.sif file error

[caudalie]

hello everyone, i was installing windows XP into a new harddrive, so that means i had to pop in the 6 DISK in order to start it up.
the menu asked to format to NTFS or leave as is
it's FAT32 at the moment, the installer already highlighted
"leave as is"

so i pressed enter, and after it scanned the harddrive this message pop'ed up

"the following value in the .sif file is either missing or corrupted"

value 0 in the line in the section [sourcediskfiles]
with keys sf2.cab

setup cannot continue

- thanks

 

[ockerb]

Hi caudalie
I would like to suggest that you start the process again and this time select to format the hard drive with NTFS instead of FAT32
Hope this helps
Ockerb

 

[tchatzi]

why dont you try to boot your pc from the Win XP CD and start the installation from that???
Who uses disks nowadays?

 

[linney]

If you can boot from CD you probably don't need the floppies.

Are you mismatching the startup floppies with your version on Service Pack on the XP CD? You have floppies for Home or Pro, plus floppies for Non SP, SP1 or SP2.

How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310994&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

http://forum.pcmech.com/archive/index.php/t-57282.html

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

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

Read the paragraph,
"How to Partition and Format Your Hard Disk by Using Windows XP Setup."


For more help (shows enlargeable screenshots) go here.

http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/InstallXPPro/installxppro1.htm

Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314463

http://www.mcmcse.com/windows_xp/guides/filesystems.shtml