cannot copy file from dvd

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I'm installing windows vista 32-bit edition from scratch, and it gets to 1%
after like 5 minutes and then says "Setup could not copy a file to the hard
disk(s)." then exits setup, no option to try again. What could be the
problem? How can I get more detailed error information? Could it be the DVD I
made has a bad sector?
 
I'm installing windows vista 32-bit edition from scratch, and it gets to 1%
after like 5 minutes and then says "Setup could not copy a file to the hard
disk(s)." then exits setup, no option to try again. What could be the
problem? How can I get more detailed error information? Could it be the DVD I
made has a bad sector?
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That's possible. Do you have a drive with 4 gigs free space? See if
you can copy all the files from the DVD to a folder on your hard drive
- see if you get a copy or CRC error.
 
Have you tried alternative methods of installing such as using Virtual Drive
software such as Daemon Tools or NERO Image drive? Have you tried extracting
the contents of the ISO to a folder in an existing install of Windows, and
launch setup from there?

Try reburning the ISO at a low speed, 2x recommended, also do a CRC check on
the ISO to find out its integrity. Nero MD5 Verifier is a recommended
choice. If setup still fails, its likely a bad download.

I use the one from Ahead Nero
http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/eng/Nero_MD5_Verifier.html

Here are the MD5/CRC values for x86 or x64 depending on which every ISO you
downloaded:

x86
- File Size = 3.12 GB (3,355,598,848 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0x67E089E0
- MD5 Value = 0E733AB1A8E8FF9A8684FD3639332773
x64
- File Size = 4.01 GB (4,309,368,832 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0x48697711
- MD5 Value = E43502D0A15EADD551119D5639859E04

Paste the MD5 Checksum for either x64 or x86 depending on which one you want
check in Step 1, Step 2 - Browse to where you stored the ISO on your drive
and open it and it will automatically start the varification process and
generate the has in the third field, if it matches Step 1, then you are
safe.
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Ahh thank you. I'd tried all the other things, such as using alcohol 120% to
mount the image, but they all failed the same way. Now after verifying the
MD5 I can see the download has been corrupted. What a pain in the ass! I'll
have to wait until next month to re-download because we have bandwidth caps
in New Zealand. I can't order it on cd because microsoft's credit card form
is completely broken. Pretty unlike them actually...

btw sorry about my other posts in the other threads, the usenet system kept
telling me there was an error when I was posting, but really it seems to have
been working..

Thanks again for providing those MD5s
 
rocifier said:
Ahh thank you. I'd tried all the other things, such as using alcohol 120%
to
mount the image, but they all failed the same way. Now after verifying the
MD5 I can see the download has been corrupted. What a pain in the ass!
I'll
have to wait until next month to re-download because we have bandwidth
caps
in New Zealand. I can't order it on cd because microsoft's credit card
form
is completely broken. Pretty unlike them actually...

btw sorry about my other posts in the other threads, the usenet system
kept
telling me there was an error when I was posting, but really it seems to
have
been working..

Thanks again for providing those MD5s
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Order the DVD.
 
That's what I meant... I can't order the DVD because the credit card order
form is all mucked up. It looks like it has no cascading style sheet on it,
and doesn't show a price when I get to entering credit card details. If I
enter my credit card credentials anyway, the form won't submit when I click
the submit image. If I press enter somewhere in the form, it submits and
reloads the page with no confirmation. Definitely leads me to believe it
didn't work. I hope it didn't work, because I tried it about 10 times in two
different browsers, over two days. That's a lot of money it might be taking
off my credit card. What gives?
 
Contact the Beta 2 fulfillment folks at:

You may contact a Microsoft Customer Service Representative by telephone
Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET, at 1-800-590-6385,
toll-free in the United States and Canada for order questions.

You can also send inquiries to (e-mail address removed)
 
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