win xp install problem

I was installing win xp pro on my laptop and git an error that said the parameter is incorrect and a file named AMS was missing. Is there a way to srill install and if not how can i go back to my win 2000 because everytime i boot the computer up it is still trying to install the win xp please help i need my laptop. Thanks in advance.

I think the XP setup disk might be currepted try to install with other disk.

and for win 2000 try to boot you laptop in command promt and edit the boot.ini file it might can help you to get back to win 2000

-BLUE

no i do not even want the xp on my system now, how can i go back to win 2000 and when it does boot it does not give me the option to go to win 2000 it just says win xp

were you upgrading your operating system by win xp to win 2000?

Which file systems r u running on?

first of all to get back to your win 2k you need to edit your boot.ini file which contains the booting option.

try to boot your pc on command promt by pressing F8 button when you boot you pc. and edit the boot.ini file. or may be you can chosse one of the other option like safe mode it might take you to win 2k. try that.

and if you can't get to it. then boot your pc with boot disk if you r having FAT or FAT32 file system win98 boot disk can help you.

-BLUE

i was going from win 2000 to win xp and the file system is NTFS, and when i use the F8 command the only thing it tries to do is boot up win XP no option for win2000 can you give me a step by step to get in and alter the boot ini

while you r upgrading your OS just install XP from other disk then uninstall the xp if you don't want XP it will give your win 2k back.

Editing Boot.ini file its dangerous for you. you might even lost the booting ability of XP setup so i say finish up your xp setup with other disk

-BLUE

o.k problem i don't have another disk so what then?

My Clean install of Win XP went okay through about halfway until the reboot part. Then the installation would hang with various messages including a missing file and missing folder (i386). XP never could fully load.

I solved this install problem and could do a successful and routine clean install of Win XP booting from the WIN XP CD. Here's what happened - I strongly suspect that there was a CDRW hardware problem, even though my CD drive was performing other tasks with few if any problems under Win 2K Pro. Also, an XP upgrade compatibility test showed no adverse issues with my Yamaha CDRW drive ( about 1 yr old).

I suspect that the CD laser lens was dirty (never cleaned). How many of us clean the lens with a CD lens cleaner disc at least twice a month?

But also, I bought a new Samsung 52x CDRW/DVD drive and connected it to my computer to do the XP installation. Now the XP install went smoothly and correctly and the clean install of XP went without a problem (using this new Samsung CDRW).

I was fooled into believing that there could not be a hardware problem since my older Yamaha CDRW did most other things without any problem. I strongly believe that something as pathetically simple as a dirty laser lens in the CD drive itself cause the READ problems during isntallation, although it started the XP install okay. The problem was the the dirty lens cprevented the install process from finishing.

Hope this helps.

no i have 3 cd drives on this laptop one which is a yamaha but i have tried them in all of them and get the samp problem the computer will reset only giving me the win xp as an option to load it will then go to the install screen and a pop-up comes saying it is looking for a file "AMS" i then can not locate this particular file and the another screen that says Fatal error pops up and a manifest parse error: invalid at the top level of he document and installation failed d:\I386\asms. I do not know what that means all i know is i can't load up my win2000, what can i do?

I used a CD/DVD cleaner from Memorex - it's actually a CD that cleans the laser lens. If you have not cleaned your lenses at least once a week, then there is a reasonable chance that the disc is not being read properly. I would invest $10 in a CD cleaner at a store such as BestBuy or CompUsa and then see if you can install XP. I think that you may have success. I have found that these lasers do get dirty, and can cause many data READ errors, even though these CD drives seem to be working fine for other things.

I did a Microsoft Hardware Advisor check before the upgrade to XP and it showed NO compatibility problems. But, I think that besides a dirty laser lens in the CD, perhaps all 3 of your CD drives could be incompatible in some way.

I received the same errors you received - looking for i386\asms file. Anyway, first try cleaning the CD laser lens with a disc Cleaner as mentioned earlier.

how can i go back to win 2000 that's all i need to know, I am no londer interested in XP it's given me nothing but a headache

When you reboot, did you enter the BIOS and change the boot sequence to CD (First Boot Device)? Then put your Win 2k CD in the CD drive and it should boot from the Win 2k CD disc. Change the boot order in your BIOS at the startup screen (usually hit the Delete key at the first screen)- do you know how to do that?