Hi there, newbie to posting on this forum but have been using some of the excellent advice here for some time now. I have a strange problem that can't seem to clear:

seem to be unable to install any program on my system that originates from a FLOPPY disk. The installation begins but invariably hangs part way through with a "cannot install *.exe: corrupt archive file" message. This has happened with THREE different programs, and despite trying different cables AND another floppy drive. I am able to install these programs on my other system running winME. Am I missing an XP setting?

I am running XP (home)-have clean installed it twice
mobo= ECS K7S5A v1.x
ram=512 DDR SDRAM
cpu=Athlon T-bird 1.0ghz

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!