greave

Well I figured it out. It appears the problem was the Hard disk. I formatted the hard-disk using Part Magic and it did the trick, worked flawlessly. Funny thing is, I formatted the drive previously using the XP setup, but for some reason it still didn't work. Ah well, thanks everyone anyway

The /dir taken from the CDs are ISO files I mounted on a Virtual CD, so that could explain the weird compiling date. I do have an original XP CD, and since I understand you cannot support illegal copies, I will provide you with an original /dir (and a matching USB copy) as soon as I get back home. I wasn't trying to mislead you or anything, it's just the effect I get with the Original CD is the same as with the other copies, so didn't think it's a big deal. Anyways, I will post again as soon as I'm back home... Thanks for your help so far

Ok I tried changing the RAM slot, still doesn't work. Here's the file you asked for: Archive.rar

Well the Home SP2 is an original XP CD I have at home, the SP3 isn't. However both work fine (used them both in their CD form). So I doubt there's something missing from the sources... Then again when searching for, bootvid.dll for example, in my Original CD, I get no results. edit: googling brought this up: Link

Hello, I've been trying to install XP on an old thinkpad with no CD with the tool posted here, but I keep getting error messages. I tried using the tool twice, using two different USB sticks and two different XP setups. Both times the sticks have been formatted (Fat16). Using the XP Pro SP3 setup, I manage to boot, yet during the copy files phase I get a SP2.CAB file missing. When trying the XP Home SP2 setup, I also manage to boot, but get a bootvid.dll file missing error. (skipping file doesn't help). Any idea what I'm doing wrong?