Installation Error in Windows XP with WinFast AGP Adapter Installed
It has been found that hardware drivers, including the PSeries driver, may fail to install in Windows XP with the following error message "The data is invalid (as in the image below). This problem effects all versions of Windows XP when the "nVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200" with WinFast chipset AGP adapter has been installed.
Every time you reboot the PC, the "Add New Hardware Wizard" detects the PCI adapter and starts up again, then it gives the same error message.
More Information
Some third party hardware devices have drivers which make forbidden changes to the registry during the installation. This prevents drivers for any new hardware installing properly.
Microsoft have more information about this problem in their knowledgebase article 810509.
Get around
A Pnpreg tool is available from the above Microsoft link to undo the changes made by the graphics card the driver software that have caused the problem.
The only alternative we are aware of solution is to remove the graphics card which has caused the problem, reinstall Windows and reinstall all hardware devices, leaving the graphics card until last. You would need to repeat this procedure each time you wanted to install new hardware.
