reformatting hard drive windows xp sp3

[killa NateDogg]

i have a custom pc and every time i reformat it does not do it right as far as wiping the hard drive out and installing windows it reformats and installs windows but it misses drivers.cab and i know i need that file but i dont know how it still working and when it wipes out the hard drive it says the hard drive could not verify hard drive size and i dont have enough memory and it says or my cd may contain corrupt files and i have alot of windows disks like windows xp sp2 and sp3 i have a brand new disk also of sp2 and it still says the same thing i got the pc from a friend because my old pc the motherborad fried i did put a new stick of ram in the dont match but its compatible memory pc2100 and pc2700 ddr ram so please if anyone could help me i would really apreacate it

[Autoload]

I stared at this post for 5 minutes and thought about the "badger-badger" song. Now I'm going to lock myself in a closet with a bottle of Jack and a revolver and see what happens.

Seriously... WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot, Over?

How to install XP (assuming you have a licensed copy and not a "new" bootleg)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941

http://www.buildeasypc.com/sw/windows_xp.htm <--- With pictures

http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/xp-install/ <--- Cool pictures

[satis]

Wow, seriously, punctuation is your friend.

The number of problems you listed in your post is ridiculous. When it comes to troubleshooting technical issues, it's good to focus on your show-stoppers one at a time and resolve them. Otherwise you'll get bogged down in the details.

Drivers.cab failing to copy is typically an issue with the installation media.
Not matching RAM speeds doesn't really matter... it'll just slow down that memory controller to match the slowest stick of RAM.
Windows XP's minimum RAM requirement is like 64MB. Are you serious your pc doesn't have 64MB of RAM? Or are you confused between RAM and hard drive space?

I suggest you get another copy of a full WinXP install and try again. Or if you know anyone that has computer-building knowledge, offer to pay them a couple bucks to install XP on your box for you.

[Doc C]

This I believe will be a one trick pony.

[satis]

I bet in a week if you google the text in the original post, you'll find it on two dozen different forums.

[IanS]

I agree, so the thread is now closed as there's been no response from the OP.