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03-23-2004, 09:00 AM
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Trouble Loading XP Home, Help Please
I just finnished putting to gether a new system and I am attempting to load Win XP Home. After about 10 min. I get the message:
"The following value in the .SIF file used by setup is corrupted or missing. Value 0 on the line in section (source discs files) with key "SP1.cab" Setup cannot continue To quit setup press F3" Can anyone tell me what the problem is? Thanks in advance John |
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03-23-2004, 09:01 AM
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Ride 'em Cowboy
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Is the cd being used a copy?
Or the cd could be dirty... |
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03-23-2004, 09:12 AM
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It's brand new and original
Yes it's clean I have tried several times and get the same result each time Thanks for responding so quickly |
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03-23-2004, 10:31 AM
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Bad or questonable memory can cause loading problems. If you happen to have 2 sticks of RAM, try with one stick and then the other. Try a different stick if you are using generic RAM.
Chas
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03-23-2004, 10:33 AM
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i would guess it is either a bad xp cd or your cd-rom is bad,i had that problem with a faulty cd-rw, put in a different one and it loaded. i suppose it could be other things(including memory) but that is my first guess.
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03-23-2004, 04:33 PM
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hi John005
check your ram its a common error with xp if it dont like the ram you have
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03-24-2004, 08:40 AM
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I got it working!
It was both the CD ROM drive and 1 bad stick of RAM. After trying multiple combinations with the use of a working drive (pulled from a working machine) I was able to get it working. Thanks for all the help! |
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03-24-2004, 11:19 AM
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and thanks for letting us know about the fix.its frustrating to me when i never know if the problem was solved.
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