Hi ra,

Recently I downloaded Windows Server 2003 Ent. Edition from the microsoft
website, and during installation it is giving me errors like bootvid.dll,
kdcom.dll, c_1252.nls.... files are missing and couldn't install the
operating system, could you please guide us what could have been the
problem.

I am trying to install a second operating system which already has windows XP.
I tried to install from my already booted Windows XP, it asked me to install
fresh copy and asked the cd key and all, after that it restarted the
machine.
It asked me to boot from the CD, but I did not choose that one, so it showed
me 2 operating systems toboot from
1. Windows XP
2.Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Setup

I selected 2nd option and continued with the setup. (blue screen)

it showedSetup is starting windows.

Setup started

It asked me to select a drive to install the windows 2003 server. I selected
D; Drive
It asked me to choose the file system, I selected leave the current
filesystem and continue.

In the bottom of the screen it showed Creating list of files to be copied,
it copied some files and then showed me this screen

---------------------------Blue Setup Screen shows like
this----------------------------------------
"Setup cannot copy the file :bootvid.dll
>To Retry, press ENTER
If you are installing from a CD, make sure the windows CD is in the
CD-ROM drive.
>To skip this file, press ESC.
CAUTION: If you skip this file, setup may not complete and windows may
not work properly.
>To Quit setup, press F3.

in the bottom
ENTER=REtry ESC=Skip file F3=Quit
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
when I ESC or skip thefile, the same scren appeared with the file names
kdcom.dll
c_1252,nls
c_437.nls
l_intl.nls
..... and so on

I had to quit the setup, I tried serveral time but no use.
well I am sure that the CD is not corrupt. even I tried to install directly
from the hard drive, its behaving the same. however, Today I noticed that
before rebooting it is copying all the files in the C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT and
this folder has all the files which are informed as missing files from my
CD. but still the installtion setup not able to locate these files from the
c: Drive, I tried to copy that directly to D: Drive, as I am installing the
server version on D Drive. but still the installation setup cannot locate
these files. what could be the problem with the installation.


can U help me to solve this

Thanks