johnjholland1974
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XP wont install
XP wont install, I have tried it with 4 diffent XP disks and 3 diffrent drives. iot goes through the whole process formats the drive but when copying the files over for the install it randomley say it cannot copy certain files for the setup
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If this is not a new hard drive, try downloading and running DBAN from http://dban.sourceforge.net. Boot to the floppy or CD with the DBAN program, and at the prompt, type AUTONUKE. Press Enter. This will run 3 passes of the program. Try again to do your XP install. I'd recommend against pulling the hard drive and doing the install in another PC. The install looks for as many drivers, etc. as it can find specific to the hardware in the PC. If you move the hard drive, it will find the other mobo, etc., and you may have problems when you move the drive back to the intended PC.
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It turns out it was a memory problem as soon as i put a new module in everything was fine thanks for your help guys
Or maybe changing he IDE Cable
Check the master /slave on the cdrom
Also you could try to install Xp on your drive but in a simillar machine
when xp is installed you plug back your disk in the original machine