XP Home will not install - crashes on Windows setup

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Jmdor

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I've tried twice to get XP Home to install. It gets through the dos-like copy files pages, then crashes at
Error:
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: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.

Is there anything stupid that I am missing?

MacBook, 2 GHz, 80 GB, 1 GB Ram.

Thanks!
 
Fixed

Thanks to parallels tech support -- they suggested making an .iso image and installing from that. I've got XP installed now!

Jeanne
 
I had the same problem. How do I make a .iso image?

I tried 2x and got two different error messages:
Windows Setup
The file usuhci.sys is corrupted

and

File ntfs.sys caused an unexpected error (512) at line 5091 in d:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\setup.c

edit
Never mind. I found the Parallels Image Tool
 
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