Frustration

**Zonie** · February 4th, 2007, 10:25 AM

I have a pc to use for a test machine. System is Intel P4 1.7ghz 256 MB RAM, 40GB WD drive. My problem is the system was infected by the person I received it from with virus and spyware. I also found the PS to be bad and replaced. I formatted the HDD and tried to install XP Pro. While the files were being copied error comes up stating certain dll files could not be copied and check your cd or hardware. I have tried (3) different pieces of known good DVD Cdroms. Found memory was bad and replaced with known good memory. Have tried 2 other known good hard drives to no avail. I am at a loss and ready to throw the thing out the door.

Any ideas?????

**Kodiak** · February 4th, 2007, 10:36 AM

Have you tried a different winxp cd? Odd enough I have seen where a cd wouldn't work in one machine but does work in another and you take the cd from that machine and it works fine in the one your having trouble with.

**street1** · February 4th, 2007, 11:09 AM

Adding to Kodiaks response.

You can also sometimes copy the disk,and the copy will install
where the original would not.

Nothing illegal about a copy of your own disk.

**Zonie** · February 4th, 2007, 05:33 PM

Yup, tried 3 different disks including my action pak disk. The wierd part is I even tried to install Win2k from 2 different discs with the same results. Still frustrated.

**CCT** · February 4th, 2007, 06:04 PM

Excuse me: I hiccupped!

If you tried several HD's and ALL failed then the culprit is POSSIBLY a bios virus or, failing that, a bad bios chip.

**street1** · February 4th, 2007, 07:59 PM

So have you tried an install with minimum hardware?

Keyboard ,mouse,video,and 1 ram module.Nothing
extra hooked to,or put in the computer,not even
the modem?

**MobilePCPhysician** · February 4th, 2007, 10:29 PM

Zonie, please give us the details of the mainboard. Manufacturer, model #, etc.

**Zonie** · February 4th, 2007, 10:41 PM

Hardware hooked up is HDD, video, keyboard, mouse, 128MB Ram. I begining to think it may be the processor since the PS went bad. Will post the Motherboard info in a little while.

**NooNoo** · February 5th, 2007, 04:46 AM

Change the ide cables....

**Zonie** · February 8th, 2007, 09:17 AM

Sorry it took so long to get back. Had to install 14 new PC's in three different locations. I changed the IDE Cable NooNoo and that seems to have done the trick. Thank you. I want to see if I can get Vista to install on this PC since it is an older PC.