Internal setup error for Installation of Xp home?

[Mark411]

I've been struggling with this for 2 weeks! I have several questions below.
To make long story short;
I got a replacement Maxtor 40 GB hard drive to be replaced in my Cicerio computer.
I tried many different things but nothing is working out, it should not be this difficult.
I have installed hd's before with no problem, I even installed a borrowed 10GB disk before my replacement arrived. I didn't have to partition or format it.

Tech support from Maxtor says make drive master, use their cable, run their powermax ultility disk. I did all this & drive is working fine.

So far I've used a win98 boot disk to partition using fdisk, and my restore winxp home cd.
Does winxp handle both partitioning & formating? I know in win 95 you create a boot disk, do fdisk, then format, then install windows.

The installation of WinXp home goes great until I reboot and get the message;
Internal setup error, could not find a place for a swap file, setup can not continue.
What does this mean, & what should I do next?

I was also using partitionmagic before installing windows xphome. Did I do something wrong or screw something up?

Any comments are appreciated; in the mean time, I'm still searching MS knowledge base for anwsers.
regards Mark

 

[lovalles]

What you wanna do? do you have data on that disk?
the easier way to install is to boot from the CD and then install it? better if you use a ntfs partition.

hope this helps
lovalles

 

[linney]

See if anything here helps.


HOW TO: Partition and Format a Hard Disk in Windows XP (Q313348)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q313/3/48.asp

http://groups.google.com/groups?sou...+not+find+a+place+for+a+swap+file"+windows+xp

 

[Mark411]

Hi everyone, for future reference I had to use the powermax software found at Maxtors web site.
After that the drive partitioned & formatted fine. I was then able to install Xp successfully.
Thanks for the tips.
MHU