Error Message

goober81_98 · 06-28-2005, 08:57 PM

All of a sudden I started getting this error message when trying to install programs.

"An I/O error occurred while installing a file. This is normally caused by bad installation media or a corrupt installation file."

Nothing is wrong with the disks that I have as I have istalled them on other computers. If I download the program, I have tried several different sites to download from and the same result. Sometimes if I download the program on another computer and then istall it on this one, it works. Other times it doesn't.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

lynx6200 · 06-28-2005, 09:05 PM

Could be a software incompatibality. Does this happen with all your instaliations, or only certain ones? I would check to make sure you dont have any running programs that could interfere with the instalation. Spyware could even be a proble, but I dont think that would cause a problem like this.

goober81_98 · 06-29-2005, 06:16 PM

It happens with all installations.

alanuofm · 06-29-2005, 06:40 PM

what program is it?

**apj101** · 06-29-2005, 06:44 PM

where are you installing from?

goober81_98 · 07-01-2005, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanuofm

what program is it?

It is all programs.

goober81_98 · 07-01-2005, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apj101

where are you installing from?

I already said from files downloaded from various sites.

**Praetor** · 07-01-2005, 08:29 PM

Quote:

I already said from files downloaded from various sites.

Since there have been two questions asking for details it would be useful to provide say, um, one example. It benifits you to make it easy for the rest of us to help you.

And while yer at it, QUESTIONS 101.

06-28-2005, 08:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
goober81_98 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 20	Error Message All of a sudden I started getting this error message when trying to install programs. "An I/O error occurred while installing a file. This is normally caused by bad installation media or a corrupt installation file." Nothing is wrong with the disks that I have as I have istalled them on other computers. If I download the program, I have tried several different sites to download from and the same result. Sometimes if I download the program on another computer and then istall it on this one, it works. Other times it doesn't. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

06-28-2005, 09:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 25 Posts: 786	Could be a software incompatibality. Does this happen with all your instaliations, or only certain ones? I would check to make sure you dont have any running programs that could interfere with the instalation. Spyware could even be a proble, but I dont think that would cause a problem like this. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

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06-29-2005, 06:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
goober81_98 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 20	It happens with all installations.

06-29-2005, 06:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	what program is it?