winnt.sif permission denied
Submitted by Cliff Raymond on December 25, 2006 - 11:49pm.
I tried creating a virtual PC on an external drive and got the following message:
"An error has occurred. Please contact moka5 support forum....etc...error message:
Couldn't open H:\Documents and Settings\Cliff\Local Settings\Temp\FILES\I386\WINNT.SIF for writing: Permission denied"
I looked and sure enough WINNT.SIF was read-only, so I unchecked that box and tried to restart the procedure. I then got a message that "Folder Path 'H:\Documents and Settings\Cliff\Local Settings\Temp\FILES' must not exist because it will be overwritten." Apparently changing WINNT.SIF to read-only won't help, so I gave up.
By the way, H: is my boot drive, and C: is a brand new 120 Gb external USB drive, so I wouldn't be too surprised if that odd combination is part of the problem. Also, I'm running WinXP Professional SP2 on a Dell Dimension 8400 with 2Gb memory and plenty of disk space, but my Windows CD is a Dell Reinstallation CD with SP1a. Just thought I'd run all this by you to see if you have any suggestions.
Thanks,
Cliff
Im having the same problem
Submitted by Brian Kenyon on April 6, 2007 - 12:19pm.
I ended up creating it manually for now.
How do I share a folder between LivePC and Windows XP Pro so I can install files into the LivePC XP Pro installation?
The xpfromcd utility
The xpfromcd utility supports the Retail Windows XP or the Volume License version of Windows XP media. We are aware of this limitation when using OEM media.
Sorry for the inconvience. We'll investigate to see if there are workarounds for you.
You should be able to use the OEM media without using the xpfromcd util but of course the install will not be on a diet.
Kevin