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I am trying to load XP Pro on an old Dell dimension XPS300 which has a
4.3 GB Seagate SCSI HD. I formatted first for a clean install but, though
the setup procedure started off ok when it begin installing the WINDOWS files
it got as far as...."34 miutes left" and the monitor went dark. After
removing all but essential HW I restarted the process several times with the
same dismal result. With shift-F10 I could look at the DOS display of C. The
setupact.log file indicated that a file, "ismif32.dll" failed to load. I have
searched for this file and although MS references it I have not been able to
find and download it. And if I did where would I put it so that the install
process would continue. Any and all suggestions out of this dilema would be
gratefully appreciated.....Thanks...........
.................................................CinciDave
4.3 GB Seagate SCSI HD. I formatted first for a clean install but, though
the setup procedure started off ok when it begin installing the WINDOWS files
it got as far as...."34 miutes left" and the monitor went dark. After
removing all but essential HW I restarted the process several times with the
same dismal result. With shift-F10 I could look at the DOS display of C. The
setupact.log file indicated that a file, "ismif32.dll" failed to load. I have
searched for this file and although MS references it I have not been able to
find and download it. And if I did where would I put it so that the install
process would continue. Any and all suggestions out of this dilema would be
gratefully appreciated.....Thanks...........
.................................................CinciDave