WinXP Installation problem

[PGM]

during the copy process install cant seem to copy the following files. the cd is still new and clean, so i doubt is physical cd damage.

clspack.exe
javacypt.dll
javaperm.hlp
javaproxy.dll
javaart.dll
javasec.hlp
jdbgmgr.exe
jview.exe
msawt.dll
msjava.dl
msjdbc10.dll
nt5java.inf
vmhelper.dll
wjview.exe
dx3j.dll
jit.dll

are these files critical for a stable os. can i somehow install them after winxp installation is complete. if so, where and how. or can i ignore those

 

[CryHavoc]

for whatever reason, your cd drive can't read the disk properly. if you have another drive, try using that.

Also, are you doing an upgrade or a clean install to a blank hard drive.
If you are not performing an upgrade from another version of the OS, I'd make sure to delete the current partition if there is one, and then perform a full NTFS format.

I have installed XP many many times on lots of machines and usually the only problem I have ever had is with a drive that won't read a disk properly. XP 99.9 percent of the time installs very cleanly and rather quickly....Now patching your XP to the current levels of critical updates is a time consumer....

 

[PGM]

yep its a clean install on a freshly formatted ntfs hd. so u think its the cdrom? could be since its pretty old and cant even boot from the winxp cd

 

[KF]

> its pretty old and cant even boot from the winxp cd

So you didn't boot from the CD? Possibly there is a mismatch between the install program and the CD. For instance, there are different boot floppies for XP with and without SP1, if I recall. Those files coincidently all, or almost all, look like they are for the MS Java virtual machine, which MS was forced to remove from XP after a legal dispute. I think XP ought to run without them. IE would be affected for some types of pages. You should be able to get a Java virtual machine later off the Internet.