Recent content by forcemajeure

It's worth a try - I didn't isolate the different steps I took to fix my particular situation, i.e. only did one thing at a time and then let the install fail, so it could have been any of the things I had done to try and solve it. I was just offering my particular situation.

I knew it wasn't an ISO-related issue all along, I just didn't see any signs pointing to that, as I checksummed every time and it seemed rather unlikely that it would fail right at the very end before it checks the video. From 6956, I re-installed 7000 using no USB except for my keyboard and...

I reread what you wrote and I'm getting confused around the part where you say run the command prompt from in my dvd rom drive. as far as i know, all you can do is do setup.exe and allow it to proceed as normal, the only time the command prompt is an option is after it fails to load after...

But I also installed it from a virtually mounted ISO too, with no DVD media at all, and the same error. It reboots in an endless cycle - the moment it reboots is about 1 or 2 seconds after the "Windows is preparing your computer for first use" screen appears. Then the computer powers down...

I disagree. With VMWare Tools or VirtualBox's additional package installed (forget the name they use) you can get nearly the same performance in many cases - Linux or Windows. In fact, a few people I know have told me that XP feels faster when run as a guest OS via VirtualBox in Linux. Now...

I am having the same issue - for weeks now. On every website or forum it seems that everyone is hung up on corrupt ISO's when it's not that at all. I've tried to install 6956, 7000 (the one that was leaked), the official 7000 (tonight), and it's the same thing every time. I tried it on a...