Corrupt APCI.sys installing WIN XP

[Guest]

I am trying to install Windows XP on a friends computer following a hard
drive crash (complete crash, HDD toast...no longed even spins...at boot gave
a critical HDD failure error message(or close to that, can't remember the
exact error message, but I tried the HDD in my PC and it wasn't even detected
in the BIOS...could this be a BIOS
virus???)

Anyway, on to the real problem....

The install is on a new 80Gig Westen Digital HDD, motherboard is DFI PA61,
BIOS version SV84510A.86A.0008.P04

The new HDD is detected in the BIOS.

When I try to install it, I keep getting error:

"The file APCI.sys is corrupt, please hit any key to continue."

I don't think it is a 32Gig barrier problem, because his old 40Gig did show
the full space when I checked it.

I haven't flashed the BIOS yet, because I am looking to see if it culd be
anyting but that.

Any have any suggestions?

Thx

 

[Rodney Kelp]

Is this after you created a primary partition and formatted it?

 

[Guest]

I feel like an idiot...completely forgot about that....now an even bigger
brain freeze....how do you do that?