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12twelve12 · 02-24-2009, 12:04 AM

Trying to do a complete reinstall of XP, see specs in sig (Olive Oyl). When it gets to the "Preparing Installation" area in the graphic interface, a pop up is displayed stating...

Fatal Error
An error has been encountered that prevents Setup from continuing. One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could not be installed.

The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.

Before starting the install I wiped the HDD clean using Boot & Nuke, which completed with no HDD errors. I cleaned the XP disk the best I could and it looks fine. There seemed to be no problem with the optical drive before I started this reinstall.

Any ideas?

Thanks

12twelve12 · 02-24-2009, 09:31 PM

Bad disk. Vista loaded fine but could not get that XP Pro disk to load. It's funny because since I first used that OS disk, when I built the computer a couple years ago, it's been sitting in it's original protective sleeve that it came in from Microsoft. So I don't know how it would get damaged. Oh well.

Thanks for the.....oh...uh...never mind.

wylackii · 03-07-2009, 11:26 PM

I have the same problem; I have many OEM discs and 10% of any group (HP, DELL, ect.) has a disc with no visible imperfections but will not complete an install.

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02-24-2009, 09:31 PM	#2
12twelve12 I See Dead Pixels Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 45°31'05.23"N 122°54'34.16"W Posts: 549	Bad disk. Vista loaded fine but could not get that XP Pro disk to load. It's funny because since I first used that OS disk, when I built the computer a couple years ago, it's been sitting in it's original protective sleeve that it came in from Microsoft. So I don't know how it would get damaged. Oh well. Thanks for the.....oh...uh...never mind.

03-07-2009, 11:26 PM	#3
wylackii Member (6 bit) Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 57	I have the same problem; I have many OEM discs and 10% of any group (HP, DELL, ect.) has a disc with no visible imperfections but will not complete an install.

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