Disk I/O Error 00008001 what the hell does this mean???????

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by falcon26, 2001-01-20 16:59

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2001-01-20 17:59

One more time here:

I try and install Windows 2000 Pro on a P3 500 and a Quataum 10 gig hard drive. I boot from the Cd-rom and it starts to install then it gives me this error:

Disk I/O Error 00008001

What the heck is wrong???? I have tried swapping memory, with brand new Micron Memory no change. Is this a memory error or is my hard drive messed up??? Windows 95, 98 and ME work and run fine on it, but Windows 2000 just won't install. Everything in the system is like 2 months old I815 chipset and so on. Is their something in the Bios that I am missing??? Please help, I hate to put Windows ME or 98 on this computer I want to run the best OS out their.

Thanks, falcon26

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CUViper

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#37621

2001-01-20 18:12

the partition may be screwed up.... try deleting and recreating the partition through the win2k setup

falcon26

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#37622

2001-01-20 19:06

Great thanks for the info, I tried exactly what you said, and it worked like a charm, thanks man. I wonder why the software that came with my Hard Drive set up the partion wrong.

THanks, falcon26