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You should download and install SP2 in lieu of SP1:

"Copy Error: Setup cannot copy the file Atapi.sys" error message when you try
to install Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;884675&Product=winxp

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Direct Download):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049c9dbe-3b8e...30-8245

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Checklist
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Jupiter Jones]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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"beginner" wrote:

| I keep getting a setup error when trying to download windows XP SP1
| (drivers\atapi.sys... in use or open with another app Please Help.
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| Thanx