Install Program Does Not Recognize i386 Folder

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Bill Jackson - 23 Jul 2008 20:20 GMT

My hard drive died on me in an old computer. I took a second hard drive that
was in this computer, made it the master, and reinstalled Windows on this
drive. During the installation process, a window comes up entitled "Files
Needed". The message in this window is, "Some files on Windows XP Service
Pack 1 CD are needed. Insert Windows XP Service Pack 1 CD into the drive
selected below, then click OK."

In the window below, the drive is listed as "D:\i386, which is the drive I
have the Windows XP CD in at the moment. When I click OK nothing happens. I
have checked the CD and there is an i386 folder present on the CD. I have
also tried copying the file to another location, but the installation
program still cannot access it.

The only way to get past this point in the install process is to hit the
Cancel button, then the installation will proceed until I run into this same
problem a second time. However, after the installation process ends I find
that I have no Internet Explorer installed and no icons on the desktop at
all. This means that other programs also failed to install because the
install program could not access the i386 folder on the CD.

Can anyone tell me why installation program cannot access D:\i386 so that I
can get a correct reinstall? Any help would be appreciated.

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GreenieLeBrun - 24 Jul 2008 00:20 GMT

> My hard drive died on me in an old computer. I took a second hard
> drive that was in this computer, made it the master, and reinstalled
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> Can anyone tell me why installation program cannot access D:\i386 so
> that I can get a correct reinstall? Any help would be appreciated.

Have you considered making a slipstreamed CD with either SP1, SP2 or SP3?

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

Combining Windows XP with Service Pack 2 for reinstallation (Part 1:
Introduction)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894947/

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245
-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
or http://tinyurl.com/5bobl

You may also like to look at nLite ( http://www.nliteos.com/index.html )
and especially RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
(http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack-sp2.html)

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals
and Developers
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08
-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en

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Bill Jackson - 24 Jul 2008 21:20 GMT

No luck, but thanks anyway.

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>> My hard drive died on me in an old computer. I took a second hard
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> Professionals and Developers
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08
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BostonDev - 21 Oct 2008 16:00 GMT

I am having this same problem and found this thread Googling around

Did you find a solution? I'd greatly appreciate any help

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ju.c - 23 Oct 2008 03:08 GMT

Please don't delete previous posts, thanks.

> I am having this same problem and found this thread Googling around.
>
> Did you find a solution? I'd greatly appreciate any help.

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