On installation of new .dmg faceing error input/output error on my mac book

Hello All ,
I have mac book with 200GB HDD , 2GB RAM and Installled MAC OS 10.7.0 .
When I try to install any new .dmg file in it it shows below error
I need urgent halp for this issue .

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