Problems with XP Pro CD

From: BC (a_Droit_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/06/04 

Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 21:14:45 -0700

It's quite possible to burn a good copy from a flawed
disc. Also, try cleaning the original. If the copy
works, why are worried?

>-----Original Message-----
>All,
>I just received my brand spankin new XP Pro upgrade CD
from MS. All nice and
>holographic ;)
>Immediately I burned a copy using Nero Copy Disk.
>
>Inserted the MS original, rebooted, fired up setup, about
95% thru, "device
>not ready" on the DVD (its
>an HP DVD300i). No problem, rebooted, setup restarted,
same message.
>
>The drive is clean, the CD is clean, never any other
problems with another
>CDs/DVDs.
>What the hell, lemme try the burned copy. Same steps,
different results. No
>problems whatsoever.
>Setup ran like a champ. No errors.
>
>I may try the original in another machine see what
happens.
>Once XP is loaded, I can manually copy/paste the entire
contents of the XP
>original CD to my HD, no errors.
>
>Any ideas ?
>
>
>.
>

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