From: Peter on 14 Sep 2005 14:39 There's a restore partition on this hard drive so I restored the windows to the original state. "Penny" <Penny(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B2CEF4B5-4255-4371-A4C0-A996E3A2FC80(a)microsoft.com... > How were you able to copy the CD to the hard drive? I'm having this same > problem, but windows never comes completely up for me to be able to do > anything. > > "Peter" wrote: > >> I have Windows XP Home edition installed on a computer and I have Windows >> 2002 XP Pro Upgrade w/Service Pack 2 CD. I have been trying to install it >> and during the installation I get the following message: >> >> Installation Failed: >> >> E:/I386/asms. Error message: The request could not be performed because >> of an I/O device error. >> >> Fatal error: >> >> One of the components that windows needs to continue set up could not be >> installed. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device >> error. >> >> Then it goes to a black screen and does nothing. I've started it twice. >> >> Does anyone know what could be causing this or what might be the solution >> for this? >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Peter >>
From: Penny on 15 Sep 2005 16:52
Unfortunately that's not an option for me. "Peter" wrote: > I have Windows XP Home edition installed on a computer and I have Windows 2002 XP Pro Upgrade w/Service Pack 2 CD. I have been trying to install it and during the installation I get the following message: > > Installation Failed: > > E:/I386/asms. Error message: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. > > Fatal error: > > One of the components that windows needs to continue set up could not be installed. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. > > Then it goes to a black screen and does nothing. I've started it twice. > > Does anyone know what could be causing this or what might be the solution for this? > > > > Thanks > > > > Peter > |