problem fixed* ty

[johnnyb0yvba]

im formatting a new harddrive, and it finishes formatting i believe , but then it says "cannot install blabla file". i can't say exactly what file, because each time i retry, it's a diff. file.

i have no idea, i was thinking defective motherboard, but it goes into bios fine.
what other factors could cause this? ty

 

[crazywheels]

is the disc scratched?

 

[alcattle]

If any Drive is not plugged in correctly, it might format but not read and write. Happens more with floppies but all the IDE channels could be affected.

 

[johnnyb0yvba]

i tried a friend's cd and didn't work. it does read, because it installs a certain percentage, and then the problem occurs.

 

[alcattle]

Sounds more like the drive is not formated. Does the live CD boot up on either drive?

 

[cutthroat]

Try a couple of passes of Memtest86 to check the memory. If you have another HDD available to test, that would be great. Might be a problem with the motherboard, I've seen them sorta work before, in other words, look like they work, but cause data corruption, BSOD's etc.

 

[johnnyb0yvba]

what exactly is the live cd. memory should be fine, i tried it on another comp. i had to go buy this new harddrive cuz same problem occured on my other harddrive.

mobo-http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813138026
ram-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145526

"blabla.dll was not copied correctly.
The file setup placed on your hard drive is not a valid Windows XP system image. if u are installing from a cd, there may be a problem w/ the Windows XP CD"

http://www.xbitlabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=494&sid=aadf3c80199444c3f748226d3f7c775c
he had the exact same problem, and it was his memory, i'll try more memory sticks for now

 

[alcattle]

Sorry, too many threads. Some people use a Linux CD to boot their system and in that way check out the hardware. Does a lot better job of autoconfig and will alert you if something is not right. They also all include a partition program that checks your hard drive and will format and or partition the HD for you with many possible options. If Linux had the game support, like WoW, I would never leave Linux.

 

[cutthroat]

Use Memtest86 to test your RAM.

Do you have another optical drive you can use? Maybe it can't read disks properly anymore.

 

[chungdokwan]

if you've used 2 different disc maybe your CD drive is about to die

 

[johnnyb0yvba]

ty all for ur help. i figured out the problem through that link i found. it really was the memory.