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Corrupted or missing INF file textsetup.sif

francois -  
 Dih Greimich -
Hello,
At the time of the installation of winXP pro, a power outage occurred. I rebooted my PC to reinstall it but it tells me: "the INF file textsetup.sif is damaged or missing. Press a key to retry."
I reformatted the hard drive, but nothing changes.
What should I do? Thank you for your help.

6 answers

  1. mamar
     
    File INF textsetup.sif is damaged or missing. Please help us, and thank you in advance.
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    1. Noureddine
       
      If the txtsetup.sif file is indeed damaged, you can rebuild a new XP CD using nlite software and a raw winXP CD.
      Another cause of the problem is that the file encoding may be something other than ANSI.
      Open the file i386\txtsetup.sif with Notepad and then save as:
      Name= txtsetup.sif
      Type= all files
      Encoding= ANSI.
      Overwrite the existing file.


      The same applies to winnt.sif.

      Good luck!!!
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      1. obled2 Posted messages 2 Status Member > Noureddine
         
        Hello
        the hard drive of my Satellite S 190-102 PC has burned out.
        I replaced it but I no longer have the original installation disc.
        I tried with a Windows CD that perfectly reformatted my hard drive.
        During the installation of Windows, the screen displays
        The INF file txtsetup.sif is corrupted or missing.
        I don't know what to do anymore
        can you give me some advice
        thank you
        yan
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  2. patrick vandenbroucke
     
    Search for the setuptext.sif file in the i386 directory of your
    Windows 2000 CD and copy it to installation disk 1.
    Restart the installation.
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    1. algnomade
       
      It doesn't work like that.
      For those getting the error "The file 'INF txtsetup.sif' is corrupted or missing, status 18," you need to rename the 'i386' folder to 'minint' and it will work!
      http://www.eeepc.fr/2009/09/30/installer-windows-7-vista-et-xp-simplement/
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    2. lychee73 Posted messages 2 Status Member
       
      Hello, I tried to install XP sp3 by renaming the "i386" file to "minint" and now I have another error: \§WIN_NT§.~BT\biosinfo.inf could not be loaded. The error code is 18. Any ideas? Thank you.
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    3. Dih Greimich
       
      For those who encounter the error "The file `INF txtsetup.sif` is damaged or missing, status 18," you need to rename the `i386` folder to `minint` and it will work!
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  3. fadel
     
    Is there anyone who can help me with this problem?
    I have a Dell OptiPlex GX260
    I want to format my computer, but it keeps giving me this message: INF file textsetup.sif is corrupted or missing.
    Quick response please and thank you.
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  4. Mikiii
     
    I'm trying to install Windows Movie Maker but it says there's an error! It's looking for the INF file, so how do I install it?
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  6. macadbel Posted messages 2 Status Member 1
     
    Hello,
    I have reformatted my hard drive, low-level format. While trying to reinstall WINDOWS XP, I encountered the following message that prevents me from proceeding: LINE 4263 OF FILE INF\I386\TXTSETUP.SIF IS INVALID.
    I’m stuck and need help knowing that my hard drive is newly formatted and empty. How can I get my machine back up and running?
    Note: I do not have a boot disk, only the original installation CD of XP.
    With my best thanks.
    And Happy New Year to Everyone.
    Macadbel
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    1. obled2
       
      Just for your information,
      I ditched Windows and switched to Debian/Linux.
      Problems: there are none!
      Good luck
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  7. h11 Posted messages 1 Status Member
     
    I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that.
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