Cannot install software due to corrupt install files

SlasherIT said:

Keet-scott, do you have a plain vanilla copy of Windows 7?

Slasher - I only have the recovery partition that came with my laptop. It performs an install with relevant drivers but I dont know if you would deem that "vanilla" or another kind of flavour all together :)

No I'm afraid not. Is there a way I can ge this without paying more money?

Hi guys,

Well I did a back up of data and drivers and got a copy of the plain Windows 7 installer .iso which I burned to DVD.

I then repaired the laptop back to factory settings using the recovery console to get a clean slate for the new install. I then changed the boot priority in the BIOS and shoved the DVD windows installer in. all goes well until the installer starts t load after loading files and I get the blues screen with:

STOP:c000021a {Fatal System error}
The Master subsystem Process System process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000006 (0x00000000 0x00000000).
The system is shut down.

I'm going slightly mad. In fact, is the definition of insanity not repeating the same actions and expecting different results? If so I'm there already.

Is this a problem with the installer .iso, or is it a problem with my hard drive not being "clean" of the previous install? I performed a chkdsk scan and it all came back clear of mistakes.

Hey it comes up when I'm trying to install Windows from the DVD. Very near the start when it loads files from the DVD. It doesn't even get to the HD options. I thought that the HD was reformatted when you load the DVD which wipes it for the new install. It doesn't even get to that choice before the BSOD appears. Do I need to reformat the HD before loading the DVD? If so, how?

I used a program called (The Official ImgBurn Website) and the speed was AWS which is the recommended default