installing windows xp home Isass.exe Not enough Quota Error.

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Kevin S

I reformated my drive and started to install windows xp
home. It copied all the files and started the setup.
Started to retart showed the xp screen and said resuming
setup then error: Isass.exe - Not Enough Quota
Not enough virtual memory or paging file quota is
availabe to complete the specified operation. Then it
goes into this rebooting endless cycle. Any help please.
 
Hi Kevin,

I haven't seen this exact error but to get this during a clean
installation I would be suspicious of the hardware or the media. I'm not
sure from your post if the reboot was at the end of setup or not. If setup
completed you can boot using the Windows XP Home CD and use the Recovery
Console to Repair the most likely problem. If setup did not complete or
get far enough to create the backup registry files you will have to
reinstall. The following article discusses the file that needs to be
renamed and replaced.

316751 "Security Accounts Manager Initialization Failed" Error Message When
You
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316751

This article walks you through the process using the Recovery Console.

307545 How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP
from
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307545

In your next post please specify the following:
*****************************************************
Is this a sysprep Image install or a Retail/OEM CD?
Does the error occur when booting into safe mode?
If you swap the RAM modules around does the error appear?
How large is the disk you are installing to? Confirm the size while in
Recovery Console. You can use diskpart.exe which works in recovery console
to get the size of the partition you installed to.

300415 A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300415

Good luck,
Matt Hendrix [MSFT]

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