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The original poster, davidhk129, encountered an installation failure of Windows 8.1 Pro at 93% using a bootable DVD, and sought help to understand and resolve the issue. They later aborted the attempt, opted to reinstall Windows 8 Pro instead, and planned to upgrade back to 8.1. A subsequent comment from kaylagarcia indicated that the device manager showed no errors, implying no apparent hardware issues. Overall, the thread reflects troubleshooting efforts with a resolution leaning towards reinstalling Windows without detailed solutions to the initial error.
davidhk129

davidhk129

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Trying to reinstall Win 8.1 Pro with a bootable DVD.
Install failed at 93%.
Error message in screenshot.
What does that mean and how can I resolve it ?
Thank you.

An image from 'Install error'. Windows 8.1 setup error: cannot launch Install.exe due to DLL initialization failure.
 

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davidhk129

davidhk129

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Doesn't matter now.
I have reinstalled Win 8 Pro and I'll work my way back to 8.1
 

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