PLEASE HELP!!! I have spent over 10 hours trying

[skylinepigeon]

Okay, so friday night, I finished building a computer

Core i5 750
ASRock P55m Pro
2x2 GB G. Skill Ripjaw DDR3 1333
WD Caviar Black 640 GB

When I first booted up my computer, I clean installed Windows 7 Ultimate from a genuine upgrade disc I got from school. However, I realized that the key code only worked for upgrades, and not new installations. (I WAS SOO STUPID.. IF I KNEW ABOUT THE DOUBLE INSTALLATION THING NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING) So, I grabbed a copy of a volume licensed XP from school and installed, formatting the Windows 7 partition, thinking that the upgrade would work once I had a licensed version of windows to build off of.

However, EVERY SINGLE TIME I get the the "expanding files" stage of windows 7 installation now, error 0x80070570 comes up, telling me that a file is missing or corrupted. I have searched nearly every thread on this forum, trying everything from reseating RAM, to resetting the CMOS, to checking the hard drives, to even borrowing another installation disc from a friend.

But NOTHING WORKS....

Someone please please help me. I am sooo frustrated. Especially since I had 7 running previously, but I formatted the hard drive....

Thanks in advance. Any help would be appreciated. Please don't refer me to another thread on this forum, I have read nearly all of them.

Also, as a note, I tried upgrading to Vista with another disc I got from school, however that installation failed during the copying phase and I got almost the exact same message.

EDIT: My problem has been FIXED!!!!!!

The cause was a stick of RAM that was DOA.

 

[Bearlout]

try this:


When you see the error "0x80070570 can't access files" on install click --> Cancel ---> you will be returned to the "Install Now" startup screen and - WITHOUT REBOOTING - just re-start the install.

 

[skylinepigeon]

That was the first thing I tried. And I have tried that probably 10 times already...

 

[reghakr]

Most all of us agree that an upgrade is not the route to take. It leaves useless files on your system and can cause conflicts.

Perform,a "clean"install not an upgrade

Save all you Documents, Pictures, contacts, videos, music, etc to a flash drive,

Be aware, you will need to re-install your 3rd party applications.

 

[skylinepigeon]

It is a clean install. That is the only way to get from XP to windows 7

 

[myzr7]

Welcome to SevenForums.
You say that this is a new build. Have you thought about hardware being the problem. Yes I heard you when you said you had it running fine but could not activate or something. But that error code is sometimes associated with bad ram? Take a stick out and try again. Good luck to you with your problem. Stay with us we can work it out for you!

 

[Tews]

Get a third party program to format your drive completely and start over....

 

[skylinepigeon]

does the format button during the setup process not do the same thing?

 

[reghakr]

Try GParted to delete all partitions and then you can create a Windows 7 partition of around 60GB.

Make sure to get important files off your system first:

GParted -- Download

You'll need to shrink it down to that size

 

[skylinepigeon]

Welcome to SevenForums.
You say that this is a new build. Have you thought about hardware being the problem. Yes I heard you when you said you had it running fine but could not activate or something. But that error code is sometimes associated with bad ram? Take a stick out and try again. Good luck to you with your problem. Stay with us we can work it out for you!

Yes, I have taken out each ram individually, and also switched ram slots. I don't think that that is the problem.

 

[skylinepigeon]

Well, I just tried another clean install, this time deleting the windows xp partition, and it failed once again. this time resulting in another error message followed by a BSOD. Now my XP is gone too.

 

[skylinepigeon]

Can I burn GParted onto a disc and boot from it? seeings as I have no OS now...

 

[Tews]

Yes you can..

 

[zigzag3143]

Play Nice Boys

Ken J+

 

[skylinepigeon]

well i have just finished burning Gparted to a dvd. I'll keep you posted.

 

[gregrocker]

Your University provided the DVD being used here? That eliminates ISO and burn. Check its condition anyway.

This is a disk read error. I think you should extract the files to Vista desktop and try to run Setup to test if it might be OD or laser. You say Vista installer does the same. Can you try another OD?

Check your BIOS settings. Have you set SATA controller to AHCI?

Plug in your ethernet and select "Keep me connected to the internet during installation"

The installer is driver-complete, but to be absolutely sure you should probably insert drivers into the installer on the Custom drive-map screen.

XP formatting could conflict (different partition table). Use DBAN to zero out the HD and try again booting from installer, Custom>Advanced tools>Format drive.

 

[skylinepigeon]

My sata is set on IDE, should it be ICHI?

I will try plugging in the internet.

I haven't installed any drivers at all on my computer because it is a new build. Could that be the problem.

I am using GPart right as I type.

 

[gregrocker]

Set to AHCI.

You can try putting SATA controller drivers into installer, just to be sure.

Again this is a file read error, although it could be rejecting XP formatting up front.

We need to focus on the Optical Drive first. Can you switch it out and try another? And/or extract files to Vista/XP desktop and try to run to see if that works? If from XP, test install to second Win7-formatted partition.

Wish you had made an image of your old Win7 as that could be reimaged on HD now.

 

[skylinepigeon]

Greg, I am getting into the installer perfectly fine. the error occurs after the Copying files step, at the "expanding files". This is all after selecting language, partition, etc. etc. etc.

 

[skylinepigeon]

and the menu is

Sata operation mode:

IDE
Raid
AHCI
disabled