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David B, SWE
I did not have the problem you did concerning the Hal.dll. But three times
in the past three years I have encountered the "missing ASMS file" error --
using different XP setup CDs (all legal), and several different kinds of DVD
and CD ROM drives. You ask, "can it be that an installation disk ask for
files it did not put into the CD to begin with ... "?
I think the answer to that question is yes. I would be interested to know
what year appears on the Windows setup CD you used, as I suspect the bug
might have been fixed sometime in 2004 or later. I am only interested in the
year if it's a valid Microsoft hologram type CD you used, or a media that
came with an MSDN Subscription, not a copy of one of one of those.
Also, please refer to my more lengthy complaint about this problem under the
thread "reinstall failes". If you can't find it, do a search on "asms".
There you'll see my comments under David B, SWE.
"PierreL" wrote:
> Finally, I have decided to make a clean install. The time spent in trying to
> use one trick after the other was more that reinstalling everything.
> As with last time the system cannot finds some necessary files (ASMS) in
> I386. For some reason last time I was able to bypass this thru sheer
> perseverance. Maybe it was these missing files that caused the system to
> crash.
> This time I copied the ASMS folder from another PC to a CD a gave it as
> fodder to the mean machine. Looks like it accepted to proceed. Not thu yet.
> But can it be that an installation disk ask for files it did not put into the
> CD to begin with is beyond my professional understanding.
> Thanks for the clues anyway, one always learn from any experience.
> "Michael Stevens" wrote:
>
> >
> > "PierreL" <PierreL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C00B047F-BF95-40C8-B324-1F320BA92126@microsoft.com...
> > > My XP Pro has crashed about once a week now. The pretext is either a
> > > missing
> > > file (Hal.dll is the file of the day) or the system had to stop to
> > > preserve
> > > the computer (no indication of what it found). I succeeded once to repair
> > > without the screens being what it said it would. I reinstalled completely
> > > twice. I have disconnected all HW, but, alas, unlike advised, cannot
> > > uninstall any recent Soft until I can get to the windows screen.
> > >
> > > Last the "Repair" facility, past the R tells me
> > > 1: C:\windows
> > > Which windows installation would you like to log onto.
> > > (To Cancel, press ENTER)?
> > >
> > > If I type 1 (what else really?) and do nothing the system stays there
> > > forever
> > > If I type 1 then CR, the system falls back to C:\windows, just like if I
> > > only hit ENTER. And then sleeps there.
> > >
> > > Now, is there an external facility that can be booted directly and inspect
> > > the HW and soft, Registry whatever, to identify what is wrong? And if a
> > > file
> > > is missing reinject it through DOS. Obviously the process through Windows
> > > just does not work reliably.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Pierre
> >
> >
> > Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
> > if using the web based newsgroup.
> > Repair Install
> > http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
> > --
> > Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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> >
> >
> >
in the past three years I have encountered the "missing ASMS file" error --
using different XP setup CDs (all legal), and several different kinds of DVD
and CD ROM drives. You ask, "can it be that an installation disk ask for
files it did not put into the CD to begin with ... "?
I think the answer to that question is yes. I would be interested to know
what year appears on the Windows setup CD you used, as I suspect the bug
might have been fixed sometime in 2004 or later. I am only interested in the
year if it's a valid Microsoft hologram type CD you used, or a media that
came with an MSDN Subscription, not a copy of one of one of those.
Also, please refer to my more lengthy complaint about this problem under the
thread "reinstall failes". If you can't find it, do a search on "asms".
There you'll see my comments under David B, SWE.
"PierreL" wrote:
> Finally, I have decided to make a clean install. The time spent in trying to
> use one trick after the other was more that reinstalling everything.
> As with last time the system cannot finds some necessary files (ASMS) in
> I386. For some reason last time I was able to bypass this thru sheer
> perseverance. Maybe it was these missing files that caused the system to
> crash.
> This time I copied the ASMS folder from another PC to a CD a gave it as
> fodder to the mean machine. Looks like it accepted to proceed. Not thu yet.
> But can it be that an installation disk ask for files it did not put into the
> CD to begin with is beyond my professional understanding.
> Thanks for the clues anyway, one always learn from any experience.
> "Michael Stevens" wrote:
>
> >
> > "PierreL" <PierreL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C00B047F-BF95-40C8-B324-1F320BA92126@microsoft.com...
> > > My XP Pro has crashed about once a week now. The pretext is either a
> > > missing
> > > file (Hal.dll is the file of the day) or the system had to stop to
> > > preserve
> > > the computer (no indication of what it found). I succeeded once to repair
> > > without the screens being what it said it would. I reinstalled completely
> > > twice. I have disconnected all HW, but, alas, unlike advised, cannot
> > > uninstall any recent Soft until I can get to the windows screen.
> > >
> > > Last the "Repair" facility, past the R tells me
> > > 1: C:\windows
> > > Which windows installation would you like to log onto.
> > > (To Cancel, press ENTER)?
> > >
> > > If I type 1 (what else really?) and do nothing the system stays there
> > > forever
> > > If I type 1 then CR, the system falls back to C:\windows, just like if I
> > > only hit ENTER. And then sleeps there.
> > >
> > > Now, is there an external facility that can be booted directly and inspect
> > > the HW and soft, Registry whatever, to identify what is wrong? And if a
> > > file
> > > is missing reinject it through DOS. Obviously the process through Windows
> > > just does not work reliably.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Pierre
> >
> >
> > Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
> > if using the web based newsgroup.
> > Repair Install
> > http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
> > --
> > Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
> > xpnews@bogusmichaelstevenstech.com
> > http://michaelstevenstech.com
> > For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
> > http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >