Lenovo and install windows xp

[compsci1099]

Hello,

I am trying to install windows xp sp3 onto a lenovo 3000 n200. i got the system used and do not have the passwords. i bought a copy of windows. at first windows wouldn't find the hd. i changed the hd drive from sata to ide. now, when the windows cd installs, there are files that it won't copy. and, tells me, the installation can't complete "e:\asms not available, not found". i thought it might be the dvd reader and tried an external. same thing.

any suggestions?

i try to load the copy of xp onto the existing copy of xp without formating the hd. should i do it a different way?

thanks

sam

 

[PhilFrisbie]

With any version of Windows, you should always format the drive and begin fresh.

For the other issue, your XP disc might be bad.

 

[hang-the-9]

Try new RAM, or try existing RAM one stick at a time if there is more than one.

There was a neat fix for a file copy issue I used a long time ago, involving starting a command prompt windows and running a command, but I can't seem to find it now. That method fixed file copy errors a few times for me.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

^^ +1 Yes, bad RAM can also cause these types of errors.

 

[compsci1099]

good idea. i'll give it a go.

i did install the disk as a secondary on a server. and, windows install came up fine, asking me for the product key.

 

[compsci1099]

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[Mousemonkey]

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