[Supersi]

I elected to install XP Pro on my Mini-Note because even Vista Home Basic is a bloated pig of an OS (I couldn't get the XP install version in NZ yet).
I don't have a USB Optical drive, so I tried using a 2GB USB Flash Drive following this guide...http://www.liliputing.com/2008/04/in...-note-usb.html

Everything was going just fine until I got this blue screen message with the XP Setup....'the following value in the .sif file used by setup is corrupted or missing:
Value 0 on the line in section [SourceDiskFiles] with key "binifix4.cmd."
Setup cannot continue'

see this screenshot Attached file: DSC00027.JPG (31 KB)

Can anyone help with this?

[Warder]

Have you tried remaking your key from scratch? It sounds like a file was corrupted or didn't make it over.

[GUMBEE]

Originally Posted by Supersi

I elected to install XP Pro on my Mini-Note because even Vista Home Basic is a bloated pig of an OS (I couldn't get the XP install version in NZ yet).
I don't have a USB Optical drive, so I tried using a 2GB USB Flash Drive following this guide...http://www.liliputing.com/2008/04/in...-note-usb.html

Everything was going just fine until I got this blue screen message with the XP Setup....'the following value in the .sif file used by setup is corrupted or missing:
Value 0 on the line in section [SourceDiskFiles] with key "binifix4.cmd."
Setup cannot continue'

see this screenshot Attached file: DSC00027.JPG (31 KB)

Can anyone help with this?

I think it a partition error on my home pc i have it as adual boot one is vista and one is xp home so when i tryed it out on my home pc i got an error as well but when i tryed to install it on my cloudbook it worked fine ,
thats why i think its that but iam not sure

[Tim]

Oh dear, the exact same thing has happened to me, and I need my mini working by monday. Please help.

[ZaForD]

I've got errors like this loads of time when make unattended installation CD's, but this one is odd. Because Windows Setup always tells you the file name and which line is the problem, not just the extention. :?:

Best to scrap what you've got so far and start right from the begining again.

[sam4a]

Tim, I'm really a newbie to all this stuff and forums in general. However, after a struggle, I successfully installed XP Pro on my new Mini-Note which came with Linux. My Mini-Note has a 120 GB HDD, so space was not a problem.

I installed from a 2GB USB Flash drive. Go to

http://www.liliputing.com/2008/04/in...comment-548314

which gives step by step instructions on making a bootable XP install USB Flash Drive. You need to download a zip file to but BEWARE - one of the key files "usb_prep8.cmd" had some code errors. The Mini-Note wouldn't boot and I spent quite a long time trying until I discovered a post on

http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/ins...usb-thumb.html

which suggests that not all the files from the XP Install disk were copied to the USB Disk because of the code. A post on that page suggested edits to some of the lines in the code. I edited the usb_prep8.cmd (you can download the patched script here

http://ewandor1.free.fr/usb_prep8_fixed_by_noren.zip

and tried again. Everything worked fine.

You must completely remove ALL the partitions on the Hard Drive and format as a single partition before installing XP.

Follow the instructions on the liliputing site. You will probably need to edit boot.ini to get the Mini-Note to boot from its C: drive

ALL the drivers you need are on the HP website

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...&swEnvOID=1093

and you don't need any patches. When you have think you have finished loading drivers and you still have yellow question marks, then try installing another driver (I forgot the QuickLaunch drivers!)

All that's left is to update XP to SP3 and install your applications.

Good Luck
Stuart

[sam4a]

PS - if you want a dual boot, liliputing has also included instructions for partitioning the Hard Drive, after the XP installation

Stuart

[funnelbc]

sam4a: Just wanted to say thanks for your excellent how to. I used it to install win xp pro sp3 on my mini-note and it's working just fine! So much faster now!

Thanks for sharing your info, you probably saved me hours and hours of mucking around!

[Tim]

I managed to get onto XP pro after using another key. it's great thanks for help guys, should of reported earlier. Yours best bet is to remake key.

[sam4a]

In my post dated 30 May 2008, I suggested using a patch "http://ewandor1.free.fr/usb_prep8_fixed_by_noren.zip" to correct the bugs in "usb_prep8.cmd".

It appears that this page has been pulled, so you need to edit "usb_prep8.cmd" manually using TextPad, Notepad or a similar text editor.

Open "usb_prep8.cmd" and make the following edits.

Line 519 replace :
xcopy %xpsource%!xpdir!\!btfile! %tmpdrive%\%btdir% /i /k /y /h
with
xcopy %xpsource%\%xpdir%\!btfile! %tmpdrive%\%btdir% /i /k /y /h

Line 521, replace :
xcopy %xpsource%!xpdir!\!btfile! %tmpdrive%\%btdir% /i /k /y /h | tee.bat -a usb_prep.log
with
xcopy %xpsource%\%xpdir%\!btfile! %tmpdrive%\%btdir% /i /k /y /h | tee.bat -a usb_prep.log


Lige 525, replace :
copy /y %xpsource%!xpdir!\%%H %tmpdrive%\%btdir%\%%I
with
copy /y %xpsource%\%xpdir%\%%H %tmpdrive%\%btdir%\%%I

Line 527, replace :
copy /y %xpsource%!xpdir!\%%H %tmpdrive%\%btdir%\%%I | tee.bat -a usb_prep.log
with
copy /y %xpsource%\%xpdir%\%%H %tmpdrive%\%btdir%\%%I | tee.bat -a usb_prep.log

Then save the file.

Hope this helps
Sam4a