I'm using a WinXP build disk to install XP onto a tower PC. After doing a full NTFS format, and during the installation process, an error pops up saying:
SXS.dll: Syntax error in manifest or policy file
d:\i386\asms\10\MSFT\windows\gdiplus\gdiplus.man on line 4
Error: installation failed D:\i386\asms
Error message: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
The CD has been used many times before without any issue. Any ideas if this is a disk issue, or hardware issue?
Update: I've confirmed the disc works on another machine, so I will try replacing the CD-ROM drive in the PC in question.
Best Answer
Cyclic redundancy error specifically refers to errors encountered in reading from a disk or file. In an install, this generally means the source file, or, in this case, the CD.
Does the CD work in another computer right now?
If it does, has it worked in this CD drive before?
The problem could possibly be a CD drive that doesn't handle that sort of CD very well (amazingly enough, that happens more often than we'd like to think), or it means the disk itself is bad.
Good news is, if it's the disk, XP install ISO's can be found very easily as Torrents (only get the ones well rated and downloaded a lot, this lessens your chance of getting one laced with a deeply installed viral payload).