Question Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file

[Sinhaanip]

I have been trying to do a Clean Install of Windows 8.1 64-bit on my HP2000 notebook but am getting the same error, "Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file."

My notebook harddrives are clean and formatted.
I'm trying to do the installation from a USB Bootable Disk created through Rufus2.18 - as that was the last version supporting Windows Vista - The OS on my other laptop on which I created the bootable USB.

Rufus options selected as follows :

• Partition scheme and target system type, selected GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer.
• Under File system, selected FAT32.
• Under Cluster size, selected the (Default)

Windows 8.1 ISO image was downloaded from Microsoft's site.

Clean install steps followed were as per this tutorial :

UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 8 with

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The installation goes till it's last stage ie Finishing Up and then returns the following error :
"Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file..".

I have still not figured out as to why this is happening and what might be wrong.

Please help.

 

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[Sinhaanip]

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Thanks

 

[ArisVer]

Repeat process. Download ISO file again. Burn again. Install again.

 

[Sinhaanip]

Repeat process. Download ISO file again. Burn again. Install again.

Have done that more than 3 times...
Tried with 2 different versions as well (Win 8.1 & 10).
Same error..

 

[mikeymikec]

Check your RAM my good man.

memtest86.

PS: For the love of god, use NTFS, not FAT32.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, I wonder about the combo of GPT and FAT32.

 

[ArisVer]

About FAT32. Are you talking about the disk or the USB flash drive?

As far as the OP, it could be a corrupted disk problem.

 

[mxnerd]

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In-place upgrades are all very well, but sometimes only a clean installation will do. That’s where the Microsoft media creation tool comes in. It downloads all the necessary files and creates installation media for it to work its magic. It isn’t without its faults though with file corruption...

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Also try to use a newer version of Rufus.