"cannot copy file..."

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Pip R. Lagenta wrote:
> I am trying, by phone, to help my father upgrade from win98 to winXP
> home. We are running into difficulty. We got about 20% into the
> copying of files when we got the "Cannot copy file bootvid.dll"
> message followed by "Cannot copy file timesbi.ttf" followed by pretty
> much *every* file not being able to copy. My father reports that the
> first time he tried to use his newly purchased XP disk he got a
> message along the lines of "cannot proceed due to faulty disk" or some
> such. This warning never repeated in my time with him on the phone.
> I suspect that the Microsoft disk is bad. Does that sound right?

Possibly:
How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246

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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:46:50 +0930, "Li'l Roberto"
<whoisit@nospam.invalid.net> wrote:

>"Pip R. Lagenta" <morbiusatwork@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:48rub11dmrjemgp6upe22mu14l0fj32q5k@4ax.com...
>> Hi
>> I am trying, by phone, to help my father upgrade from win98 to winXP
>> home. We are running into difficulty. We got about 20% into the
>> copying of files when we got the "Cannot copy file bootvid.dll"
>> message followed by "Cannot copy file timesbi.ttf" followed by pretty
>> much *every* file not being able to copy. My father reports that the
>> first time he tried to use his newly purchased XP disk he got a
>> message along the lines of "cannot proceed due to faulty disk" or some
>> such. This warning never repeated in my time with him on the phone.
>> I suspect that the Microsoft disk is bad. Does that sound right?
>
>> -- Pip R. Lagenta
>
>Could be a bad CD but thats rarely the case, I would firstly suspect
>his optical drive to be at fault. Also note not all win98 systems are
>suitable for upgrading to XP, might be an idea to check his system
>specs and verify that, or have you already ?.
>
>rgds
>Li'l Roberto

Thank you for your help.
I seem to recall that an XP disk can do some kind of... er... "fake"
installation whereby XP checks to see if the system is
compatible/suitable for a real XP install. Would that be a reasonable
(or even possible for a "Home" version) thing to do, if the CD is not
the problem?

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Pip R. Lagenta wrote:
>
> I am trying, by phone, to help my father upgrade from win98 to winXP
> home. We are running into difficulty. We got about 20% into the
> copying of files when we got the "Cannot copy file bootvid.dll"
> message followed by "Cannot copy file timesbi.ttf" followed by pretty
> much *every* file not being able to copy. My father reports that the
> first time he tried to use his newly purchased XP disk he got a
> message along the lines of "cannot proceed due to faulty disk" or some
> such. This warning never repeated in my time with him on the phone.
> I suspect that the Microsoft disk is bad. Does that sound right?

Could be anything from not enough space on C:, to trying to upgrade with
59 background apps running.




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