0x80070002 on clean install of 8.1 Enterprise or 8.1 Enterprise Update (spring refresh)

I'm looking for some ideas on this baffling problem.
I have three Vostro 1720 laptops from about 4 years ago. They all arrived in the same shipment. Their BIOS's were updated to the same version.
They had been on Win7, so late last year I clean-installed 8.1 Ent on two of them (full wipe, bootable media). All went well.
The last one had been working fine with Win7, but it was time for a new install. I've been trying to install 8.1 Ent on it ever since.
Setup fails during the "Getting files ready for installation" installation stage every time (at a random %, error 0x80070002). That's the stage following "Copying Windows files," which always completes.
I've confirmed that this is not the fault of the DVD or USB used for the install (I've tried both), as they both work fine for other machines.
Win7 installs fine.
At first, I thought surely it was a compatibility quirk with the newer 8.1 (the other machines were installed with the original 8.1), but no, even the original 8.1--the same one I used for the other two machines!--fails.
I've run MemTest86, no problem. I've run chkdsk /r and HDD Regenerator, no problem.
Nothing odd set in the BIOS (in fact, reset to defaults for good measure). AHCI is on, just as it always is on all of these machines.
What could it be? Unfortunately, most of the discussion about this error on the Internet has to do with update errors once Windows is already installed (like upgrading from 8.0 to 8.1), which is completely N/A to me.
I'm about to try 8.0 Ent next, but this is getting ridiculous at this point and makes no sense at all.

Hi,
Glad to hear that you've successfully install the Windows 8.1.
"At first, I thought surely it was a compatibility quirk with the newer 8.1 (the other machines were installed with the original 8.1), but no, even the original 8.1--the same one I used for the other two machines!--fails."
Regarding to the bootable usb, I'm thinking whether the usb has already been corrupted because I noticed that the installation fails in other machines. so create a new bootable usb if possible to eliminate this cause.
Yolanda Zhu
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After receiving an error when I try to install the latest update of OS-X, I took my laptop to oour schools IT dept. They tried to run the update in safe mode and then they got an error saying the system could not find the hard drive. Now they want to run a clean install which loses 1000's of docs and pictures. I have Block I exams in med school next Monday and all of my notes and slides are on that hard drive.
The IT dept took the hard drive out and tried to back it up and they said they other computer could not connect or find my hard drive.
Major panic....
I have Norton antivirus and have never found any viruses on the system. I also have a program called ExamSoft which some other students here have noted they had similar crashes. Not sure if that is the issue...

Several take home messages here:
always back up before you update.
always back up anything you don't want to lose. Kind of like flossing. Only floss the teeth you don't want to lose.
Norton is very, very bad software, and you should get rid of it.
You don't need antivirus software on your mac. Antivirus software on macs causes more trouble than it is worth.
Your hard drive may be failing and thus may not be salvageable.
You could try booting into the recovery partition and seeing if you can repair your hard drive.
If that doesn't work, then there is a small chance that a third party utility (like Disk Warrior or TechTool) might be able to fix your drive (if it is not failing).
If that doesn't work, you may be able to send your drive and a lot of cash to a drive recovery service and see if they can get your files off it.
In the mean time, get notes and slides from a (smart) friend.

0x80070002 on clean install of 8.1 Enterprise or 8.1 Enterprise Update (spring refresh)

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