aminiman

(i've tried posting this on other forums, so i'm trying to give all info in the first posts, so i can get help )
Hey guys, I had just bought all the components for a brand new custom built computer, and I got a 640Gb SATA Hard Drive. I wanted to install XP on it
(not knowing anything about differences between the connections) and I tried installing it.

Went up to like 4% then it stoped copying. I got the message "Windows cant copythe file "xxxx.xx"(replace xxx.xx with a file) .

Thought something was wrong, so i put in an older HDD that i had, and it installed perfectly

I went online, looked up how to install XP on a SATA drive and I was told to put the drivers onto the windows xp CD. followed the instructions (with 2 different XP cds) and it still stops at around 3-9%.

Can I just use a program (or just straight copy) to copy all the info(including XP files) onto the SATA and it will work???? ---- edit: tried, it said that the destination drive was in use


Can anyone help me out on this? Would really appreciate it!


update:
This is BASICALLY what happens when I put in any type of XP installation CD (with the sata drivers or not)

1. Goes through normal set-up.
2. If I choose quick NTFS format, it will go from 0-20-100%. (If i choose regular NTFS format, it will stick on 0%)
3. Once passing the quick NTFS, it starts normal, then starts to slowly hang on different files, then it just stops on one item, sometimes at 2% and the max i've gone is 9%.


update:



update: tried running the windows check disk program, told me to restart and i did, i come back to see that its stuck on the last step, does that give any clues to anyone?


update: i did slipstream the drivers into the XP disk with nLite and the same thing happened

johnb35

This sounds so familiar..... Do yourself a favor and run memtest on your memory. If you have errors with your current memory windows will not install and give the exact same results you are seeing now. Download memtest on a different computer and burn to cd and boot to it on your new system, it will automatically start running the test.

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tlarkin

so it works fine to install on a different HD? You sure your disk is good?

aminiman

@johnb35:
I ran a memtest and it was fine.

@tlarkin: i did install on a different HDD and it worked fine.

Intel_man

If I remember correctly, the old XP that was before SP1 didn't have the support of SATA?

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aminiman

i have both sp1, sp2, sp1 w/ sata drivers, and sp2 w/ sata drivers

same problem happens with all installation disks

StrangleHold

If you have another computer hook it up to that one and see if the install will go through, that way atleast you will know if its the drive or not. Second, look in your bios and see if there is a setting to set your SATA to Legacy mode, if so try that.

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aminiman

i dont have anyother computers with the sata connections, but i will try the legacy sata mode you said.

tlarkin

you definitely need SP2, but if the drive is the only thing that fails perhaps it is the drive.

NuTech

make sure you keep the sata driver diskette out until it asks for it. and when it finish copying the files from the diskette pop it back out when once it continues to copy the files.