How do I fix a Cross language installation problem in SQL Server 2008?
Ensure that you have uninstalled all of your old SQL Server versions. Also you must restart the installer if you have not done that when you began installation.
I restarted the setup after facing the same problem, and I realized that man should not close the installation center till the setup process is completed. If you leave it open it will work.
All I had to do was exit the installer and start the process again. For some reason it worked the second time around.