Can not load OS setup files

[str8gone69]

Trying to install win 2k with Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition motherboard. Everytime I try to copy the startup files I get messages saying: "setup cannot copy the file: *.*" It's always a differnt file everytime I try loading the OS. I used the OS disk to partition and format the hard drive.

 

[jrbarnett]

Have you tried copying the i386 directory from the CD to the hard drive and running WINNT.EXE from there?

(Note: I had a problem with an Asus A7V board installing Win2K where because the HDD was connected to the UDMA100 controllers, and Win2K didn't have inbuilt drivers it didn't think there was a hard drive in the system; fixed by getting the UDMA100 drivers onto a floppy and choosing custom driver at setup time by pressing F6 during auto detect - this may help you).

John

 

[str8gone69]

I've I386 file to my hard drive but I have been unable to copy all the files. I keep getting insufficient disk space messages. I've gotten into dos by using a maxtor cd rom and win98 startup disk. The win98 startup disk allowed me to load the most files from the i386 folder. Do you have any more ideas?

 

[jrbarnett]

Can you tell me about the disks in your machine? Is it just one or several in a RAID setup?
How are they partitioned? What format are they (NTFS, FAT, FAT32 etc)?

John

 

[wolluf]

This sort of problem is often caused by bad hardware.

 

[str8gone69]

Thanks for everyone who tried to help me. I found that it was a hardware problem. I had some bad DDR RAM. I change out all my hardware and my machine is working great. I bought a P4 2.4 W/800 FSB and HT. The motherboard is an MSI Neo2 865PE with Dual Channel DDR. Best machine I ever had for multi-tasking.