ERROR ON INSTALLATION

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check out this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] US;Q311755
sounds like it might point you in the right direction.
hope it helps
george

"honestguyent" <honestguyent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a p4 1.4 computer. 512 ram. It has a 15 gig hd.
> I formatted the pc and went to install windows xp. It was working great
> until it automatically rebooted and an error generated.
> The title of the error box says "Fatal Error"
> "An error has been ecountered that prevents Setup from continuing. One of
> the components that Windows needs to continue setup could not be
> installed.
> The parameter is incorrect. Press OK to view the Setup log file."
>
> System Setup Log - (C:\windows\setuperr.log)
> Error:
> Installation Failed: F:\WXHWPA\I386\asms. Error Message : The parameter is
> incorrect.
>
> ***
>
> Fatal Error:
> One of the components that Windows needs to continue setup could not be
> installed
>
> The parameter is incorrect.
>
> ***
>
> PLEASE help. I have no clue. I've formatted and formatted and deleted the
> partition and recreated partitions with different sizes and formatted
> again.
> No idea what to do. I even put in a different HD thinking that this one
> failed. <buzzer> No go. Same error , same location.
>
> Suggestions??
>
>