You must have other hds installed when installing xp,or several partitions
still active on the drive.The reason,xp should install as C: not D: as you
list,
remove other hds and/or delete partitions on drive or set as raw space,you
can then reformat them in xp after its installed.

"taurell" wrote:

> I'm trying to load xp pro when I get to the installing windows portion. I
> get this error.
> Installation failed\I:386\asms. Error message. The request could not be
> performed because of an I/O device error.
>
> Fatal Error:
> one of the components that windows needs to continue setup could not be
> installed
>
> the request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
>
> How do I find out which device is the problem to fix it?
>