Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Remedy for error message: "The file 'Asms' on Windows XP Professional CD-ROM is needed" while loading Winows XP

"The file 'Asms' on Windows XP Professional CD-ROM is needed" error message when you install Windows XP
1. When you receive the error message, press SHIFT+F10 to start a command session.
2. Type regedit.exe, and then press ENTER.
3. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
4. On the File menu, click Load Hive, and then load %Windir%\System32
\Config\System.sav.
5. When you are prompted to specify a name, type Test.
6. Locate and then click the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Test\ControlSet1\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
7. Delete the UPPERFILTERS and LOWER FILTERS registry keys.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the other ControlSet# keys under the Test hive.
9. Click File, and then click Exit to quit Registry Editor.
10. If the path in the error message is the correct drive letter for the CD-ROM drive, click OK to continue the Setup program.
11. If you receive the error message again, the Setup program cannot correctly read from the CD-ROM drive, or the path information is incorrect. In this case, restart your computer and let the Setup program resume.

NOTE: If this does not solve then please change your CD-ROM and continue set up.