Disk Read Error when Installing XP SP2

[eateryofpiza]

Hello, computer specs are in my sig.

I'm doing a clean install of XP SP2 onto a completely clean hard drive that has been partitioned into multiple partitions in preparation for multi-booting, including Linux. The SATA setting in the BIOS is set to Compatibility mode.

I get past the first set of blue install screens, where the installer copies a bunch of files and then it restarts. However, when it does restart I get this error:

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A disk read error occurred
Press CRTL+ALT+DEL to restart.

AFAIK, the disk is clean and good. I ran a Hitachi diagnostic tool before installing and it said it was fine. I also zero-filled the drive with DBAN before I did anything. I also tried Recovery Console -> fixboot and fixmbr. Did I screw up my install of SP2 somewhere?

EDIT: Resolved. Turns out my SP2 cd was scratched.