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My computer kept having the blue screen of death so I decided to reinstall winxp professional sp1 to see if i could've get rid of the problem but the installation process never completes. On the welcome screen of the winxp setup I press enter to set up windows xp new. Then i get to the End-user license agreement and I press f8 to agree. After that, i choose to format the partition using the NTFS file (quick) and then the set up starts formating. After it completes formating my drive, set up starts copying files. It gets to like 10% and then and error appears telling me "setup cannot copy the file: Palab.ttf so i press ESC to skip that file but right away it happens again this time telling me that the file Palai.ttg could en't be copied and I press ESC but the same thing kips happening for the files timesbd.ttf, verdanair.ttf, verdanaz.ttf, access.chm, , acledit.dll, aclui.chm, activeds, this are just a few of the files it was unable to copy. I kept getting errors after errors so i got tired and I kept on pressing ESC to see what will happen. The blue screen of death appears out of nowhere telling me something about CDFS_File_System, Technical Information: *** STOP: 0x00000026 (0x000401fe78, 0xf7076ef8, 0xf7076bf8, 0x8080fe78). I'm unable to reinstall windows XP can somebody out there help me with this?

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As and noted, the pattern of repeated "cannot copy" errors together with a CDFS/STOP error points to a read problem during setup — the installation media or the optical drive (or its connection) is the primary suspect. Skipping files during setup only produces an incomplete, unstable install; that should be avoided.

Practical checklist (do these in order):

  1. Inspect and clean the XP disc — wipe from center toward the edge with a soft, lint‑free cloth. Test the same disc in a different PC or external drive to see whether the same read errors appear.
  2. If the disc fails on another machine, get a fresh, verified ISO and reburn at the slowest reliable speed available (verify after burn). Retail/known‑good media is preferable to an old scratched copy.
  3. If the disc reads on other machines but not on this one, swap the optical drive or try an external USB drive. Replace the drive cable or move the drive to another port (a bad cable or controller can cause intermittent reads).
  4. If swapping drives is not possible, attach the target hard disk to a working PC, copy the installer’s I386 folder to the drive, and run setup from there; this bypasses the faulty CD drive.

If media/drive swaps don’t fix it, test other hardware: run Memtest (bootable) for several passes to rule out bad RAM, and run the HDD vendor’s diagnostics to rule out failing sectors. Thermal or power issues can also cause unpredictable read/write failures, so simple checks (reseat cables, try a different power connector) are worthwhile.

Note: ’s question about partitioning — wiping and recreating the partition is fine but won’t help if the installer cannot read files from the CD. The most reliable solutions are a known‑good install disc or a different optical drive/controller.

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Member Avatar for qt 3.14159

It sounds like your CD is scratched or dirty... try cleaning it or getting a copy from someone.

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CDFS is refering to the filesystem on the CD-ROM; I'll second the motion for checking the disk for damage.

If you verify that the CD isn't damaged, then you might have a hardware problem, which could account for the BSODs you were getting before you decided to reinstall. Do you remember any of the BSOD error messages? If you have any more detailed information you can give us, that might help us narrow things down.

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did u erase the partition FIRST, and THEN format it? I had a similar problem.

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