes it could be memory..
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Is it actually stopping or just takeing 'longer than is acceptable'.
When I install Windows, even on some pretty fast PC's, the file copying process is often the part that takes the longest.
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To elaborate on my #4 post. In my experience installing Win2000 on hardware that is much newer can be problematic. Unlike WinXP, which will simply not configure unknown hardware, Win2000 will simply hang.
The solution is to slipstream the needed drivers into the Win2000 CD. Of course having the latest service pack slipstreamed is desirable and sometimes necessary.
Win2000 SP3 is the first version that is 48 bit LBA compliant. That deals with hard drives larger than 127GB.
nLite works well for slipstreaming the needed service packs and drivers. You do need to make the disk on a computer running the NT kernal though.
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not quite sure about how to do that .could someone please do it for me and send it to me i have legal product ket for it.
Davidw
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