Keep getting an error trying to install XP Pro

[bigempty]

I am trying to install a legal never before installed copy of XP Pro onto my soon to become file serv computer.

OK so... I delete the parition, create a new one and do a NTFS format.

Setup loads all fine and begins installation then less then a few minutes into the install it stops and gives me this error message...

Installation Failed: D:\I386\ASMS Error Msg! Incorrect Function

Anyways know what's going on and can offer a possible solution?

 

[TheWart]

can you take a stick or two of RAM out? in setup errors, in my experience it is either bad media or bad RAM most of the time. also maybe try a diff optical drive. srry for not being too specific.

 

[Abzstrak]

Have to agree with checking the cdrom drive... but a defaulting of the BIOS could also help. Also, if XP has never been on this machine, an upgrade (flash) of the bios could be in order too.

 

[ddeder]

Is it always the exact same error message or does it vary? If it varies, you may want to try a different CD-ROM drive.