# Corrupt sfloppy on XP install

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/corrupt-sfloppy-on-xp-install/78624>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [February 6, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/corrupt-sfloppy-on-xp-install/78624 "2005-02-06T18:28:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/corrupt-sfloppy-on-xp-install/78624/1 "2005-02-06T18:28:36Z")

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I have looked around on the internet and could not find a fix or a how to fix. But when my friend is trying to install windows XP after a fdisk and format. But in the middle of it we get an error “The file sfloppy.sys is missing or corrupt.” Any idea on how to fix this?