Re: win xp install errors

From: Michael (afn18721_at_afn.org)
Date: 10/02/04 

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 00:44:35 -0400

Make sure your motherboard BIOS is up to date and that APM , ACPI are
enabled.
The option to install Windows... make sure the boot after copying files is
from harddrive and not from CD/floppy.
There are more options for "type of computer" but you cannot see them unless
you scroll using the Down/Up arrow keys.
Make sure you pick the correct one - pending your mobo features/CPU.
Wipe clean the XP CD, or try another CD-R drive for misscopied files.
Michael

"ineedhelp" <ineedhelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E493B4E-AA6F-48B5-BBF5-90AD394C6C9D@microsoft.com...
>i am trying to install win xp from a cd. when the winxp files are done
> loading the computer just restarts, the options to install windows does
> not
> come up. but when i try it again and during the time where i have the
> option
> to hit f6 to install scsi or raid drives i will hit f5,f7,f8 and another
> option comes up saying: "setup could not determine the type of computer
> you
> have." then it has two option that i can choose from "standard pc with
> c-step
> i486" or "other". when i choose the first option the copying of setup
> files
> starts and the screen to install windows comes up. and when i reformat my
> hd
> and start to copy files to the hd messages come up saying: "the file 'so
> and
> so' was not copied correctly" or "'so and so' file was not copied". what
> can
> i do? i just put in a new motherboard intel p4 d865perl 2.4ghz with 512mb
> memory.

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