Windows XP SP2 -> Windows XP SP3 upgrade fails w/ "File Copy Error"

Hello,

I have one computer that I have been upable to upgrade to SP3. I have
spent about ten hours on it now and I can't solve the problem. This is
one of those problems that has left me extremely frustrated,
emotionally drained, and on the verge of tearing my hair out.

It has SP2. I have a VLK CD that I am using to upgrade. I put the CD
in, run setup.exe, select "upgrade," enter the key, then it does
"copying files." The bar gets all the way to the end, then an error
message comes up saying "File Copy Error." The file that it says it
can't copy is different every time. It appears to always start with
"a", then seven random letters and numbers, then ".sys". For example,
"aeuvv323.sys". Since these file names are randomly generated, they
are not on the CD, hence the "File Copy Error." If I do "Skip File,"
then the install fails on reboot because it wants the missing file.

I have done extensive searching on the web and cannot find any
information whatsoever about this problem.

Any info or ideas on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
.

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