I've now seen several posts involving problems with fatcow.

My suggestion... give fatcow the boot.

By comparison... this week we installed 9 new zencart sites. We use one of the UK's most reputable zencart hosts. The week before, we installed 4 sites, and next week we have 2 more to install.

We've installed a large number of zc sites...

And we have NEVER had problems - ever... These installs go smoothly and like clockwork...

... MOSTLY because we have a GOOD WEB HOST.