Article ID: 167652
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q167652
SYMPTOMS
Trying to perform a new or parallel installation of Windows NT 4.0 may result in the following error:
NOTE: The first argument in the parenthesis may differ slightly.
CAUSE
This error may occur if you try to perform a clean installation of Windows NT 4.0 using a modified Disk 2 of the three disk installation set that contains the Setupdd.sys file from Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, do either of the following:
- Replace the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2 copy of the Setupdd.sys file located on Disk 2 with the original version of Setupdd.sys.
-or-
- Create new floppy installation disks, by using the WINNT /OX or WINNT32 /OX commands.
MORE INFORMATION
Copying Setupdd.sys from Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2 to Disk 2 is a common scenario when trying to repair a computer running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2. Although this procedure works fine for a repair or an in- place upgrade, it does not work for a new installation of Windows NT 4.0.
Additional query words: prodnt 0x50 sp sp2 sp3
Keywords: kbprb kbsetup KB167652
