This is my problem,
His computer is made from my old parts and housed in a cheap case. I have tried installing XP on there before but I got a problem when it was copying files to start the setup. It would reach a random file and hang. Sometimes it got to 70%, sometimes 4%. I had trouble installing win2k also, but I eventually got it on their(The 2k CD's were burned, and I had to swap CDs a few times for it to read all the files. The XP CD is the original). I went through their comp and finally decided that it may have been the optical drives(one was an old 10x hitachi CD-ROm, the other a very cheap 24x that seems to be having mechanical problems and will be trashed soon) . I just picked up a 56x Cd-ROM from Best Buy and installed it. It seemed to be a bit better in that it read all the burned CD's that the older drives also had problems reading. However. when istalling XP, I got the same copy error. Any ideas? I remember something about some people having problems with geforce 2MX400s and installing XP, but I don't remember if this would fit. I have tried most of the obvious stuff, like turning off all the ports I am not using, disabled the Promise controller(I am using just the normal VIA controller ATM), set the AGP aperture back down to 1x.
the system config:
Asus A7V
Duron 950Mhz
512MB PC-133 SD-RAM
Geforce 2 MX400
56x CD-ROM(says that it is made by BENQ)
His computer is made from my old parts and housed in a cheap case. I have tried installing XP on there before but I got a problem when it was copying files to start the setup. It would reach a random file and hang. Sometimes it got to 70%, sometimes 4%. I had trouble installing win2k also, but I eventually got it on their(The 2k CD's were burned, and I had to swap CDs a few times for it to read all the files. The XP CD is the original). I went through their comp and finally decided that it may have been the optical drives(one was an old 10x hitachi CD-ROm, the other a very cheap 24x that seems to be having mechanical problems and will be trashed soon) . I just picked up a 56x Cd-ROM from Best Buy and installed it. It seemed to be a bit better in that it read all the burned CD's that the older drives also had problems reading. However. when istalling XP, I got the same copy error. Any ideas? I remember something about some people having problems with geforce 2MX400s and installing XP, but I don't remember if this would fit. I have tried most of the obvious stuff, like turning off all the ports I am not using, disabled the Promise controller(I am using just the normal VIA controller ATM), set the AGP aperture back down to 1x.
the system config:
Asus A7V
Duron 950Mhz
512MB PC-133 SD-RAM
Geforce 2 MX400
56x CD-ROM(says that it is made by BENQ)
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