Recently, I messed up my MBR on a dual-boot computer with Windows XP SP1 on the primary drive and Kubuntu Dapper Drake (v. 6.06) on the second drive. After some trouble, I eventually searched around and decided to use the GAG Boot Manager to get access to Windows XP. After I was able to access the drive, I decided to continue to reinstall my system. Everything went smoothly until Windows XP started to copy the necessary files to the hard drive. At that point, I got this error message:
Copy Error
Setup cannot copy the file licwmi.dl_
I clicked on Browse and the file appeared to be on the CD, but the installer does not recognize it. Would it be possible for me to get a copy of that file, put it on CD or a USB drive, and let the installer use that file instead?
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Jump to PostIm guessing you could copy the contents of the cd and add that file and reburn it. Also is the _ in the filename on the cd?
I would also consider the Grub bootloader which can be fixed via live cds
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Jump to PostAre you wiping the drive (or partition) and doing a fresh install or are you trying to write over the old Windows installation?
Jump to PostThose files with an underscore in the extension are unfinished files, which must be altered by the installer to be configured to your computer. They can't be just copied.
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