fresh install

P

peter segaard

trying to install XP professional on a rebuilt computer
and I get an error
"
the following value in the .SIF used by setup is
corrupted or missing!

value 0 on the line in section [winntdirectories] with
key "."

setup cannot continue. to quit setup, press f3.
"

setup will not proceed any farther than this, need help.

thank you
 
G

Guest

I've tried with a new NTFS 80GB hard drive starting out
from the oem CD when it gets partway through setup I get
those error messages.
-----Original Message-----
How are you doing the installation? As an unattend?

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

peter segaard said:
trying to install XP professional on a rebuilt computer
and I get an error
"
the following value in the .SIF used by setup is
corrupted or missing!

value 0 on the line in section [winntdirectories] with
key "."

setup cannot continue. to quit setup, press f3.
"

setup will not proceed any farther than this, need help.

thank you


.
 
J

Joseph Conway [MSFT]

It could be the OEM media that you are using then, try retail media and you
should be fine.

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I've tried with a new NTFS 80GB hard drive starting out
from the oem CD when it gets partway through setup I get
those error messages.
-----Original Message-----
How are you doing the installation? As an unattend?

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

peter segaard said:
trying to install XP professional on a rebuilt computer
and I get an error
"
the following value in the .SIF used by setup is
corrupted or missing!

value 0 on the line in section [winntdirectories] with
key "."

setup cannot continue. to quit setup, press f3.
"

setup will not proceed any farther than this, need help.

thank you


.
 

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