Installation error

BEvans10 · 14 Nov 2008 at 20:55

Hi guys was hoping someone could help.

Have just put my new system together, and after having downloaded Windows XP SP2 and burning the ISO onto a disc i went to install it when i started the new computer up.

All was going well until it came to copying files over, where it then began to say it was unable to copy certain files from the disc. One of which was NLDRS.sys or something similar.

The copying process then froze the screen, and after a restart i am now unable to attempt a reinstall due to it trying to boot into windows with it then displaying the message that is the NLDRS file is missing and that it must be restarted. Of course this doesnt help.

I was hoping someone would be able to help, either in how to clear the hard drive of the currently copied file, or how to find the needed files.

Thanks a lot

quackers · 14 Nov 2008 at 20:59

It could be an iffy disk, can you burn the iso again?

BEvans10 · 14 Nov 2008 at 21:03

Yea, burning a new copy just now. Is the best way around it booting from the drive to simply go into bios and change it to boot from CD?

quackers · 14 Nov 2008 at 21:09

yeah change the boot order to go from the cd/dvd first

BEvans10 · 14 Nov 2008 at 21:36

Got all the way to the copying of files again just for it to not find the files again. This was on a newly opened and burned disc.

IAmATeaf · 14 Nov 2008 at 21:40

Sounds like the ISO may be duff, I had something similar when I slipstreamed Windows Server 2003 with SP2 and I done the slipstreaming correctly.

BEvans10 · 14 Nov 2008 at 21:45

My only other option is to instal XP 64bit then, but i've been told compatability etc is not very good for this. Only other windows OS on the academic download.

BigBoy · 14 Nov 2008 at 22:13

sounds like a memory problem to me try upping the voltage a notch on your ram and see if that helps.

BEvans10 · 14 Nov 2008 at 23:53

Your right, it was the RAM. Thanks a lot for the help guys.