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khofo

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Error: 0x80070550 installing Windows 8

Hello,
I had problems with my PC so i decided to format the disk and reinstall win8 i already made a full clean format and now each time i try to install windows during the installation it gives an error: 0x80070550 with a message that something is missing or corrupted.
Please help. I tried to find a solution on google but there is no answer or explanation

Nabs

Member

Re: Error: 0x80070550 installing Windows 8

Hello, Khofo. During which part of the installation does this error pop up?

khofo

Member

Re: Error: 0x80070550 installing Windows 8

During: "Getting files ready for installation" between 45%-60%

Nabs

Member

Re: Error: 0x80070550 installing Windows 8

Seems like a cyclic redundancy error. What are you installing from?

khofo

Member

Re: Error: 0x80070550 installing Windows 8

From CD

shant

Member

Re: Error: 0x80070550 installing Windows 8

why not buy a new disc?

Nabs

Member

Re: Error: 0x80070550 installing Windows 8

Exactly. Try copying the disc to another, see if you still get the error.

yasamoka

Member

Re: Error: 0x80070550 installing Windows 8

I've had this before and it was a corrupted ISO. It might be easier to first try what the guys above have said but with a USB Flash Drive so as not to waste a disc if the Windows installation was indeed corrupted.

If it is corrupted, then you can download an MSDN Windows ISO and place that on a USB flash drive.

You will need to use the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool for that. Yes, it works for Windows 8 as well.

khofo

Member

Re: Error: 0x80070550 installing Windows 8

Thanks all for that but after making a full format of the drive (took 8 hrs) and retried a couple of times it worked.