Hello there, I'm Ryan.
Problem with Windows XP Fresh Install!! When I Install XP I Get A SETUPDD.SYS Error. Installation Failed: D: I386 asms. Oct 27, 2007 installation failed (D: I386 asms) by Bulletrushout / October 27, 2007 9:11 AM PDT System info:Compaq Presario 5000, Intel celeron,600mhz,40ghd,256mb and operating system was WinME. I seem to keep getting the error The file asmson Windows XP. There was no single 'asms' file on my install or on the XP. In one drive (C: i386) and installed XP.
One day in.. August? I tried to reinstall Windows XP CLEANLY (not a repair, whatever that is). So I format the C: drive and you know everything goes fine until I am met with that error.
I have literally tried about everything I can that I found online, nothing is working.
The registry editor or device manager will not open.
Setting the CD/DVD drive in the BIOS second and HDD first doesn't work.
I burned the contents of i586(where asms is) onto a separate disc and that doesn't work.
I tried entering every letter repeatedly, that doesn't work.
I tried to boot off of a USB, nodo.
Inserting the CD when asked doesn't work. However it does display a CD icon on the mouse and the drive light glows..
Many people say use a secondary drive, My computer only has 1.
Then there are those answers about replacing drives or opening it up and all that, I can't do that the issue is.
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And that is not the only thing that has happened since this install. Even when the XP disc is inside and the CD Drive is set to boot first, it no longer displays 'Enter any key to boot off CD' message. All it does now it have a little blinking line for a while, and it goes to the HDD. The light is on when it does that. I even inserted a Windows 2000 disc and it doesn't boot from that. WTH happened?!
I386 Asms Error
This computer is a Compaq Evo D510 Tower I believe; Although I am not sure. It has 512 MB of memory, NVIDIA Vanta Graphics card, Intel Pentium 4, and it is refurbished with WinXP was preinstalled. It has a XP and 2000 key on the machine.
The following fatal error pops up:
' An error has been encountered that prevents setup from continuing. One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could not be installed. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. View the setup log file.
System setup log -(D:WINDOWSsetuperr.log
Error:
Installation failed E:386asms. Error message: The request could
not be performed because of an I/O device error'”
None of the recommendations made in this expert database such as Title: 'D:I386asms problem With installing windows xp pro', and various other that I searched worked for me. I diagnosed the original CD and a replacement media CD that was sent by Microsoft. Neither the original nor the replacement works. In fact booting from the new CD which is service pack 2 crashes the computer and restarting the windows setup simply rejects the new CD and asks for the old one. I cleaned the CD ROM disk drive with two laser cleaning diskettes, and with pressurized air with no effect.
Only the original CD allows me access to the recovery command. The BIOS command is not working. The chkdsk c: /r or /p finds no errors in the hardisk drive. Regedit.exe does not work. During setup I am able to access the command line by pressing SHFT F10, as outlined in Microsoft Article ID: 311755, however regedit does not work although I can access all the drives and copy the files. I burned two CDs with the file I386asms and completely burned a CD with a copy of the new and old CD and tried to fool the CD rom drive to no avail.
Windows Xp Install Error I386 Asms
I have opened a case with Microsoft technical support but they have been unable to determine the cause. Has any body experienced similar problem and can you help?Further, the files from Microsoft Knowledge database http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311755;
I386 Asms Error Message
812247, 307848, etc. have not helped.I tried the Dev Shed Forums Operating System Windows Help and none of their suggesiong have helped either.
Reinstalling the system in a different partition has failed.
Short of buying a new CD ROM Drive, a new harddrive, or new RAM (or a new computer) I don’t know what else to do. Can someone give me some help.
Thanks,
Yvon