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windows help :(

FuzzywhaleFuzzywhale Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
So I recently attempted my yearly fresh install of windows, but things went sour this time. When windows tries to install, some files will fail to copy, and they are different with each install attempt. now i've got a broken copy of windows! Things I've tried include:

installing on a brand new hardrive

attempting to install with single sticks of ram(I've got 2gigs in dual channel)

the windows disk works fine in other computers

any suggestions? any help would be awesome

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Try with a different optical drive.

    When you say it works fine, do you mean for a full installation, or just a read in Windows?

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  • FuzzywhaleFuzzywhale Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    ive tried it on my laptop's original harddrive and a newly purchased harddrive with no luck(many friends and tech support dudes had suggested it was probably my harddrive dying).

    the cd can complete an installation on other computers. I should have mentioned: I actually sort of though it was a cd problem, so i tried to install Ubuntu. The same sort of thing happens with that; random files will fail to copy over.

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  • theclamtheclam Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    devoir wrote: »
    Try with a different optical drive.

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  • FuzzywhaleFuzzywhale Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    yep can't read. sorry!

    I don't think that's an option as this is a laptop :(. I think at this point that's the only thing it can be, so im throwing in the towel and picking up a new system tomorrow.

    Thanks anyways dudes

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Fuzzywhale wrote: »
    yep can't read. sorry!

    I don't think that's an option as this is a laptop :(. I think at this point that's the only thing it can be, so im throwing in the towel and picking up a new system tomorrow.

    Thanks anyways dudes

    laptops usually have removable optical drives.

    if yours doesn't for some reason you can always get an external optical drive for maybe 30 bucks.

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  • AtomBombAtomBomb Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    You can install XP from a thumb drive.

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  • FuzzywhaleFuzzywhale Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    i had no idea....

    this is obviously my first laptop, and so im not used to tinkering with it at all. ill try this usb method to start.

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  • FuzzywhaleFuzzywhale Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The USB trickery wouldnt work from my university office computer, as thats locked down pretty well to keep me from breaking it.

    at any rate i went and bought an external drive, and everything installed fine, and much faster!

    So i am all set thanks very much

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