Troubleshooting an XP SP2 new installation

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This is the first time that I've attempted to build my own system from
scratch, so I'm sort of an amateur. I have an Asus K8V-X SE motherboard with
an AMD Semperon processor. I have done all of troubleshooting strategies that
I could find listed in the knowledge base to no avail. I invariably end up
reaching the "Installing Windows" part of the installation then it stops with
a Fatal Error. The set up log says:
Error:
SXS.DLL: Syntax error in manifest or policy
file"D:\I386\asms\52\MSFT\WINDOWS\NET\DXMRTP.MAN" on line 5.

Error:
Installation Failed: D:\I386\asms. Error Message : Data error (cyclic
redundancy check).

Error:
One of the components that Windows needs to continue setup could not be
installed.

Can someone please interpret this for me?

P.S. The knowledgebase remedies that I've tried include: testing my memory
modules, pressing F7 (to add a HAL), updating BIOS, removing all unnecessary
hardware, checking remaining hardware for XP compatibility, pressing F6 (to
add SCSI/RAID driver, when I've tried booting from the 6 XP SP2 boot
floppies, I get to the 6th disk and before it's finished loading it stops and
the screen says:
STOP: c0000221 Unknown Hard Error
\SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll
 
SFTaxiDriver said:
This is the first time that I've attempted to build my own system from
scratch, so I'm sort of an amateur. I have an Asus K8V-X SE motherboard
with
an AMD Semperon processor. I have done all of troubleshooting strategies
that
I could find listed in the knowledge base to no avail. I invariably end up
reaching the "Installing Windows" part of the installation then it stops
with
a Fatal Error. The set up log says:
Error:
SXS.DLL: Syntax error in manifest or policy
file"D:\I386\asms\52\MSFT\WINDOWS\NET\DXMRTP.MAN" on line 5.

Error:
Installation Failed: D:\I386\asms. Error Message : Data error (cyclic
redundancy check).

Error:
One of the components that Windows needs to continue setup could not be
installed.

Can someone please interpret this for me?

P.S. The knowledgebase remedies that I've tried include: testing my memory
modules, pressing F7 (to add a HAL), updating BIOS, removing all
unnecessary
hardware, checking remaining hardware for XP compatibility, pressing F6
(to
add SCSI/RAID driver, when I've tried booting from the 6 XP SP2 boot
floppies, I get to the 6th disk and before it's finished loading it stops
and
the screen says:
STOP: c0000221 Unknown Hard Error
\SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll
Click to expand...
A CRC error means that the source disk is defective.
Jim
 
By source disk do you mean the Windows CD? If so, how could that be possible?
The CD physically looks to be in pristine condition, plus I used the same
disk to successfully install XP on an older machine in a dual boot
configuration with Windows 98SE. (I did this so that I could use the
installation to access the Internet for troubleshooting the new installation;
which, in turn, will be the copy that I'll register and keep.)
 
SFTaxiDriver said:
By source disk do you mean the Windows CD? If so, how could that be
possible?
The CD physically looks to be in pristine condition, plus I used the same
disk to successfully install XP on an older machine in a dual boot
configuration with Windows 98SE. (I did this so that I could use the
installation to access the Internet for troubleshooting the new
installation;
which, in turn, will be the copy that I'll register and keep.)
Click to expand...
Yes, that is precisely what I meant. It really doesn't matter how it looks.
Instead, what matters is how well it reads.
Jim
 
Jim,
Thank you for your help, you were right: it was a source problem. I went to
the store that I had originally bought the OEM disk at. I managed to talk
them into letting me trade in my disk for a new one, (and I kept the original
COA of course). I popped it in and the installation completed without a
single whimper. Thanks again.
SFTaxiDriver
 
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