Win XP Install Error - Failed To Install Product Catalog

[vaca]

Hello,

I've just received my Apire One (preloaded with Linux) and I'm attempting to install Win XP Pro via a USB key as per the instructions I found on these forums (using usb_prep8, etc). Everything worked fine when creating the bootable USB key. I then installed using the Text option after removing all partitions and formatting, everything completed succesfully. Then the GUI install starts and about 5 minutes into it I get the following error:

"Failed To Install Product Catalog"

This was with XP SP2 on a 120GB A1 with 1GB RAM.

I rebuilt the USB key and got the same results the second time around (after re-formatted the A1 drive yet again). I've rebuilt the USB key from a differect XP CD which has SP3 installed with it to see if this makes a difference, but will have to wait until tonight to try it out.

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Vaca

 

[goofball]

have you tried a different usb key? I did the install from an OCZ rally 2 and a Kingston Data Traveller (XP SP3)

 

[vaca]

have you tried a different usb key? I did the install from an OCZ rally 2 and a Kingston Data Traveller (XP SP3)

I'll be doing that tonight. I built XP SP3 on a different USB key, a Sandisk Cruzer. The install that failed was on a 2GB SD card plugged in via a USB card reader. The card is extremely slow (took about 4 times longer to create the USB boot disk than for the Sandisk Cruzer).

Hope this sorts it out...

thanks
Vaca

 

[vaca]

Tried with a differnt USB key and this time it worked!