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| Thread ID: 93871 | 2008-10-04 07:23:00 | Windows 2000 Setup: "Line 3 of the INF file is invalid" | Agent_24 (57) | Press F1 |
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| 709737 | 2008-10-04 07:23:00 | I was trying to install 2000 onto a PC, before the installer even loads, I get the error "Line 3 of the INF file is invalid" the CD has SP4 integrated. I have used it on other PC with no problem. I have googled but the exact error is nowhere. Does anyone know what it means? |
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| 709738 | 2008-10-04 07:24:00 | It most likely means you have a badly-formatted answer file on the disk. Use the official disk and all should be fine. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 709739 | 2008-10-04 10:37:00 | It most likely means you have a badly-formatted answer file on the disk. Use the official disk and all should be fine. Yeah, looks like there's something up with the disk or the drive... I cleaned the CD but it still says the same thing - but now it's line 111 instead of line 3 |
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| 709740 | 2008-10-04 11:12:00 | Not quite what I meant - is that disk an official MS one, or a custom one? It sounds like a custom one to me. Note that OEM branded disks are often customised. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 709741 | 2008-10-04 11:20:00 | Well it's a slipstreamed one so it's on CD-R. Maybe it's just getting old, tried a different drive now it doesn't like line 10 Probably just need to redo it on a new disk |
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| 709742 | 2008-10-04 11:27:00 | Yes.... it certainly sounds that way; if the error isn't reliably reproducable then it's probably a fault with either the media or the PC hardware, as you mentioned earlier. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 709743 | 2008-10-05 03:13:00 | Hmm... I've tried different disks and drives and I still get the problem I'm going to try starting the setup from floppies instead of CD and see if that helps |
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| 709744 | 2008-10-05 03:26:00 | It may be a fault in something other than the disk or drive. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 709745 | 2008-10-05 03:34:00 | You are quite right. It turned out to be a faulty memory module. Replacing that also fixed the strange effect on screen (IGP with shared memory) that I thought was just interference coming in through the cable :lol: |
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