Windows XP Reinstall

[P]*Deus_Alpha

Hey,

I was wondering if anyone could help?

I'm trying to format my c: dirve and reinstall windows xp

After going through the 6 boot up disks and inserting my XP CD, it formats my partition. When finished up pops -

"The following value in the .SIF file used by setup is missing

Value 0 on the line section [source disks files] with key "SP1.cab"

Set up can not continue, to quit setup press F3"

Some help would be really appreciated as the computer is rendered useless until it's fixed!

Thanks,

D_Alpha

Cal

My guess is that you have a problem with the media/disc. Any sign of obvious surface damage?

Cal.

[P]*Deus_Alpha

No, No sign of damage on the CD. The same error came up for 2 windows CD's i tried.

kippy

Those 6 disks......how did you create them...where did you get them from.
I think there is a prolem with those.
It looks like one of them is corrupt or instead is one which is used for an uattended install.
Can you boot with the CD and format the drive from there instead?
I only thought there were 4 floppy disks created when using that method anyway.
Kippy

[P]*Deus_Alpha

i went to bootdisk.com who then redirected me to a microsoft website where i downloaded a program to make the 6 disks along with directions for use.

I'm not sure about booting from the CD. I think the computer is set up for floppy boot disks. If i restart the computer it says that NDTS file not found press ctrl alt del to restart.

ando

when your booting up, there should be an option for setup/bios. Its usually F2 or delete button. Go into that and look for boot up sequence, change cdrom to the highest priority and then restart. boot from cd, format and install

[P]*Deus_Alpha

Cheers Lads,

I'll try out that suggestion.