Windows – “setup can’t copy files” error during XP installation

-setupinstallationwindows xp

During installing Windows XP, I got errors like "Setup can't copy ks.sys, modem.sys etc…etc.."

I skipped the error messages, but after all that Windows XP is not detecting cd drive or USB. How to solve this?

Best Answer

If you can't install an OS from scratch either:

  • the installation media is bad

  • the DVD drive is bad

  • the computer hardware is fundamentally unstable

It is very, very bad when you cannot perform a clean install of an OS -- that is the most basic test of "is this computer actually working?"

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