Help! Can't Install Xp

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I'm trying to do a fresh install on a HP Pavilion - I have run FDISK and deleted and recreated (and formatted) the hard drive.

But every time I boot to the CD and try and install I get the message "Line 2910 of the INF file \i386\txtsetup.sif is invalid Setup cannot continue"

Any idea as to why this is happening?

I know the CD id good - I just finished using it for another install.

[tenmm]

Is the cd a full version or a H.P. recovery disk.

If full put it in a drive and reboot.

If recovery did it come with the PC you just finnished??

Could be you deleted the part you needed on the hard drive.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Full version Win XP w/SP2 - however - the message comes up when booting to CD - it gets to checking system configuration - and then the massage pops up - and nothing else happens.

[martymas]

it maybe that you have compressed files .

and to get access to them you need install floppys .

with xp you need to go to bootdisk.com or wherever.

and down load six xp floppy disks.what xp do you have [home or pro] make sure you down load the right sys disks.

and number them from 1 to six.

set your first boot to floppy in your bios.

and it will instruct you to insert them from one to six.then follow the screens.

this is how i install my sys.

good luck

marty