I have the following problem when try to install XP Professional. Currently
I’m running XP Pro whit Service Pack 1 but when I tried to preinstall it a
stop message appeared:
INF file txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing STATUS 32768
And the setup cannot continue.
Also I tried whit couple of different XP copies and the message kept popping
up.
Thanks very much

Allen Smith wrote:

> I have the following problem when try to install XP Professional.
> Currently I'm running XP Pro whit Service Pack 1 but when I tried to
> preinstall


"Preinstall"? Do you mean "reinstall"?

You are perhaps not doing this correctly. Just boot from the Windows XP CD
(change the BIOS boot order if necessary to accomplish this) and follow the
prompts for a clean installation (delete the existing partition by pressing
"D" when prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> it a stop message appeared:
> INF file txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing STATUS 32768
> And the setup cannot continue.
> Also I tried whit couple of different XP copies and the message kept
> popping up.
> Thanks very much

Sorry, I mean reinstall. But I don’t think I’m doing it wrong. Whit all my
respect, I’ve done it thousand times whit lots of different PCs and yes, I
did change the primary booting device but my concern is that error, because
I’ve never seen it before.
When Setup stars to inspect the hardware configuration sometimes it leads to
restart or that error. And that’s it. Once the Setup started copying files
but that was as far as it went. I can’t go to the setup page at all. I tried
whit the same Windows disk and another PC, and it worked.
Could it be the hardware causing the problem. It’s pretty strange knowing
that the PC is currently running XP

Allen Smith wrote:

> I have the following problem when try to install XP Professional. Currently
> I’m running XP Pro whit Service Pack 1 but when I tried to preinstall it a
> stop message appeared:
> INF file txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing STATUS 32768
> And the setup cannot continue.
> Also I tried whit couple of different XP copies and the message kept popping
> up.
> Thanks very much
>

Problems installing XP can be do to marginal hardware. Start by testing
the ram using these two programs. Run each for several hours.

Memtest86+
http://www.memtest.org/

Windows Memory Diagnostic
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

Download a drive diagnostic utility from the drive manufacturer's web
site and run that.

Try a different CD drive and a different installation CD.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User