Copy Files Issue When Installing Operating System

Aug 9, 2005

Attempt to install XP Pro on a new hard drive, towards the finish I get errors cannot copy various files, although I'm trying 2 different new XP Pro CD's, and reformatted the drive after unsuccessful attempts. The CD drive has never been malfunctioned before.

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Sep 17, 2007

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Feb 8, 2006

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Aug 27, 2005

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Jun 21, 2005

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Aug 26, 2006

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Jul 26, 2009

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Mar 20, 2006

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Mar 25, 2005

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Jan 12, 2005

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Dec 19, 2007

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Feb 22, 2008

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Feb 10, 2006

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Sep 25, 2006

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Jan 31, 2006

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I have a friend who has a pentium 2 350 which is currently running on Windows 98SE...yikes!My friend has been complaining that their computer has been running slow and that pop ups are appearing everywhere. I told them that it sounds like their computer has been hijacked and that I would recommend that they format their computer and start from fresh.I want to format their computer and install a newer windows OS (perhaps windows xp) and install a couple of spyware/antivirus programs.

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