An Internal Setup Error Has Occurred Windows Xp
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a Win98 Boot floppy and tried to run "winnt" from the i386 dir. on the XP CD but when I do I get this error message: "An internal Setup error has occurred. Could not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit." Is this because the hard drive is formated in NTFS and Win98 cannot read it? I am not sure how else to install?!? any help would be great! Thank you! -- I am not where I intended to go, but I think I am where I am supposed to be! Guest, Jan 28, 2007 #1 Advertisements Carey Frisch [MVP] Guest Clean Install Windows XP http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "thewizz" wrote: For some reason I cannot boot my https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/24955423/An-internal-setup-error-has-occurred-could-not-find-a-place-for-a-swap-file-What-does-this-mean.html XP install cd. So I booted with a Win98 Boot floppy and tried to run "winnt" from the i386 dir. on the XP CD but when I do I get this error message: "An internal Setup error has occurred. Could not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit." Is this because the hard drive is formated in NTFS and Win98 cannot read it? I am not sure how else to install?!? any help would be great! Thank you! -- I am http://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/cannot-install-xp.2828224/ not where I intended to go, but I think I am where I am supposed to be! Carey Frisch [MVP], Jan 28, 2007 #2 Advertisements Guest Guest Carey, Thank you! I ran smartdrv, but still get same error. Any other suggestions? This is a new drive I just bought so it is a clean install! Thank you! -- I am not where I intended to go, but I think I am where I am supposed to be! "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > Clean Install Windows XP > http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "thewizz" wrote: > > For some reason I cannot boot my XP install cd. So I booted with a Win98 > Boot floppy and tried to run "winnt" from the i386 dir. on the XP CD but > when I do I get this error message: "An internal Setup error has occurred. > Could not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to > exit." Is this because the hard drive is formated in NTFS and Win98 cannot > read it? I am not sure how else to install?!? any help would be great! > > Thank you! > > -- > I am not where I intended to go, but I think I am where I am supposed to be! Guest, Jan 28, 2007 #3 Nepatsfan Guest In news:, thewizz <> wrote: > For some reason I cannot boot my XP install cd. So I booted > with a > Wi
boot the system using a startup floppy, navigate to the CD-ROM drive that the Windows XP CD is in, change to the i386 directory, and run the command Winnt.exe. http://www.verycomputer.com/416_dfd9798bc914ba14_1.htm What occurs next is the following error: "An internal Setup error has occurred. Could http://www.verycomputer.com/416_2d959f37a857a392_1.htm not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit." Help please! Top An internal Setup error has occurred by Nichola » Sat, 05 Apr 2003 05:11:38 The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and an internal allow Windows XP to partition and format your drive: 1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device. 2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer. 3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions. 4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing Windows partitions, an internal setup then create a new partition, then format the primary partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP. 5. Windows XP Clean Install: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp 6. Accessing Motherboard BIOS http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm -- Nicholas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | I just ran FDISK on a system and created one large partition on a 6GB hard | drive. I boot the system using a startup floppy, navigate to the CD-ROM | drive that the Windows XP CD is in, change to the i386 directory, and run | the command Winnt.exe. What occurs next is the following error: | | "An internal Setup error has occurred. Could not find a place for a swap | file. Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit." | | Help please! Top 1. An internal Setup error has occurred! I just ran FDISK on a system and created one large partition on a 6GB hard drive. I boot the system using a startup floppy, navigate to the CD-ROM drive that the Windows XP CD is in, change to the i386 directory, and run the command Winnt.exe. What occurs next is the following error: "An internal Setup error has occurred. Could not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot continue
boot the system using a startup floppy, navigate to the CD-ROM drive that the Windows XP CD is in, change to the i386 directory, and run the command Winnt.exe. What occurs next is the following error: "An internal Setup error has occurred. Could not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit." Help please! Top An internal Setup error has occurred! by Spin » Sat, 05 Apr 2003 03:38:08 I just ran FDISK on a system and created one large partition on a 6GB hard drive. I boot the system using a startup floppy, navigate to the CD-ROM drive that the Windows XP CD is in, change to the i386 directory, and run the command Winnt.exe. What occurs next is the following error: "An internal Setup error has occurred. Could not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit." Help please! Top 1. An internal Setup error has occurred I just ran FDISK on a system and created one large partition on a 6GB hard drive. I boot the system using a startup floppy, navigate to the CD-ROM drive that the Windows XP CD is in, change to the i386 directory, and run the command Winnt.exe. What occurs next is the following error: "An internal Setup error has occurred. Could not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit." Help please! 2. stuck toolbar solution 3. Error Msg: An Internal Application Error Has Occurred 4. Upgrade from XP Home to XP Professional 5. Window media error "An internal application error has occur" 6. Please Cool it with the SPAMMERS and I will never buy threads... 7. Error: An internal application error has occurred when launching Media Player in WindowsXP 8. no access to windows update 9. error an internal app. error has occurred 10. 'an internal application error has occurred'? 11. An Internal application error has occurred 12. "An internal application error has occurred" 13. Internal Application Error has occurred 2 post &bul