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Setup Cannot copy error XP
I get setup cannot copy error (name of file) when i try to install windows 2000/XP/NT. it can't be the problem of the cd as i have tried different cd's also i have changed my cd drive but all in vain.i have got 40 g.b. samsung hdd 5400rpm when i use another hard disk i dont get this problem also i get crc error when i install winrar. I thought it was a hard disk problem so i diagnosted it with different softwares including softwares of smasung company, they did'nt reported any errors i think its a hard disk problem but i cant state anything against as the Software programs did not reported any errors.
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First wipe the disk clean
Boot to the Windows 98 boot disk.
At the DOS prompt, type FDISK and select large hard drive support (answer "Y") and then remove all the partitions.
Next boot to your Installation CD and then Install. If you still have copy problems or CRC problems then this is a pretty good sign there is something wrong with the disk. If you can put this disk in another machine and see what happens when you try to install on that machine.
1. make sure the jumpers are setup properly on your Samsung hdd. eg. master or master with slave present
2. after you partition and format your Samsung hdd and before you load OS, pls run "Scandisk C:" and continune with "Surface Test", you may surprisingly find some red "B"s, that means you have bad secters on hdd.
You can locate file "scandisk" from your win98 or ME's setup disk
3. If the above does not fix the problem, you can throw it into a washer (pls remember you have to use "handwash")
Be patient and wait for the cleaning finishes, and then give it a try. Believe me, this last solution must fix the problem, because you have only 2 results:
a, the problem is fixed, then we are all happy
b, the problem is not fixed, you can sent it back for RMA.
One possibility can be that the IDE-cable connected to CD-ROM or hard drive is getting interference from another device or another IDE-cable.
Just yesterday I was confused by a problem when I was getting random CRC errors with a single very large ZIP-file. There seemed to be nothing wrong with the system and I basicly went through all the possible settings from the BIOS to Windows and still the problem existed. The large ZIP-file failed randomly to uncompress, there was nothing wrong with smaller files or the system itself. Everything else was running just fine.
Just before I was about to make my final decision that the motherboard and the KT133A chipset are just a piece of crap I remembered that because of a new display adapter and latest case-mod I had to change the IDE cables location a bit.
Both IDE-connectors 1 and 2 cables were now side by side just by one inch on theyre way to devices but that was enough to produce signal interference (over hearing?). The cables are just normal flat UDMA-cables so they basicly work as antennas and also produce electromagnetic interference by themselves.
If the IDE-cable has just one device, remember to start filling the IDE-cable from the both ends of the cable. Not from the middle leaving the other end of the cable hanging around and producing singal interference.
We didnt have these problems in old days.
I think many of the new PC owners might suffer from this and get random lock ups or read failures etc. due to singal interference. And as mostly Windows is blamed first for these weird random failures.
Just to add, I have discovered similar problems with one sided memory modules on my motherboard where the dimm sockets are very close to each other. These one-sided dimms cannot be installed to my motherboard normally using sockets 1-and-2 or 2-and-3. If installed side by side for example sockets 1 and 2 I get memory failure errors at random addresses when running memory test with MemTest86 software.
When installing grounded metal plate between the memory modules the errors also vanish. I do not recommend anyone to do that by themselves if you dont really know what you are doing.
Interesting, right?
Well thanks all of you for ur suggestions, well i have got a cd-rw,cd-r and a hard disk so i think the problem must be due to signal interference as suggested by Hecxa.I have a free end in the primary ide cable so i think that's causing interference please elaborate a little more on how to remove this interference.
Hecxa's discovery is interesting. Let's assume the interference is the reason of the problem, and do the following testing
1. setup Samsung hdd as "master without slave present" or "single"
2. connect it to the primary channel, and do not use the middle connector. Here is what Hecxa said :
" If the IDE-cable has just one device, remember to start filling the IDE-cable from the both ends of the cable. Not from the middle leaving the other end of the cable hanging around and producing singal interference."
3. setup either your CDROM or CDRW as "master", take the other one out of the system to make the configuration simple
4. connect it to secondary channel, and do not use the middle connector. Reason is the same as step 2
5. power up system, erase everything on Samsung, reinstall windows xp
let us know the result pls
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by: b_vishwajitPosted on 2003-05-03 at 11:11:32ID: 8450754
Well there are many reasons:
When you try to install Windows XP, you may receive the following message, where file_name is the file that Setup cannot copy:
Setup cannot copy the file file_name. Press X to retry, Y to abort
This behavior can occur for any of the following reasons:
--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.
--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. For more information about this problem, consult your hardware documentation, or contact the CD-ROM manufacturer.
--If you are using multiple CD-ROM drives, your computer may be trying to locate files on the wrong drive. If your hardware has a feature to disable CD-ROM drives that are not being used, disable the CD-ROM drives that you are not using.
--Your computer is over-clocked. Because over-clocking is very memory-intensive, decoding errors may occur when you extract files from your Windows XP CD-ROM.
--Try to use the default clock timings for your motherboard and processor. For more information about how to do this, consult your hardware
--Decoding errors can occur even if Windows appears to be running correctly because of the additional stress that is put on your computer when Windows tries to extract files and access the hard disk.
--To determine how to make your computer cache memory unavailable during Setup, see your hardware documentation or contact your hardware manufacturer.
--Your computer has Ultra direct memory access (DMA) turned on in the CMOS settings, and the data is moving too quickly.
--Change from DMA mode to Processor Input/Output (PIO) mode to lower your data transfer rate. If this does not resolve the problem, lower your PIO mode settings. The higher your PIO mode settings are, the faster your data transfer is.
--You are using a third-party memory manager.
--If you continue to receive this error message, copy the i386 folder from the CD-ROM drive to your local hard disk, and then try to run Setup from your hard disk.