subject: Setup Errors During Windows Xp Upgrade May Lead To Data Loss [print this page] Microsoft Windows XP is a benchmark in terms of excellent performance, reliability and data safety and thus Windows users who use earlier versions might want to upgrade their operating system to Windows XP and take benefit of its extraordinary features. For upgrading your system, you need to have a Windows XP boot CD that gives you a setup wizard to complete the process. Before you upgrade, you should always create an absolute backup of all your valuable data as if the upgrade fails, you may come across data loss situations. Data loss can be handled using hard drive recovery solutions in quick and easy ways.
In some cases of upgrade, it has been observed that during the process, setup might not proceed and you may come across unexpected behavior of Windows XP along with the below error message:
Setup is unable to perform the requested operation on the selected partition. This partition contains temporary Setup files that are required to complete the installation.
Furthermore, your computer might stop responding with underwritten error message:
An error has been encountered that prevents setup from continuing. One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could not be installed. Data error "cyclic redundancy check"
The issue occur every time when you try to setup Windows XP. As stated in above error message, the problem may also be with your hard drive. In such cases, all your data become inaccessible and hard drive data recovery is required to handle the situations.
Cause
This problem may occur due to any of the following reasons:
You hard drive file system is damaged. You can try chkdsk utility with /r parameter to fix the problem.
Format the affected hard drive and then try to reinstall Windows XP. Formatting fixes most of the hard drive errors, but also remove stored data from hard drive.
In case of formatting, you need to use third-party recovery applications to get your valuable data back. These tools are known as hard drive recovery software. They use extensive scanning techniques to ensure absolute recovery of all your mission-critical and valuable data.
The Hard Drive Data Recovery applications do not alter original data on hard drive as they have read-only and non-destructive conduct. They have self-destructive and graphical user interface and thus do not demand sound technical skills to retrieve lost data.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most effective and best ever made application that ensure absolute recovery from FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file system partitions. The software is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP and 2000.
