The cause of the error messages is one of dust or microscopic damage to the
surface of the cd-rom. The problem is the cd/dvd's read-head laser cannot
correctly interpret the section[s] of the disk on which the "problem" files
reside.
Thus you get such error messages as ; "Not ready reading drive X
Abort, Retry, Fail?"
You could try rinsing the cd-rom in a very weak solution of warm water and
washing-up detergent, then drying off with tissue paper.
But, quite often, the problem is caused by anything from microscopic to
large, visible scratches or inconsistencies on the disk's surface.
[Obviously] the Windows XP installation cd-rom, is till fully copyrighted
and protected by Microsoft, and, as a currently supported Microsoft
Operating System (SP3), is NOT classed as "orphaned" software. Therefore,
Windows XP is not available anywhere to download - legally.
Your idea of transferring the entire contents of the cd-rom into a folder
/sub-folder structure on your hard-drive, is a brilliant one - this is how
I eventually solved the self-same problem.
It's possible that the installation will complete without the odd missing
file (depending on what, and how important, the missing file[s] may
actually be).
However, there's a very good chance of you being able to get hold of
missing (corrupted) files as a download...
I know you can download [gdiplus.dll] by following the link below :
http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-f ... ml?gdiplus
....and possibly, you can find the others on the internet by doing a general
search for them, cross-referenced with the terms "XP SP3" and
"download"....
Hope this helps....
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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
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> "Paul" <
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>> Adam wrote:
>> > My ASUS N61JQ laptop is running Ubuntu 10.04.
>> > As far as I can tell from VirtualBox, this system has
>> > a Matshita DVD-RAM UJ890AS optical drive,
>> > which keeps giving the following message ...
>> >
>> > "CDR101: Not ready reading drive R
>> > Abort, Retry, Fail?"
>> >
>> > during ...
>> >
>> > 1) setup of Windows XP Pro (with MSDN CD) guest OS via VirtualBox;
>> > and
>> > 2) xcopy of MSDN CD contents to C: drive
>> > [xcopy is an attempt to workaround the Windows XP setup
>> > problem]
>> >
>> > AFAIK, files being processed when this error message occurs are ...
>> >
>> > GDIPLUS.CAT 7,236 bytes
>> > gdiplus.dll 1,700,352 bytes
>> > GDIPLUS.MAN 391 bytes
>> >
>> > in the \english\winxp\pro\i386\asms\1000\msft\windows\gdiplus
>> > directory.
>> > There may be other files that can cause this error message.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I have an MSDOS boot floppy prepared using a Win98SE system.
>>
>> I did a "dd" and dumped the 1440KB of info to a file on my
>> hard drive. By searching the image with a hex editor, I can
>> see things like this.
>>
>> CDR101: Not ready
>> CDR102: EMS memory no longer valid
>> CDR103: CDROM not High Sierra or ISO-9660 format
>> CDR104: Door open
>>
>> In other words, those seem to be "error numbers", rather
>> than a model number of an optical drive. One web page, suggested
>> the source is mscdex.exe driver.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
>
> Thanks!! Like you, I thought the problem may be due to
> the driver since the Win98SE bootdisk and driver are old but
> the hardware is relatively new. So, I tried to create the VM on
> a dinosaur Win98SE system (yeah, old systems still come in handy).
> Anyways, similar problem occurs on the old system as well so
> I no longer think the driver is the problem.
> Like John, I now think the problem may be due to the CD media.
>
> I just called Microsoft regarding the bad MSDN media,
> they said they can't replace it since the MSDN subscription has expired.
> <sigh>
>
> Anyone know where I can download the ISO for Windows XP Pro (32-bit)?
>
>
>