Re: clean installation of win xp

robert wrote:
Try to install into my old pc, spec 850 mhz, 128 mb ram. Hd as pri master while the cd rom as Sec master. During the setup process, it will say "Setup cannot copy the file; coup.ttf
to retry- press enter// If you are installing from cd make sure rhat...... and F3 to exit setup"

The first time I try to install it give me the file name "georgiaz.ttf cannot be copied. Another strange thing is there is only 1cd (sec master) which it identify correctky during POST but later it will say the Sec Slave ATAPI is incompitaible''

Any reason for the error? Does it means my hdd is going to the fryingpan????? thanks



Have you verified that all of your PC's hardware components are capable of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog: (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx)

You should also take a few minutes to ensure that there are WinXP-specific device drivers available for all of the machine's components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many early models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will still support Win9x.

Problems copying files or corrupted files during installation are most often caused by defective, incompatible, or sub-standard hardware; in order of likelihood, either RAM, the hard drive, or the motherboard. It'll most likely be the same component that caused your friend's original problem. On very rare occasions the CD drive or installation CD is the problem.

Start with testing the RAM. You might try MemTest86: http://www.memtest86.com/ It's free. Then you can download and use the hard drive maufacturer's diagnostic utility to test the hard drive. If both RAM and hard drive test out clean, check with the motherboard manufacturer for any diagnostic utilities.



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