hi all i have taken a h/drive out of a working pc and put it into another pc put the xp pro disc in booted up formated it and when it comes to installing files to help with intalling it keeps coming up cannot copy files so i press enter and this happens severall times until i get to 100% then it goes to installing windows a big grey screen comes up saying cannot continue install windows somes files are missing press enter to view log then close the box and the system re-starts i have tried another h/d and it does the same i am on the ntfs system and have thought of trying to change it back to fat32 and try putting win me on but don't know how to change it back any ideas to my problems will be appreciated and yes the xp pro disc is ok because i have used it for my new pc thanks vince

veade, You may consider the following: 1.Your Windows XP CD-ROM is scratched, smudged, or dirty. Clean the Windows XP CD-ROM with a soft cloth, insert it into the CD-ROM drive, and then click OK. 2. Your CD-ROM drive is not working correctly or the CD-ROM might be vibrating too much for the laser to accurately read the data. Try to secure the drive with additional screws if needed. Clean the CD-ROM drive using a Cleaning Disc. 3. If you are using multiple CD-ROM drives, your computer may be trying to locate files on the wrong drive.Try to disable the CD-ROM drives that you are not using. 4.Your computer has damaged or mismatched random access memory (RAM) or cache memory. 5.Your computer has Ultra direct memory access (DMA) turned on in the BIOS settings, and the data is moving too quickly. Change from DMA mode to Processor Input/Output (PIO) mode to lower your data transfer rate. Hope this helps. How to ask a question

Veade,Doing what respones 1 States is go advice.I would do a fdisk on that dive also use a 98 boot disk delete partion thats there and crate a new one then format all with the 98 disk this will be done in fat32.Then you can use your xp disk to reinsall.I am asumming that you know how to fdisk.

hi thanks for imput last night i took the h/d out put it in my new system and it was fine xp pro went straight on without a problem apart from only reading my system as a 1700+ not the 3000+ that it is i did try to fdisk the h/d with winme boot disc and it only did a small partition which was not big enough to put xp pro on i have got a win98 boot up disc is that better to use than the m.e disc thanks again veade

Hello,Yes win 98 disk is better,also when useing the disk if you are not making more then one partion say (yes) to large disk support.Keep in mind when fdisking a hard drive with a NTFS file sys a win 98 disk will not see that file sys it will tell you that the disk might have a virus on it among other things. In most case dont worry just follow through with the fdisk.

Hi, Hey beans, the fdisk utility from the 98 boot disk won't recognize the ntfs file system. What you suggest is not an option. AMD Athlonxp 3200+ OC Asus A7N8x-deluxe-E ATI AIW 9600pro 2x WD SATA raptors/raid0 Corsair XMS3200 16x Lite-on DVD 12x DVD-R 48x Lite-on CDRW Aspire Super Alien Case

Hello,that right 98 will not see ntfs it will it will state its a third party error virus ect.it run the the list then come to a prompt A:\> type fdisk so it it looks like A:\>fdisk ,your option for large disk support will prompt you to say yes or no.Then follow through with the rest of the fdisk removing and creating a new partion when done reboot with disk still in drive the run your format command format the drive after its done take your disk out and put in your(reboot)with your xp disk and install as instructed.