Installation fails XP error messages

[lunddahl]

Hi,

I have tried to install XP pro on various machines all with K7s5A Motherboards and AMD XP CPU. System reports the machines as compatible with XP

I receive the following error messages: Cannot load halacip.dll.

Using the F7 key during (which by passes the above error) setup I receive this: isapnp.sys is corrupted. Install fails.

Any idea to solve the problem?

 

[bcastner]

F7 will bypass installing an ACPI power model, and pnp services will fail.

Hit F5 when prompted for SCSI drivers and try a Standard unimodel APCI power model instead.

 

[lunddahl]

Hi,

Thanks for your fast reply. Sorry, it did not work.

 

[bcastner]

This behavior may occur if any of the following conditions is true:
Your Windows XP CD-ROM is scratched, smudged, or dirty. Clean the Windows XP CD-ROM with a soft cloth, insert it into the CD-ROM drive, and then click OK.
Your CD-ROM drive is not working correctly or the CD-ROM might be vibrating too much for the laser to accurately read the data. For more information about this problem, consult your hardware documentation, or contact the CD-ROM manufacturer.
If you are using multiple CD-ROM drives, your computer may be trying to locate files on the wrong drive. If your hardware has a feature to disable CD-ROM drives that are not being used, disable the CD-ROM drives that you are not using.
Your computer is over-clocked. Because over-clocking is very memory-intensive, decoding errors may occur when you extract files from your Windows XP CD-ROM.
Try to use the default clock timings for your motherboard and processor. For more information about how to do this, consult your hardware documentation or contact the motherboard manufacturer.
Your computer has damaged or mismatched random access memory (RAM) or cache memory. For example, you might be using a combination of extended data out (EDO) and non-EDO RAM, or different RAM speeds.

Decoding errors can occur even if Windows appears to be running correctly because of the additional stress that is put on your computer when Windows tries to extract files and access the hard disk.

To determine how to make your computer cache memory unavailable during Setup, see your hardware documentation or contact your hardware manufacturer.
Your computer has Ultra direct memory access (DMA) turned on in the CMOS settings, and the data is moving too quickly.
Change from DMA mode to Processor Input/Output (PIO) mode to lower your data transfer rate. If this does not resolve the problem, lower your PIO mode settings. The higher your PIO mode settings are, the faster your data transfer is.
You are using a third-party memory manager.
There is a virus on your computer.
If you continue to receive this error message, copy the i386 folder from the CD-ROM drive to your local hard disk, and then try to run Setup from your hard disk.

 

[lunddahl]

Thank you. I will try all your advises and return with a result.

Will I have problems if I try to install another version of XP ie. Home Edition.

Will it be sufficient to delete all the temporary files from the C:\ drive?

 

[bcastner]

You would have the same issues with XP Home. But yes, just delete the temporary files.

 

[garroadran]

I had a similar problem just two days ago actually... From your initial description, it seems to be the exact same thing even. My problem was a bad stick of ram...

 

[bcastner]

Bad RAM is a very common problem. This freeware memory tester does a great job. Let it run overnight:

http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/memtest86/