plzzz help. i try to copy and paste the xp cd to my harddrive but i keep getting an error. it copies all the files 100% except the "I386" folder. i even tried copying that folder in safe mode but it doesnt work. how do i successfully copy it?

this is the error i get..........

Your CD might be scratched?!

naw its not scratched. i formatted and reinstalled xp with that disc just now and it worked 100%. then i tried again to copy the i386 folder and it still had the same error. wut the heck is the problem???!!!!...and how do i know the company of my sound card?

Use ISO Buster to extract the files from the CD...

i usually, if I encounter problems like this, use alcohol to make an image of the cd in iso format then copy the files to the hdd.

but that's the long way of doing things (well i do it bc i keep the iso image on the hdd as well..)

so go with gamehead's choice.

what wait. u said it copies the files but not the files under i386 folder?

what? none of them?

if none of them are copied its a bad burn.

i usually, if I encounter problems like this, use alcohol to make an image of the cd in iso format then copy the files to the hdd.

but that's the long way of doing things (well i do it bc i keep the iso image on the hdd as well..)

so go with gamehead's choice.

what wait. u said it copies the files but not the files under i386 folder?

what? none of them?

if none of them are copied its a bad burn.

But he can install that copy of XP just fine... Do what I said and use ISO Buster... If you encounter a problem, come back and tell us!

awwe thank u all so much!!! i havent tried it yet tho but now u got me all excited!!!! woo hooo!! ill be back and tell all of u wut happens!!!! *jumps up and down*

ok heres an update. i isobusted the xp cd and it WORKED. but i do have a question. the i386 folder on the cd is 460 MB (482,948,234 bytes) but the extracted i386 on my harddrive is 460 MB (483,242,078 bytes). is that ok??

This happens sometimes. What about the number of files?

i didnt count and i dont really feel like counting lol. well anyway i used nlite and slipstreamed and burned to cd. then i rebooted and installed xp from cd again and when it was all done (around 15 min, quick huh!), there were absolutely NO problems!! wow nlite is the shiznit. now i got xp pro sp1 (too lazy to dl sp2) and its GREAT!

i didnt count and i dont really feel like counting lol. well anyway i used nlite and slipstreamed and burned to cd. then i rebooted and installed xp from cd again and when it was all done (around 15 min, quick huh!), there were absolutely NO problems!! wow nlite is the shiznit. now i got xp pro sp1 (too lazy to dl sp2) and its GREAT!

Told ya so! Maybe there were duplicate files on the XP CD and if they were burned on with CDIMAGE, they were only copied once, so the image on your drive was bigger!