subject: What Causes Setup Errors During Windows Xp Upgrade? [print this page] Microsoft Windows XP is perhaps the most widely used version of Microsoft Windows. It has set various technology benchmarks in terms of data storage and data security. So users having older versions of Windows like to upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP. In order to upgrade to MS Windows XP, you are required to have installation CD of Windows XP that gives setup wizard for completing the operation. But in some cases, the upgrade process gets halted and earlier version of Windows become unusable. Such situations make your hard drive data inaccessible and lead to data loss. At this point, you need to perform hard drive recovery to get your data back.
For instance, you may come across some error message while upgrading to Microsoft Windows XP and the installation process can not proceed. The error messages may sound like the followings:
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 system might stop responding with the below 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'
In addition to the setup process, the error messages also indicates that there is some problem with hard disk. The problem could be damaged metadata structure, virus infection, and Raw file system. Errors occur as setup attempts to fix the hard drive issues. In order to access data from the hard drive, you need find out the cause of this problem and fix it through hard drive recovery.
Cause
The problem occurs because the hard drive is having logical damage. Setup can not properly write data to the damaged disk and thus gives the errors. In these cases, previously stored data also become inaccessible.
Resolution
use chkdsk /r utility to fix this problem or let the setup to sort it out. If both of the methods fail, go for hard drive recovery software to ensure complete and automated recovery of all your lost data.
The Hard Drive Data Recovery applications are quite easy to use with simple user interface. They use high-end scanning techniques to thoroughly scan the hard drive and extract lost, missing, and inaccessible data from it. The programs keep integrity of your data as they have read-only conduct.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the best ever made tool for absolute recovery of lost data. The software is designed for Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000. It recovers lost data from FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, and NTFS5 file system partitions.
