Big problem: tried to reinstall WinXP....

[bebanito]

I just tried to reinstall Win XP and I get these messages:

1. When I try the original cd with Win XP Pro SP1(which it did worked last year when I did the last reinstall) I get this :

File\i386\ha laacpi.dll could not be loaded.The error code is 7.Set up cannot continue.Press any key to exit.

2. When I tried with a copy of Win XP Pro Corp SP2(which I never used before) I get this:

File acpi.sys caused an unexpected error(8192) at the line 5964 in d:\nt\base\boot\setup\setup.c.

Now please if somebody knows what the heck is going on?Basically I can't reinstall my OS!
Thanks!

 

[Hangman]

If you have files on this disk you are trying to install the OS on, my suggestion would be to get another drive. Host this drive as a slave and copy the files over the other drive. Then format this drive so it's clean. Then disconnect the other drive, set this drive as the main and try a fresh install.
I would imagine the acpi.sys file is corrupted & the OS is trying to use it as a base for the install. The laacpi.dll is a Dynamic Link Library. It holds a bunch of processes for commands rather than having them loaded into the kernal. Another brilliant idea gone awry, but I digress. When it sais it cannot load, it is probably corrupted as well and it can't be read to get the processes out for the install.
One thing I have learned from fighting with this shhhtuff, from W98 to Vista, It's not worth the upgrade. If you have to reinstall the OS, do it clean.

 

[bebanito]

Thank you for the answer, but you know I've been trying the clean install and I had the same answer...in the end I don't know what happened but it worked with the old version of XP sp1 and I had to upgrade to sp2...lost all my night but I hope everything it's cool now!

 

[gully]

or replace your cd installation if it doesn't work get another new optical disk drive.