Section Not Found in INF

[Ike]

What does this HW installation error message mean?

Something in my WinXP setup causes this to pop up when
new hardware is added.

Help!

~Ike

[Rob Norton]

Look at the end of C:\Windows\Setupapi.log to see what .inf file it was
trying to load from. If it is an OEMxx.INF file, then delete it from
c:\Windows\Inf and try again.

[anon...@discussions.microsoft.com]

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Here is the section where the installation fails. The INF
file is the umax.inf file provided by Windows. Umax Tech
Support says this should work. (The correct driver will
be for an Astra 2000).

Suggestion?

(Thanks for responding!)

[2004/02/03 13:37:13 520.3 Driver Install]

#-019 Searching for hardware ID(s):
usb\vid_1606&pid_0030&rev_0100,usb\vid_1606&pid_0030

#-018 Searching for compatible ID(s):

usb\class_00&subclass_00&prot_00,usb\class_00&subclass_00,
usb\class_00

#-198 Command line processed: C:\WINDOWS\system32
\services.exe

#I022 Found "USB\VID_1606&PID_0030" in
C:\WINDOWS\inf\umax.inf; Device: "UMAX Astra

2000U"; Driver: "UMAX Astra 2000U";
Provider: "Microsoft"; Mfg: "UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC.";

Section name: "USB.Astra1220U.Scanner".

#I023 Actual install section: [USB.Astra1220U.Scanner].
Rank: 0x00000001. Effective driver date:

07/01/2001.

#-166 Device install function: DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV.

#I063 Selected driver installs from section
[USB.Astra1220U.Scanner] in "c:\windows\inf\umax.inf".

#I320 Class GUID of device remains: {6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-
BEC7-08002BE2092F}.

#I060 Set selected driver.

#I058 Selected best compatible driver.

[2004/02/03 13:37:15 520.5]

#-198 Command line processed: C:\WINDOWS\system32
\services.exe

#I140 Installing device class: "Image" {6bdd1fc6-810f-
11d0-bec7-08002be2092f}.

#E067 Could not locate section [ClassInstall32].

#E142 Class: {6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}.
Install failed. Error 0xe0000101: The required section
was not found in the INF.

[Rob Norton]

Sorry, can't give you a solution. I looked through my setupi.log and
found that the same "Image" was loaded when I setup windows:-

> #-199 Executing "C:\WINDOWS\system32\setup.exe" with command line: setup -newsetup

> #I140 Installing device class: "Image" {6bdd1fc6-810f-11d0-bec7-08002be2092f}.

> #I141 Class install completed with no errors.

I have a USB digital camera that loaded to the same 6bdd1fc6... code
using an inf file that had a commented out [ClassInstall32] section - so
it worked for me without that section. It never tried to load class
"Image" again.

Only suggestion I have is to do a repair install of XP and see if the
setup will load that class correctly with the scanner connected.