[trailrider894]

i just started re-installing my xp on my old pc and it came up and said that it couldn't find the i866/earl a-c on the cd?? so it said locate it yourself. so i did and found it clicked open and then it just tried it again. and said the same thing. so i then hit cancel and it is finishing installing now . what was up with that?? and will it effect how my pc run's??

[Mak213]

It could. If that file is at all necessary since you skipped it there could be problems down the line.

By any chance when you installed did you use the Quick format option? I would suggest using a full format instead to stop these issues.

[Lexluethar]

Originally Posted by trailrider894

i just started re-installing my xp on my old pc and it came up and said that it couldn't find the i866/earl a-c on the cd?? so it said locate it yourself. so i did and found it clicked open and then it just tried it again. and said the same thing. so i then hit cancel and it is finishing installing now . what was up with that?? and will it effect how my pc run's??

Could also be a scratched CD, sometimes Windows explorer can read and find files on scratched media but Windows installer cannot. Clean the CD if there are any scratches, and look into burning the CD to a new CD-ROM to possibly fix the issue.

[trailrider894]

yes i did perfrom the quick format? should i go back and re do that?? or is that 2 hard on my pc??

[Lexluethar]

It isn't too hard on your computer. Unless you are pressed for time I would always do a more thorough format.

[trailrider894]

will it make a change in how my pc runs?? cause i already loaded drivers and updated it

[Lexluethar]

No, lookup the definition of disk defrag with google.

Data is on a platter that spins. When a file is created it is in one place. After multiple saves and deletions of certain files the disk becomes 'fragmented' with bits and pieces of files and programs you still use, and some you don't. What a disk defrag does is move all of those associated files and programs together so the arm of the hard drive doesn't have to move from place to place jsut to load a file.

That is the short and sweet version, i'm sure someone else can chime in and give more detail. It won't ever hurt your computer, just make it run faster (relative to how it was running).

[KurrentEweser]

It look like a file you can live without. Earl is nothing more then a duck riding a surfboard.

earl.acs - File Information

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