From: Steve on 10/12/2010
I have a very similar but slightly different twist to the ASMS problem.The error log says:
installation failed d:\i386\asms. error message: the system cannot find the path specified
I'm doing a repair install on an old Dell GX110. I have original Dell XPSp2 and XPSP3 CDs. No burned junk. There are too many old programs that the customer does not have the install packages for so a clean install is out.
If I have the CD in, it just errors out. Without the CD, I get prompted for D:\I386.
I can remove harddrive and connect to a good system with USB adapter to do copies to it, run Windows chkdsk, and antivirus scans with AVG and Malwarebytes (clean).
I have tried everything in this string. Recovery console chkdsk /r, run Dell diags, repair install using SP2 CD first, then SP3 CD, cleaning CD, alternate CD drives, copy I386 and whole CD to harddrive (point to C:\I386 or C:\xpsp3cd\I386 when prompted), no files at 0Kb or glitches when copying, swap IDE cables, change cable select jumpers to master, put both HD and CD on same cable (yes, master and slave), run regedit from shift-f10 but no upper/lowerfilters to be found, found some missing system32 files (syssetup.dll, sfcfiles.dll, storprop.dll, imm32.dll, batt.dll) and got copies, shift-F10 sysdm.cpl volume tab and Populate drive letter, shift-f10 DOS prompt allows me to do dir of D:\*** and C:\*** even when error message is on screen. No matter what I do, the error is ALWAYS identical except for the path I pointed it to.
I don't have gdiplus error, nor parameter incorrect error. I just can't get it to see the right PATH!
I am exasperated. No other Googling has gotten me any closer. Are there possible Registry entries that I need to check?
I could really use some other suggestions, please.Steve |
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