From: Peter on
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
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
>