Windows XP Pro Setup Fatal Error

[GameMaster90]

Hi, first topic here.

My computer was acting sluggish, and after 3 years of random stuff loaded onto my computer, I decided to do a clean install of Windows.

So I booted with the CD in the drive, and formatted my drive, did a New Install of Windows Xp Pro, and let it install the neccessary files in the blue DOS-like screen.

After that, it took me to the Windows XP Installation screen, the one that has Collecting information, Dynamic Update, Preparing Installation, Installing Windows, and Finalizing Installation; and lists the Features of Windows XP.

Well, it says Setup will complete in 39 minutes, so I decided to leave it installing. When I return, I get a Fatal Error:

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One of the components that Windows needs to continue setup could not be installed.

"DATA ERROR (CYCLIC REDUNANCY CHECK)"

If you are installing from a cd, there might be with the disc, try cleaning the disc or using another disc."

I've tried cleaning it with alcohol, but that did not work. What should I do? Am I going to have to get another disc?

[Hankyone]

yea its the disk, get another one

[k22]

if you have another CD-ROM drive (even if it is older) you may try using it. or try burning a cd copy from another PC and hope that it can read what your drive cannot. if not then yes you need another disk.

[Nexus]

  GameMaster90 said:

Am I going to have to get another disc?

586857311[/snapback]

It's your CD. I had the same problem last month when I was going to do a fresh install. The problem was the disc, it was scratched up on the back. Luckily I had already made a backup of the disc previously.

[GameMaster90]

Well I just tried it on another CD -Drive, and it gave me the same error. I looked at it, and it does have a crap load of stratches on it.

But I was reading on another website that it could be my harddrive?

[thagame]

"DATA ERROR (CYCLIC REDUNANCY CHECK)". disk isnt able to be read. most likely dirty or scratched disk.

[MagicMan]

If it was the hard drive, you would have been noticing errors and problems for a while. Its the CD.

[jimbo11883]

I'm 1000% precent sure that your CD is bad. Get another one from Microsoft. Next time make a backup and store the original.

[Guest sendmarksmail]

Best thing to do is rip that CD at a slow pace with Alcohol 120%. Make an image and then burn the image slowly also. Maybe at 10x? DVD's are known for "DATA ERROR (CYCLIC REDUNANCY CHECK)" but I never had a CD that did that not matter how scratched it was. Is it a DVD or CD??

[GameMaster90]

It's a backup CD, my Windows Xp CD got stratched as well, and I had only made one copy of it.