re: GDIPLUS.MAN error on installation
Monday, December 30, 2002 at 1:02 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dave yang
(1 messages posted)
I had the EXACT same problem. I was using the XP pro (SP-1) upgrade. The gdiplus.man
file was corrupt. I had to use an older copy of xp pro to get the install to work.
The store I got it from said that they just got the shipment in. I'm thinking that
M$ has a bad batch of XP out there with a corrupt gdiplus.man file.
In case anyone else runs into this problem:
If like me, after windows copies the corrupt file to the hard drive (i was doing
a fresh install), you are in trouble. Even armed with a fresh copy if xp pro, it
will continue to read the corrupt file from the temp folder on the harddrive. I was
unable to delete the folders while the drive was being used as the master drive.
I had to swap the drive out and put it into a new computer and delete the folders
that way. Then I put it back into the other computer and used an older version of
xp pro to complete the install. Wasted my whole day on this...
On Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 5:41 pm, Loren wrote:
>On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 5:34 am, Jmay wrote:
>Where did you get the file, gdiplus.dll?
>
>
>I was having the exact same problem while trying to install Windows XP home on my
>daughter's computer (the upgrade was a Christmas gift for her). What I noticed
was
>that the CD rom drive was doing a lot of thrashing around as it was finishing up
>in the "copying files" mode. After the next restart, then the fatal error with
the
>"A component's file does not match the verification information" error. I had successfully
>installed another copy of XP on my computer a few months earlier, so I inserted
her
>disc into my drive and opened the GDIPLUS.MAN file in notepad. It opened easily
>and I was able to read the file. I then took the same CD down to her computer and
>did the same thing. The drive would thrash around a while and then open, but the
>file was jibberish. Her drive just couldn't read that CD, even though it read fine
>on my machine. So...I swapped CD rom drives with her and the install then went
fine
>from then on, with no problems, and I got it up and running.
>
>For some reason (copy protection, maybe?), some cd rom drives just can't read the
>CD correctly (her drive was about 2 years old, while mine is a new Sony). Probably
>by updating your CDrom drive, if it's a few years old, will get you around the problem
>also. Not sure this will help you, but it worked for me.
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