can't install xp homeon p4 1.8ghz

[tony]

i just installed a new lg 4081b and that was the start of
my problems.
so i have tried for the last 10hrs trying to install xp
home and all i get is " there is a syntax error in
the .sif file that setup uses at line: 18206."
i have asus p4s133 mb 40gig 512mb ram sony dvd asus cd
burner and diamond data cd and a ata100 card.

but i have only got the cd hooked up now because i took
every thing out due to the errors.

any help would be greatly accepted.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I just installed a new lg 4081b and that was the start of
my problems.
so I have tried for the last 10hrs trying to install XP
home and all I get is " there is a syntax error in
the .sif file that setup uses at line: 18206."
I have ASUS p4s133 motherboard 40gig 512mb ram Sony DVD ASUS CD
burner and diamond data CD and a ata100 card.

but I have only got the CD hooked up now because I took
every thing out due to the errors.

any help would be greatly accepted.

I suppose that you have tried:
- Using both of the CD/DVD players to install..
- Cleaning the CD..
- Different memory (RAM).. (or at least rearranging (using a different slot,
trying one stick if you have two, etc)

 

[Nick]

Tony...
you gotta slow down...learn some grammar....then present your situation in a
logical format...your just all over the place...I can why your in your
predicament...

 

[tony]

-----Original Message-----



I suppose that you have tried:
- Using both of the CD/DVD players to install..
- Cleaning the CD..
- Different memory (RAM).. (or at least rearranging (using a different slot,
trying one stick if you have two, etc)

 

[tony]

-----Original Message-----
Tony...
you gotta slow down...learn some grammar....then present your situation in a
logical format...your just all over the place...I can why your in your
predicament...


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thanks

the situation isn't logical the system was working fine
until i installed the dvd burner i even burnt 3 dvd disc
and then i got an error message "error_384" and then i
couldn't even boot the system up i tried to do a recovery
but that didn't work so i tried to install windows again
and the i got the syntax error and then i started to
disconnect all the drives but the cd and the harddrive and
pulled the memory out and made sure it was in correctly.

 

[David Garrigan]

i just installed a new lg 4081b and that was the start of
my problems.
so i have tried for the last 10hrs trying to install xp
home and all i get is " there is a syntax error in
the .sif file that setup uses at line: 18206."
i have asus p4s133 mb 40gig 512mb ram sony dvd asus cd
burner and diamond data cd and a ata100 card.

but i have only got the cd hooked up now because i took
every thing out due to the errors.

any help would be greatly accepted.

Tony, i just spent 18 hrs trying to install xp and when I called Microsoft
they said copy the I386 folder to the hard drive and run the WINNT32 app and
it would run and it did. It seems when you use the installer it loads its
own generic driver for the CD-ROM drives and that is not always compatible
with the drives installed and it freezes. Try the manual install.

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