cant install anything :S help needed

ICEMAN133

ICEMAN133

ICEMAN133

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First off, im unsure if this should be here, but i'm not sure where the fault lies, and this forum has the highest activity :) If it needs to be moved to OS&R or wherever - mods feel free to do so



Ok, so since i've had my new PC up and running (1/2 months), i've had a few problems when it came to installing the odd program.

Never bothered looking into it, because the main games i play, i've been able to DL off the net (WoW/CSS etc - nothing dodgy :P), but ever since i first installed windows, some disk's just refuse to run.

Now it christmas and i've got BF2, CoH, Oblivion and FEAR sitting next to me, and i can't play any of them :(

As i said, i've been able to DL games off the net prior to this. Audio CD's can be played/ripped fine. I can watch DVD's, and i've been able to install Hitman 2 perfectly fine (all games are on DVD btw, if that helps), but all the rest of my games just won't install :S


Oblivion gets 40% through installation, then comes up with the following box:

Feature transfer error

Feature: Oblivion
Component: Oblivion
File: D:\data4.cab
Error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error


FEAR gets 10% of the way through, before i get:

Feature transfer error

Feature: Default Feature
Component: Default Component
File: D:\data2.cab
Error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error


CoH doesn't like to auto-run and appears to crash if i try to autoplay/explore my D drive, so i have to try and install via add/remove programs in control panel.

After a few seconds installing i get:


Error: 1305
Error reading from file D:\Program files..................
Verify file exist's
retry / cancel

retry ends in "fatal error during installation"


BF2 gives me similar problems to the I/O device error



Any help id greatly appreciated - i got this rig to do some gaming, and now it seems i can't >_>

specs, if they help;

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)

Running XP Home.


Thanks in advance :)
 
Sounds like a problem with either the DVD or HDD drive.

Error: 1305
Error reading from file D:\Program files..................
Verify file exist's
retry / cancel
Click to expand...

I'm assuming thats a partition on the HDD, and its failing to read a file/folder from there because it doesnt exist. So either the DVD drive isnt giving the data correctly or the hdd is receiving it correctly, or at least that how it looks from the text.

Any problems with the drives via the device manager?.... are all mothboard drivers and xp upto date?

Of course as said, check the obvious things, change cables, check connectors, etc.... maybe an odd bios setting?...
 
have found a spare IDE cable in my mobo box, but its marked HDD cable (HDD uses SATA). Seems pretty identical to the CD/DVD drive one - im assuming i can use it? wanted to ask first in case i bugger something up >_>
 
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