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<mohsin mohammed> wrote in message
: Nothing is wrong with the computer.. the only thing is that is searches
for "ASMS" and not "asms". Best thing to do would be to make a iso of the
Windows XP disc and modifiy the name from asms to ASMS in the i386 folder
and write it to another disc and try installing again
:
:
:
: DavidBSW wrote:
:
: RE: Upgrade XP asms error inquiry
: 09-Jul-07
:
: "Starlite" wrote:
:
:
:
: It's as hard to be precise about this as it is to be brief, because now
that
: I've spent three days restoring my OS and apps, I don't want to step
through
: the XP CD setup steps again. But I can summarize briefly for all MVPs who
: may be listening: 1) what leads up to this Windows XP setup disk error;
2)
: how to reproduce the "missing asms file" bug on the XP setup CD; 3) why
the
: KB article Q31175 is unhelpful.
:
: 1. A user elects this "repair" option in the XP Setup only after all other
: efforts to recover have failed. I got to this do-or-die place last week
by
: exporting and then deleting 10 registry keys that all pertained (I
thought)
: to an app that didn't properly uninstall itself.
:
: You've tried "Last Known Good Configuration", Safe Boot and its variants,
: and you know you can't boot to Safe mode; you've tried "Don't reboot after
: startup failure" (or whatever the wording is, toward the bottom of the
list)
: -- you'll get a Hex 7B error code in this case, which no one in all of New
: Delhi understands. Without Safe Mode, you cannot import saved "reg"
files,
: run the Reg.exe tool, restore a System State backup made with NT Backup,
or
: use System Restore. You've tried the Recovery Console, and copied the
: original five registry files from Repair subfolder of Sys32, and that
doesn't
: work either.
:
: 2. According to the authoritative "Windows XP: Inside Out" (Microsoft,
: 2001, p.815ff), "you may be able to repair your Windows XP installation
using
: the Windows Setup program. . . . The repair option is quick and
painless..."
: The same advice appears in other XP books. This is *not* the repair
option
: that appears right after "Welcome to Setup" screen. At that screen, press
: Enter, not R. Then press F8 to accept the EULA, and from the screen
showing
: your Windows installations (usually one), choose the correct installation,
: and *then* press R. The setup program reloads XP OS files, then reboots
your
: PC. Soon after this reboot, you'll get a message saying the system cannot
: find a file called "ASMS", and it gives you an input box to enter the
correct
: path of that file. However, though an ASMS *folder* exists, there is no
ASMS
: file on *any* Windows XP setup disk, no way to work around the error, and
no
: way (for any XP Professional user anywhere in the world) to continue past
: this point. The "repair" option has to fail for everyone who tries it.
:
:
: At this point, you write to a newsgroup or search Microsoft or Google for
a
: KB article that could help. Or, like me, you call Microsoft Tech Support
: (incident 1038826788) about the problem -- they'll guide you through all
the
: above steps, and then give up when you get to the ASMS error, advise you
to
: reinstall XP, and refund your $80.
:
: 3. The only Microsoft Knowledge Base article that pertains to this issue,
: Q311755, under the section on the NTFS file system, offers three "methods"
to
: fix the problem. The first, running RegEdit, can only work if you can get
to
: the command prompt -- but if you could run Windows in Safe Mode, you would
: not be using this last resort from the setup disk in the first place. The
: second method advises installing Windows in another partition; no thanks,
: that is no easier than reinstalling the whole OS on the main partition.
The
: third method says to "use the original XP CDROM" (the one with the
hologram),
: not a copy. If the original can't be found, "look for the Asms folder. If
: the folder is missing or the files that it contains are zero bytes, the
: CD-ROM was not burned correctly. "
:
: But as stated above, while an ASMS folder exists, there is no ASMS file,
: even on the hologram copy of the XP Pro setup CD. That's why this third
: solution always fails.
:
: It is time Microsoft publicly acknowledged this defect in its omnipresent
XP
: Setup disk CD and offer some kind of workaround. I also would appreciate
it
: if Microsoft tech support representatives would stop pretending they don't
: know about this issue. I am convinced they do know about it, because in
all
: three cases where I have called upon thei help over the past three years,
: they have known when to give up and offer a refund: "ASMS File Not Found"
is
: endgame; they all know it, and unlike the KB article, they don't bother
: asking you if you are using an original hologram XP setup disk or advising
: you to try a different CD ROM drive, because they know that neither of
these
: steps makes any difference.
:
: I don't plan to buy Vista until all the serious bugs in XP have been
worked
: out. I can handle minor bugs -- no OS is perfect -- but this is not
minor!
: I suggest other XP Professional users do likewise.
:
: Previous Posts In This Thread:
:
: On Sunday, June 17, 2007 11:14 PM
: Starlite wrote:
:
: Upgrade XP asms error inquiry
: Hi,
:
: I am upgrading my XP Pro 2600 to the latest XP (with SP1 and 2) and all is
: okay except near the finish I get this message and can't get past it.
:
: Fatal Error
:
: One of the components that Windows needs to continue setup could not be
: installed. The paramete is incorrect.
: The setuperr.log file says \i386\asms The paramater is incorrect.
:
: I have googled a bit and found that it seems to be it doesn't recognise
the
: Cdrom.
:
: The trouble is I don't know the best way to stop the setup so I can
attempt
: to change the Cdrom drives or do whatever I can.
:
: Some have said one can copy the Controls.man file from the i\386 dir, but
: I'm not sure about this.
:
: Every time I okay that message panel, it goes to continue the setup which
: takes me back to that panel again.
:
: Any help here please?
:
: Thanks
:
: rock
:
: On Monday, July 09, 2007 7:22 PM
: DavidBSW wrote:
:
: RE: Upgrade XP asms error inquiry
: "Starlite" wrote:
:
:
:
: It's as hard to be precise about this as it is to be brief, because now
that
: I've spent three days restoring my OS and apps, I don't want to step
through
: the XP CD setup steps again. But I can summarize briefly for all MVPs who
: may be listening: 1) what leads up to this Windows XP setup disk error;
2)
: how to reproduce the "missing asms file" bug on the XP setup CD; 3) why
the
: KB article Q31175 is unhelpful.
:
: 1. A user elects this "repair" option in the XP Setup only after all other
: efforts to recover have failed. I got to this do-or-die place last week
by
: exporting and then deleting 10 registry keys that all pertained (I
thought)
: to an app that didn't properly uninstall itself.
:
: You've tried "Last Known Good Configuration", Safe Boot and its variants,
: and you know you can't boot to Safe mode; you've tried "Don't reboot after
: startup failure" (or whatever the wording is, toward the bottom of the
list)
: -- you'll get a Hex 7B error code in this case, which no one in all of New
: Delhi understands. Without Safe Mode, you cannot import saved "reg"
files,
: run the Reg.exe tool, restore a System State backup made with NT Backup,
or
: use System Restore. You've tried the Recovery Console, and copied the
: original five registry files from Repair subfolder of Sys32, and that
doesn't
: work either.
:
: 2. According to the authoritative "Windows XP: Inside Out" (Microsoft,
: 2001, p.815ff), "you may be able to repair your Windows XP installation
using
: the Windows Setup program. . . . The repair option is quick and
painless..."
: The same advice appears in other XP books. This is *not* the repair
option
: that appears right after "Welcome to Setup" screen. At that screen, press
: Enter, not R. Then press F8 to accept the EULA, and from the screen
showing
: your Windows installations (usually one), choose the correct installation,
: and *then* press R. The setup program reloads XP OS files, then reboots
your
: PC. Soon after this reboot, you'll get a message saying the system cannot
: find a file called "ASMS", and it gives you an input box to enter the
correct
: path of that file. However, though an ASMS *folder* exists, there is no
ASMS
: file on *any* Windows XP setup disk, no way to work around the error, and
no
: way (for any XP Professional user anywhere in the world) to continue past
: this point. The "repair" option has to fail for everyone who tries it.
:
:
: At this point, you write to a newsgroup or search Microsoft or Google for
a
: KB article that could help. Or, like me, you call Microsoft Tech Support
: (incident 1038826788) about the problem -- they'll guide you through all
the
: above steps, and then give up when you get to the ASMS error, advise you
to
: reinstall XP, and refund your $80.
:
: 3. The only Microsoft Knowledge Base article that pertains to this issue,
: Q311755, under the section on the NTFS file system, offers three "methods"
to
: fix the problem. The first, running RegEdit, can only work if you can get
to
: the command prompt -- but if you could run Windows in Safe Mode, you would
: not be using this last resort from the setup disk in the first place. The
: second method advises installing Windows in another partition; no thanks,
: that is no easier than reinstalling the whole OS on the main partition.
The
: third method says to "use the original XP CDROM" (the one with the
hologram),
: not a copy. If the original can't be found, "look for the Asms folder. If
: the folder is missing or the files that it contains are zero bytes, the
: CD-ROM was not burned correctly. "
:
: But as stated above, while an ASMS folder exists, there is no ASMS file,
: even on the hologram copy of the XP Pro setup CD. That's why this third
: solution always fails.
:
: It is time Microsoft publicly acknowledged this defect in its omnipresent
XP
: Setup disk CD and offer some kind of workaround. I also would appreciate
it
: if Microsoft tech support representatives would stop pretending they don't
: know about this issue. I am convinced they do know about it, because in
all
: three cases where I have called upon thei help over the past three years,
: they have known when to give up and offer a refund: "ASMS File Not Found"
is
: endgame; they all know it, and unlike the KB article, they don't bother
: asking you if you are using an original hologram XP setup disk or advising
: you to try a different CD ROM drive, because they know that neither of
these
: steps makes any difference.
:
: I don't plan to buy Vista until all the serious bugs in XP have been
worked
: out. I can handle minor bugs -- no OS is perfect -- but this is not
minor!
: I suggest other XP Professional users do likewise.
:
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