Great news! I'm posting this in Vista on my Tablet. I finally got it to work.
Here is what I did. 1st I did a complete format and created 2 partitions. I
made the C drive big enough for Vista and the D drive just enough to install
XP. Booted up into XP and copied the install files to the D drive. I ran the
setup and did not do the upgrade option. I selecet drive C and the install
completed just fine that way. No more disk read error. Hopefully this will
help you as well.
-Daniel
"Runaround" wrote:
> Don't worry, I had reinstalled XP serveral times before I tried that. I tried
> the Vista install again last night and it looked like it got to about 27%
> expanding files before it said it had to reboot. It may have gotten a little
> bit further as it was going kind of fast, but I don't think it made it to
> 30%. One the reboot got the disk read error again. I'm going to try again
> later today and see if it goes any further or still stops at the same place.
>
> -Daniel
>
> "Joesc" wrote:
>
> > Oh, don't tell me that! I've been reformatting and reinstalling XP every time
> > I tried an upgrade install. 
> >
> > Oh well. Not going to try to run this on my main pc. Hopefully someone else
> > has a solution.
> >
> > "Runaround" wrote:
> >
> > > More on the boot loader problem - I put the XP CD in and went to the repair
> > > console and ran "fixboot" and it booted back into windows right away. No
> > > reinstall needed so it is not corrupting the drive at all. I'm not sure about
> > > the percentage though. I did install it on another one of my PCs and it works
> > > fine. I did not see far it got on the "Extract Files" section on the either
> > > PC. I'm going to retry the install on my Tablet and report back how far it
> > > gets.
> > >
> > > -Daniel
> > >
> > > "Joesc" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Some more info on when this happens. I've tried every possible configuration
> > > > on my computer. I removed extra drives and tried installing to the only
> > > > completely formated and clean drive on the system from DVD. I tried an
> > > > upgrade install from Windows XP on the same drive, same error. Copied the
> > > > setup files to the HD, and tried installing from there. I even verified the
> > > > ISO image with an MD5 checker and ran the install using the daemon tools
> > > > virtual drive. No dice.
> > > >
> > > > The thing I'm noticing though is that the Install gets to the Extract Files
> > > > portion of the install (about 20%) then says it needs to restart the computer
> > > > to complete the install. After that reboot, it gives the error.
> > > >
> > > > Is everyone else seeing the install reboot at this point? Maybe that's the
> > > > problem, it's not completely installed?
> > > >
> > > > "Joesc" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I've gotten the same error when trying to do a dual boot.
> > > > > My configuration: Windows XP on C: my primary master hdd and Loading Vista
> > > > > on D: my secondary master hdd.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm guessing it's a problem with the boot loader. Anyone figure this out yet?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > "Runaround" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > He all. I'm hoping I can get to the bottom of why this is happening when I
> > > > > > install Vista. This is going on a Compaq TC1000 TabletPC. I have tried to
> > > > > > install using Daemon Tools and also by extracting the files to a directory on
> > > > > > my hard drive. I have no issues using XP Tablet ed. I have actually done a
> > > > > > clean XP install twice and then tried upgrade and custom install. I do not
> > > > > > have a DVD drive for the tablet.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The install process works fine all they way up to the point where it
> > > > > > restarts the PC after copying the files is complete. Every time it boots up
> > > > > > and gives the following error:
> > > > > > A disk read error has occurred
> > > > > > Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Restarting brings me back to the same screen.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Daniel