File I386 Biosinfo.inf Cannot Be Loaded Error Code 4096

Notices Viewing on a mobile device? Try our mobile theme. If CTH has helped you, please consider liking and sharing us on Facebook Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Advanced Search Go to Page... Topic Tools #1 October 31st, 2011, 05:14 PM KCBUDYZR New Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1 File \i386\biosinfo.inf could not be loaded; error code 4096... I'm trying to help a friend with a computer problem. When the computer is powered on, it eventually results in a black screen with the cursor flashing in the left-hand corner. I tried inserting a XP boot disk and powered on the computer. I got the following message: "File \i386\biosinfo.inf could not be loaded; error code 4096, cannot continue setup, press any key to exit." After pressing any key, it goes to the black screen with the cursor flashing in the left-hand corner. You can press F2 during the bootup to get Run Setup or F11 for the Boot Menu, but those don't seem to get me anywhere like a DOS screen or anything. Any ideas on how to fix this would be much appreciated! KCBUDYZR View Public Profile Find all posts by KCBUDYZR #2 October 31st, 2011, 08:22 PM MaDef CTH Subscriber Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: So. Cal Posts: 3,838 That error indicates a bad or corrupt harddrive. Better list complete system specs. (if it's a retail pc, post make and model number). Does the pc list the installed hard drive onscreen during post? If not, you'll need to check the bios. When you power on the pc press F2 and Run Setup. this will get you into the bios, look for any entries like SATA, IDE, Primary disk, etc. next to one or more of those entries, there should be a model number for the disks connected to the system. That tells you 2 things. 1. the drive is being seen by the bios. 2. make and model of the disk. Use the model number to find out who makes the disk and download their disk utilities and test the drive. (they all have bootable iso images so you can boot from a cd/flash/floppy and run the utilities from it.) If the drive isn't listed in the bios, then the problem could be one of the following: 1. Completely dead drive 2. bad data cable to the mainboard (motherboard) 3. Bad

a mobile device? Try our mobile theme. If CTH has helped you, please consider liking and sharing us on Facebook Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Advanced Search Go to Page... Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Tools #1 July 27th, 2003, 03:24 AM kickin_it New Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ottawa Age: 40 Posts: 2 biosinfo.inf could not be loaded ...Help Hi there all, Ok here is the scoop. I have a corrupted registry and I am unable to boot into the recovery console with xp cd. I creadted the xp setup boot disks. I put the first one in and all seems well until I get a black screen for a couple of seconds and then I get an error " file \biosinfo.inf could not be loaded; error code 4096, cannot continue setup, press any key to http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=217271 exit. Please help and thanks in advance kickin_it View Public Profile Find all posts by kickin_it #2 July 27th, 2003, 05:52 AM kickin_it New Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ottawa Age: 40 Posts: 2 no such luck huh? Well just in case someone can help with this issue here is what I have tried. I reset BIOS to all defaults. No go. I ran a bios update. No go. Still cannot run xp setup from the bootdisks cause of this error. Decided to try the cdrom again. I ran http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20490 smartdrv from a bootable floppy and then ran the winnt file from the i386 folder but I get an error " could not find a place for swap file " any thoughts on this if we cannot figure out the first one. Thanks kickin_it View Public Profile Find all posts by kickin_it #3 February 27th, 2005, 04:37 AM M_M New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1 Quote: Originally Posted by kickin_it Hi there all, Ok here is the scoop. I have a corrupted registry and I am unable to boot into the recovery console with xp cd. I creadted the xp setup boot disks. I put the first one in and all seems well until I get a black screen for a couple of seconds and then I get an error " file \biosinfo.inf could not be loaded; error code 4096, cannot continue setup, press any key to exit. Please help and thanks in advance Kickin_it how did you fix this problem, or any one else who knows how to I am having the same problem, any ideas? Last edited by M_M; February 27th, 2005 at 04:40 AM. M_M View Public Profile Find all posts by M_M #4 February 27th, 2005, 05:42 AM Strider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 O/S: Windows 7 64-bit Location: Northern Idaho USA Posts: 1,647 Kickin_it & M_M, Biosinfo.inf appears to be part of a Windows installer routine; the only incidence of it on my system is in C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386. I don't know if you can find the right file to copy to the floppy that you're trying to boot from, or not. Photol

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