<willbreur******.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guys.
> My computer has been playing up when I want to just reinstall WinXP
> Pro.
> Update starts fine, but after copying the necessary files on the
> machine
> it comes up with: The file an2knrmt.sys could not be found; the
> system
> closes down.
>
> I tried this for a long time and every time it cooks up a different
> file.
> It could be ru38ptma.sys or ss3keknm.sys, anything really.
>
> It's an obvious bug and I cannot get rid of it. No mention on MS site
> either.
> Who is prepared to give this some thought, please.
> I'd be sooo happy. Thank you for reading this.
>
>
>

Although the problem you described could be due to a scratched or dirty
cd...
or even a flakey cdrom...
I suspect you might have a RAM problem


http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp


If your RAM is bad...then your original XP installation was probably OK

Also: You may also want to run your harddrive manufacturer's diagnostic.
All HD mfg's (that I know of) have a utility that can be downloaded free