Installing SQL Server 2005 in XP x64 OS

i am using "XP Pro x64 Version 5.2.3790 Serivce Pack 1 Build 3790" Operating system. I had tried installing SQL Server 2005.

Unfortunatelly i ended up with this error

The setup has encountered an unexpected error in datastore. The action is SetInstanceProperty. The error is: Source File Name: datastore\propertyid.h

Source Line Number:168

Failed to load property "InstallIds" {"MachineConfiguration","","BOBXP64"} due to unhandled data store exception

Source File Name:datastore\datastorecache.cpp

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Existing datastore does not match my bitness11

Thanks in advance for answering this issue.

i am using " XP Pro x64 Version 5.2.3790 Serivce Pack 1 Build 3790". i had tried installing SQL Server 2005 and ended up with the following error.

The setup has encountered an unexpected error in datastore. The action is SetInstanceProperty. The error is: Source File Name: datastore\propertyid.h

Function Name: PropertyId <class StringListProperty>::operator()

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Failed to load property "InstallIds" {"MachineConfiguration","","BOBXP64"} due to unhandled data store exception

Source File Name: datastore\datastorecache.cpp

Function Name: DataStoreCache::getCachePtr

Existing datastore does not match my bitness11

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The suggestion from our devs is that you might be running both a x64 and an x86 installation at the same time. Can you check that out? Look at taskmanager for "setup.exe". If more than one are running, try killing the extras. Then run just the x64 installer.

|||My system was running on only x64 installation. I am still getting the same error. Can you please provide me the a link or a sample where i get all the steps involved in installing SQl server on "XP Pro x64 Version 5.2.3790 Serivce Pack 1 "|||Please provide me the guidelines for installing SQL Server 2005 x-64 bit version.