problems after installing sp2

[tonia]

ok, i hope someone can help. My computer kept freezing up so i tried doing a
system restore, it took it almost 1 hour to do it and when the compter
restarted, i got the windows xp screen then it went black. I could still
move the mouse arrow but, it would do nothing else. I had the same problem
after the sp1 was installed a few years ago and i had to reinstall windows.
Dell gave me the disks to do this, so knowing what to do, I attempted to
reinstall windows again but, it won't when it starts to read the windows cd,
it says press any key to continue and then after that i get this
error:INFfile txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing Status 1024. and that is
as far as it will go. Please help

[Rich Barry]

Tonia, you could try cleaning the CD. Wash with soap and warm water and
dry. Wipe from the center outward. Not
in a circle. If that doesnt work then you could try the six floppy boot
disks.
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Scroll to WinXP 6
Disk Setup Set.

"tonia" > wrote in message
...
> ok, i hope someone can help. My computer kept freezing up so i tried
> doing a
> system restore, it took it almost 1 hour to do it and when the compter
> restarted, i got the windows xp screen then it went black. I could still
> move the mouse arrow but, it would do nothing else. I had the same
> problem
> after the sp1 was installed a few years ago and i had to reinstall
> windows.
> Dell gave me the disks to do this, so knowing what to do, I attempted to
> reinstall windows again but, it won't when it starts to read the windows
> cd,
> it says press any key to continue and then after that i get this
> error:INFfile txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing Status 1024. and that
> is
> as far as it will go. Please help

[tonia]

that worked. thank you


"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Tonia, you could try cleaning the CD. Wash with soap and warm water and
> dry. Wipe from the center outward. Not
> in a circle. If that doesnt work then you could try the six floppy boot
> disks.
> http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Scroll to WinXP 6
> Disk Setup Set.
>
> "tonia" > wrote in message
> ...
> > ok, i hope someone can help. My computer kept freezing up so i tried
> > doing a
> > system restore, it took it almost 1 hour to do it and when the compter
> > restarted, i got the windows xp screen then it went black. I could still
> > move the mouse arrow but, it would do nothing else. I had the same
> > problem
> > after the sp1 was installed a few years ago and i had to reinstall
> > windows.
> > Dell gave me the disks to do this, so knowing what to do, I attempted to
> > reinstall windows again but, it won't when it starts to read the windows
> > cd,
> > it says press any key to continue and then after that i get this
> > error:INFfile txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing Status 1024. and that
> > is
> > as far as it will go. Please help
>
>
>