errors during nLite copy phase

[mllrtim]

If this is not the right forum for this, I apologize. I haven't been able to find a forum that seems exactly right for this problem.

I have an ACER 5515 laptop, which I'm trying to upgrade from Vista to XP_SP2(Home). ACER has not, and probably never will, publish Win7 drivers for this machine. During the copy phase on my desktop PC, I get continuous "data error (cyclic redundancy check)" messages, and also "error performing inpage operations." I can copy the CD contents to the c drive manually without error, so the CD is not the problem. I'm running NLITE 1.4.9.1. I would hate to trash this laptop, and buy another one, just to get away from Vista. Anyone know what my problem is? How to get around it?

[johnhc]

mllrtim, I think you are in the correct forum, welcome, but have not seen any error like this before. If you will post a screen shot of some of your errors, we'll take a look. Also look in your System Log. I know little about Vista, but I just had a problem I tracked down to CD errors. I had manually copied (copy/paste) my CD contents into a folder. All seemed fine but the ISO I built was bad. The System Log had several errors of "Bad block on CDROM" (essentially). I have always used a manual copy to get my Windows contents into a folder on my HDD. Some here do not recommend it, but I think if you make sure that your Folder Options (Control Panel-Folder Options-View tab), shows all Hidden and System files, you will be OK. I am told that MS has a tool you run on your old machine which will tell you what is needed to install W7, including drivers. Please let us know how you make out. Enjoy, John.

[GrofLuigi]

Welcome to the forum.

You can start working from the folder you copied manually if you're sure it's OK (no need to point nLite to the CD, just to that folder).

From what I found, the chipset of the 5515 is AMD RS690MC (does it have/need SATA driver slipstreamed with nLite? I have no experience with AMD chipsets).

Also, if you're working on Vista, there might be some problems with product registration/activation of the resulting CD when it's installed (it won't accept the serial number) and maybe other problems...

johnhc was faster, listen to him too.

GL

Edited January 27, 2010 by GrofLuigi

[mllrtim]

I solved my problem by moving the nLite op to another PC. Because the ACER has a SATA HD, and XP SP1 is pre-SATA, a driver has to be slip-streamed. I don't know how to do that manually, so nLite was a must. Obviously, the CD writer on my PC has a problem that I didn't know about. But thanks ot John and GL for attempting to help.

Tim