Problem when booting from cd/dvd drive

[SIRCOOKS]

I have encountered this problem more than once. Sometimes when im reformatting, and im booting from the cd/dvd drive, ill get so far in the xp install and the install will then stop and tell me that a certain file cannot be copied and i must either retry by pressing enter or exit installation by pressing escape. It goes on to tell me that xp may not work without this file. Any way, i press enter a few times and i go back to that same screen, finally i open the drive theh close it immediately then press enter and itll start to copy the files that were once uncopyable. This happens a few times during the installation process and takes forever to format. During this time i notice that the drive will act as if its not doing anything, and just sit their quietly, even though the computer is on, and there doesnt seem to be a problem with the hd, because i transferred it to another comp and the sata drive is working perfectly. This keeps on happening and i have yet to format this comp. Mind you, i also tried using two discs, everytime the message pops up, put in the other one and try again, but at the end of that, i guess one disc was older than the first (the original had sp2 preinstalled on it), and when i finished, it told me that some components may not work....WHAT SHOULD I DO...HOLLA BACK ASAP

[classfour]

This is a legit M$ disc?

I have actually had to interface (using a USB cable thing) and format a HDD the hard way from my laptop - before I could get a clean install of windows. As a matter of fact: If I do any installs anymore, that is exactly my procedure, irreguardless of Windows version. I first noticed this problem with (a legit copy of) Windows 2000 a few years back. It seemed the method of letting the MS cd do the format just didn't get the drive clean enough.

[INFRATOM]

it seems it is looking for a file it can't read , maybe disc is scratched or dirty. Clean the disc or make another one with integrity check

[SIRCOOKS]

This is a legit disc, so your saying i should use someother device to format the drive first...how bout i stick it in my other comp and format it from their....holla back

[SIRCOOKS]

Its a brand new xp disc...no need to clean

[Dr_Layne]

Possible problems:

Bad CD/DVD Drive
Bad IDE cable on the cd/dvd drive and/or the HDD
Bad Ramm
Overclocked CPU

[Krispy Kritter]

I've had this happen a few times. The first time it was a dirty disc and the second time a flacky cdrom drive. Changing the drive corrected the issue.