Fresh instal of streamlined XPSP2 onto new hard drive

[Guest]

Hi

I recently upgraded my CPU, m/nboard and graphics cars and it seems to have
killed my old hard drive. I now have a shiny new SATA drive but cannot
install XP onto it.

When booting from a slipstreamed XPSP2 disc (which successfully performed a
repair install after the m/board change) i get an error saying "isapnp.sys is
corrupt" and the set-up program fails leaving me with only an option to
reboot.

Presumably this file was considered ok during the repair install but why is
it all screwey now?

Can anyone help?

Thanks

 

[DL]

You could try the recovery consol, and replace the file
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315311

I dont know if this file was updated in sp2, if thats the case you may have
to source the file from a working sp2 installation
PS Slightly iffy memory can cause all sorts of problems with a new install

"Rob_completely_in_the_dark"

 

[Guest]

Hi

Thanks for that. I looked into it a bit more and realised theat the XXSP2
disk i was using was generate dby slipstreaming the network version of XP
together with SP2, rather than an original Home Edition. I tried it with the
original XP disk and it installed fine, but then i had
to go through the pain of doing the Upgrade Install of SP2 and all the
updates again. Still, it's working now, which is the important thing!

Thanks again.