kirock said:
I think she might have given up on TS helping her, but this is more of a post to focus a few loose ends bc I think Liquid is on to something that has of yet not been discussed.
But re-read the Katey's 1st post: A lot of missing files, not able to copy file, in short a lot of data corruption. So my first guess was bad/damaged CD and then maybe a hardware issue. So people said it was bad CD or the CD drive.
But she has tried an external USB, and now even a new/different XP disk. She said this in her first post:
I guess I have 2 questions to ask:
My question to Liquid: Would this proprietary setup necessarily cause the symptoms of not being able to copy specific, yet random files?
My question to alidabiri: If Katey used an external USB CD Rom drive would this not have fixed the reading issue?
Kirok;
Your questions reflect exactly what I have experienced over a number of reloads on Laptops.I cannot give you the technical ways in which each brand (manufacturer's) use these setup programs to protect their market only that it is there.For example an old Tecra that a friend asked me to reload without the original setup disks.I had to use the download(Setup) Program(loaded on a 98 Boot disk) to boot the Laptop via it's Docking station.Then partition the HDD with this same Program (It created the small Partition Automatically and loaded itself on the HDD) I then had to use the Setup program(on the HDD) to start the O/S load (Retail Microsoft CD) to get a successful install of Windows.
This whole procedure was Automatically done months later by a System disk this friend finally received from Tecra.We reloaded again with this disk because there were odd missing files (mostly DLL's and INI 's ) that would continue to crop up.The System disk load did not have these issues.
My own HP will not run USB drives without problems unless the drivers are installed VIA the Setup program.
OEM's can add there own files (this is their licensed right) they do this for a reason. You can bet their reasons do not involve the end user's interests First.
I believe windows install CD's(Microsoft) cannot cover every machine configuration on the Planet.When it comes to LTP's I believe these CD's simply don't know what to install without some direction ( The OEM Setup program does this )
I would ask Kate.. to post her HDD layout to see if that partition exists if it is not there then I believe it illustrates the point.The issues she is having is not the norm.
I would suggest that if the USB HDD was able to load the O/S ,she should re-install with the setup disks . If they are floppys , she can make a bootable cd with the files on them , and boot with the USB drive., It sounds like she was able to boot to the LTP with it.
I know she has had a frustrating time , however in the long run her machine's best opportunity to run well, will entail being loaded the way it was Designed.
Like it or not.