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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:42:16 +1300, "PseUDO" <> wrote:

>
>"steve" <> wrote in message
>news rg...
>> OK....I'm installing WinXP Home for the second time ever......and again
>> I've struck some problems. (Last time, XP BSOD'd repeatedly until I
>> dosconnected by Epson Inkjet - it was in the README....)
>>
>> This is an upgrade of a Win98SE system....and I chose the upgrade option
>> instead of the fresh install option (that may have been a mistake).
>>
>> I also opted to download dynamic updates.....that may have been a
>> mistake, too.....
>>
>> So far, the install has done the first re-boot and is now installing
>> Windows....and has reported several files it can't copy from the CD:
>>
>> sapi.dl_
>> filelist.xm_
>> rstrui.dl_
>> srframe.mm_
>> srdiag.ex_
>> airplane.bm_
>>
>> .....and about 20 moore before I finally said "screw this" and canned the
>> setup.
>>
>> The CD has been in the box for 18 months - has been used only once and -
>> to the eye - is in pristene, uncratched, unscuffed condition.
>>
>> I'll try it again with a fresh install.......who know? It might even work.
>>
>>
>
>You are doing a Format first, or as part of the setup,aren't you ??
>
>PseUDO
>



You do not need to at all.

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:31:20 +1300, steve <> wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:37:52 +1300, Dumdedo wrote:
>
>> May be your CD Rom drive is on its last legs, do you smoke, ? have you cleaned
>> the Laser Lens, you can use one of those cleaning disks as a last result, only
>> helps to remove dust , not Nicotine..
>
>No smoking at my house......and the drive is one of my newest.
>
>It's a CD-RW....so maybe that's the problem. Maybe i should try a straight
>CD-ROM drive.
>
>I've installed several Linux distros on this drive and never had any
>trouble.



I did not think they made only CD-RW Drives, are you referring to a CD-RW
CD..?

Because CD Rom drives do have problems reading CD-RW disks, they have a very
low reflectivity and have a very short shelf life for data retention..

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:43:50 +1300, DUser <> wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:30:06 +1300, steve wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:42:16 +1300, PseUDO wrote:
>>
>>> You are doing a Format first, or as part of the setup,aren't you ??
>>>
>>> PseUDO
>>
>> No...it was an upgrade from Win98SE and was "(Recommended)".
>>
>>
>
>Do it from scratch with NTFS, it all works better that way.



NTFS has noting at all to do with it, and Win 98 can't read NTFS Files..

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:38:31 +1300, steve <>
wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:55:13 +1300, Enkidu wrote:
>
>> I read somewhere an article that said that data written to CDs may not
>> last as long as two years. That was for CDs written ion normal
>> user-type drives. I'd expect a commercial CD to maybe last longer.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Cliff
>
>I thought of that......I agree....you'd expect a commercial CD to last
>longer. My Win98 install CD from 1998 still works just fine.
>
>The install didn't terminate earlier......it carried on
>doing....something....and has now re-booted and is discovering loads and
>loads of 'bad clusters'........
>
>Looks like a format / re-install when this is all over.
>
>.....and people claim installing Windows is easy. HAR!!!
>
Yeah, Steve, but you haven't been able to completely install Debian,
have you? <grin>

Seriously, I've done a lot of upgrades from 98 and 98SE to NT, 2000
and XP, and while I'm not saying that it has always been problem-free,
I believe your user experience is unusual.

Cheers,

Cliff
Christmas comes but once a year, thank the gods. I don't think
that I could cope with twice.

On 20 Dec 2003, Enkidu wrote

> Christmas comes but once a year, thank the gods. I don't think
> that I could cope with twice.
>

I know the feeling.

I haven't fully recovered from the LAST one yet!


--
Regards,
Nicolaas.


- MONEY TALKS ... but all mine ever says is GOODBYE!

steve wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:55:13 +1300, Enkidu wrote:
>
>> I read somewhere an article that said that data written to CDs may
>> not last as long as two years. That was for CDs written ion normal
>> user-type drives. I'd expect a commercial CD to maybe last longer.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Cliff
>
> I thought of that......I agree....you'd expect a commercial CD to last
> longer. My Win98 install CD from 1998 still works just fine.
>
> The install didn't terminate earlier......it carried on
> doing....something....and has now re-booted and is discovering loads
> and loads of 'bad clusters'........

Sounds to me like it might be a problem with the HDD rather than XP.
--
~misfit~

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 21:54:26 +1300, Dumdedo wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:43:50 +1300, DUser <> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:30:06 +1300, steve wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:42:16 +1300, PseUDO wrote:
>>>
>>>> You are doing a Format first, or as part of the setup,aren't you ??
>>>>
>>>> PseUDO
>>>
>>> No...it was an upgrade from Win98SE and was "(Recommended)".
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Do it from scratch with NTFS, it all works better that way.
>
>
>
> NTFS has noting at all to do with it, and Win 98 can't read NTFS Files..

I can't be bothered telling you why, you are too stupid.

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 21:52:52 +1300, Dumdedo wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:31:20 +1300, steve <> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:37:52 +1300, Dumdedo wrote:
>>
>>> May be your CD Rom drive is on its last legs, do you smoke, ? have you cleaned
>>> the Laser Lens, you can use one of those cleaning disks as a last result, only
>>> helps to remove dust , not Nicotine..
>>
>>No smoking at my house......and the drive is one of my newest.
>>
>>It's a CD-RW....so maybe that's the problem. Maybe i should try a straight
>>CD-ROM drive.
>>
>>I've installed several Linux distros on this drive and never had any
>>trouble.
>
>
>
> I did not think they made only CD-RW Drives, are you referring to a CD-RW
> CD..?
>
> Because CD Rom drives do have problems reading CD-RW disks, they have a very
> low reflectivity and have a very short shelf life for data retention..

Its a Microsoft XP CD
Dummy

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 22:16:53 +1300, ~misfit~ wrote:

> steve wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:55:13 +1300, Enkidu wrote:
>>
>>> I read somewhere an article that said that data written to CDs may
>>> not last as long as two years. That was for CDs written ion normal
>>> user-type drives. I'd expect a commercial CD to maybe last longer.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Cliff
>>
>> I thought of that......I agree....you'd expect a commercial CD to last
>> longer. My Win98 install CD from 1998 still works just fine.
>>
>> The install didn't terminate earlier......it carried on
>> doing....something....and has now re-booted and is discovering loads
>> and loads of 'bad clusters'........
>
> Sounds to me like it might be a problem with the HDD rather than XP.

Reletively new hard drive....which ran Win98SE perfectly until I tried to
install XP.

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 22:02:28 +1300, Enkidu wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:38:31 +1300, steve <>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:55:13 +1300, Enkidu wrote:
>>
>>> I read somewhere an article that said that data written to CDs may not
>>> last as long as two years. That was for CDs written ion normal
>>> user-type drives. I'd expect a commercial CD to maybe last longer.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Cliff
>>
>>I thought of that......I agree....you'd expect a commercial CD to last
>>longer. My Win98 install CD from 1998 still works just fine.
>>
>>The install didn't terminate earlier......it carried on
>>doing....something....and has now re-booted and is discovering loads and
>>loads of 'bad clusters'........
>>
>>Looks like a format / re-install when this is all over.
>>
>>.....and people claim installing Windows is easy. HAR!!!
>>
> Yeah, Steve, but you haven't been able to completely install Debian,
> have you? <grin>

I have.....in Debian terms. I just didn't think that no X, sound or
network was "finished".

But Debian was installed.

> Seriously, I've done a lot of upgrades from 98 and 98SE to NT, 2000 and
> XP, and while I'm not saying that it has always been problem-free, I
> believe your user experience is unusual.

It's an nForce2 motherboard.....they seem to cause every OS install
problems of some sort.