error installing Windows XP

[Brian H]

I am running Ubuntu 8.04 and have the latest virtualbox. When I tried to load Windows XP on to a virtual machine I got about 2/3 through, to the "installing Windows" step. It goes for about 2 minutes and then this error message lights up:

Code:

Error:SXS.Dll: Syntax error in manifest or policy file "D:\386\asms\1000\MSFT\WINDOWS\GDIPLUS\GDIPLUS.MAN" on line 4.

Error:Installation Failed: D:\I386\asms. Error Message: The request could not be preformed because of an I/O device error.

Fatal Error: One of the components that Windows needs to continue setup could not be installed.

(end)

Does anyone know what it means or how to fix it? Please and thank you!

[NEKGuy]

I had a similar problem recently and I think that the CD XP image was bad. I used a different CD XP image and the problem went away.