unable to install windows 2000 on T22 thinkpad

[hashim]

hi
Ive tried to install a fresh copy of windows 2000 on my thinkpad T22. I have formatted the hard disk and when the install program starts to copy windows files, the disc spins and then errors occur such as ' Unable to copy'
please help me solve this problem thanks.

[Bob Collins]

Right off the bat, you are in the wrong location for this question, as this area is for OS/2 support.

That being said, sounds like your CD is a bit dirty. Have you cleaned it? Perhaps the DVD drive is dirty. Check the CD for scratches, smudges, fingerprints and the like. Obviously a crack in the disk will be a major problem.

Have you verified the CD can be read in another machine?

[BigWarpGuy]

Have you considered switching to eComStation?
http://www.ecomstation.com

[TarzanBoy]

The easiest thing to do is borrow someone's CD. I'd try that first.

If you're really having a problem with this, then one thing you could try to do is copy the entire contents of the win2000 cd to a folder on the hard drive of the thinkpad. Boot the thinkpad to a command line prompt via the 2000 CD or a boot disk or win98 boot cd or whatever.

Then you can run the windows 2000 setup from dos mode. I forget the exact syntax of this command, but you can look it up on google.