Re: Help - Can't I copy a MS WXP PRO CD???

From: TECHNOLATS (TECHNOLATS_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/21/04


Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:49:03 -0800

I have run into this problem myself with retail and OEM and also NFR CD's and
what i found the only problem was is that when using the CD to do the install
on a CDR drive or DVD-r Drive was when a got the error

If you use DVD Player Only or even a CD Only drive to do the install the
error dose not accure!

 

"Sharon F" wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:40:19 -0500, geezer wrote:
>
> > I had to buy a replacement WXP PRO (full) CD disk from MS because my
> > original suddenly had read errors.
> >
> > Having done that, I wanted to avoid this scenario again by quickly
> > making a clone backup copy of the new CD disk.
> >
> > Now then - I tried to install WXP fresh from the backup CD and I get a
> > error code '7' on the i386 file almost immediately. I made two clone
> > backups - both gave me the same error.
> >
> > I tried the original CD disk, and it seems to want to intall WXP okay.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong please?
>
> You already have several good responses to your query. But am wondering if
> perhaps the problem is being mis-diagnosed. Perhaps instead of a problem
> with CDs there is a hardware problem? The cdrom drive/burner may be in
> trouble or there is a problem with faulty RAM. You've had problems with
> reading CDs in the past and now are having trouble with getting good CD
> copies. At the very least, these are just a few other angles to check if
> you continue to have these problems...
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>



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