Leopard won't install because of "HewlettPackardPrinter" package

To start off I had to repartition my drive to the GUID partition. Afterwards I attempted to install Leopard twice, both times it stopped claiming it couldnt install because of my "HewlettPackardPrinter" package. (It stopped at seperate times though. First time was 30 min left, second was 11 minutes left) This is obivously my plug and go printer, which operated fine and gave me no problems up until now. I called apple support and spent two and a half hours on the phone with CS, we tried installing it both with the archived files and withouth and there was an error both times. THEN I lost the call and when I called back the support line was already closed because it was then 9:30pm. I tried my final install option, "Erase and Install" which I assumed would override the problem with what my printer left behind. It didn't the same error came up around 17minutes. Any advice?

So, my cd was corrupt. Just goes to show the importance of having patience and letting the cd check for consistency run prior to installing. Also, there's a way to select which printer drivers you want installed in the customize tab prior to installation. It installed fine with the HP printer driver selected with my new Leopard CD. The compatibility of the old printer package with the new OSLeopard had nothing to do with the install failure.

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