"The file 'asms' on Windows XP Professional CD-ROM is needed"

I've been running WinXP Pro sp2 for over a year now with no problems until
the other day when my kid tells me the computer won't boot up. I'm trying to
do a Repair install from my old WinXP Pro disk and I'm getting the above
error. My pc at work can read the disk just fine. I don't find an asms
file, but there's an asms folder with subfolders and files and my work pc has
no trouble reading all that. So I think the disk is okay.

I found article 311755 suggesting that I try loading the xcopy utility onto
my pc from an old Win98 sp2 disk or a WinME disk, but I don't have either of
those. I don't have a spare cd drive laying around either. What else can I
try? My wife will kill me if I lose all her digital pictures!

You can try making a SP2 slipstreamed version of your
current Windows XP, then use the new CD to perform a
"Repair Install".

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:

Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?act...showarticle=49

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"Bob" wrote:

| I've been running WinXP Pro sp2 for over a year now with no problems until
| the other day when my kid tells me the computer won't boot up. I'm trying to
| do a Repair install from my old WinXP Pro disk and I'm getting the above
| error. My pc at work can read the disk just fine. I don't find an asms
| file, but there's an asms folder with subfolders and files and my work pc has
| no trouble reading all that. So I think the disk is okay.
|
| I found article 311755 suggesting that I try loading the xcopy utility onto
| my pc from an old Win98 sp2 disk or a WinME disk, but I don't have either of
| those. I don't have a spare cd drive laying around either. What else can I
| try? My wife will kill me if I lose all her digital pictures!