setup error

For some reason my cementmixer (brain) told me I could set up W8 in the following manner BUT it was a failure. I used this procedure over 30 years ago on large IBM mainframes. The following was my logic: On the C drive I only have 1 partition which is used for W7 files etc. I used diskmgmt...

Hi, Not sure if I am in correct forum cos' I'm not too sure what is causing my problem. About 2 weeks ago I began having issues with burning files to disc, i.e. drag and drop to a RAM disc. Previously no problems. I also noticed later that my 2 optical drives were being shown as SCSI drives...

When installing Windows to a drive greater than 2.2TB you receive Error 0x80042468. This will occur if you install Windows 7 and manually try to create one partition using “Advanced Drive Options” during setup. Link Removed

Hi people! I have a problem I cannot solve. I suddenly got the "Windows cannot start due to a hardware or software change, windows/system32/config/system 0x000000f systemregisterfile missing or damaged" - message for no apparent reason (noe installations or changes lately, it just came up...

When trying to deploy Windows 7 using SysPrep, with CopyProfile=true in the Answer file and applying the image using imagex by booting to WinPE, during mini-setup the setup fails with the following error message: "Windows could not parse or process the... Link Removed

Hello. I'm trying to install Win7, but my installation fails every time. I tried both installing from the CD, or copying and mounting the image and then installing. After it copies the temporary files and it goes into the "Starting the Setup..." phase, I get this error message that "Windows...

Hi all, I am trying to connect my xbox 360 to windows media centre (windows 7) and keep getting a configuration error. After I checked the event logs I kept on getting this: Log Name: Media Center Source: Microsoft-Windows-Media Center Extender Date: 2010/07/31...

Hi everyone, I recently did a clean install of Windows 7 onto a new hard drive, and have been having several problems that I don't think are malware related. I've already done a repair install via upgrade media, and some problems that I had before went away, but many of them remained. My...

In the last couple days I've been trying to install Windows 7 over Windows XP (clean installation). Unfortunately I'm having a problem pretty early on in the process. Whenever I try to press "Next" on the screen that has you select which partition you want to install it on, it says for me...

Well i finally bit the bullet and decided to come ask for help. I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit. I also have an oldish MSI K9NNEO AM2 Motherboard. I managed to get all the drivers for my motherboard no worries from the MSI website, installed them all correctly except the Sound Drivers. With the...

So, I had the RC Build 7100 32-bit on my PC. This was installed over the top of 32-bit XP. It was expiring soon, got some issues and bluescreened every so often, so I booted the Windows 7 Repair CD I made and used cmd to format the C drive, which worked. However, when I try to load the XP setup...

Hey, is anyone know. why i can't install OFP Dragon Rising. I use Windows 7 Ultimate. When i click setup.exe then appear a command prompt but exit directly... Please someone help me...:frown:

I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (version 6.1 build 7600). I cannot install any software related with msi. For example, if I install Office 2007, there will be a pop up message "Setup cannot find Office.en-us\OfficeMUI.msi" and the installation has to be cancelled. Other software...

Firstly, great forum. I regret that my first post is a problem. I have just made a clean install of Windows 7 and everything went fine. I made a clean install from inside the W7 RC on a new SATA hard disk with a genuine Windows & Home Premium Disk. Installation only took about 30 minutes...

I'm running W7 RC1 x64 on my new i7 machine. I have successfully installed and run XP Mode without problems. Today I decided to install W2k in VPC. All went well, with the installation completing normally, but then I clicked on Install Integration Components and nothing happened. As per the...

Upon trying to do a fresh install, it goes down the list until it reaches "completing installation" and cancels with the message: "Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file. Contact the vedor of your Windows intallation disc or your system administrator for assistance." The...

I have a Dell Dimension 8400 currently running Windows XP, and I cannot seem to get past this problem. I have overcome several obstacles just to get to this point, but now I seem to have hit a dead stop, and I am not making any progress at all. "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is...

CPU: AMD X2 64 bit 3800+ (2.0 GHz) RAM: 4 GB Motherboard: BFG nForce4 Ultra Video Card: EVGA GeForce 8500 2 SATA Drives (160GB & 250GB) IDE DVD burner I have downloaded and burn multiple copies of Windows 7 and cannot get it to even really start the install. Went ahead and created a bootable...

Im trying to install my realtek audio driver R2.25 on my windows 7 RC 7100 x86 machine everytime i try to run the installer i get an error message: and Error (-5004 : 0x80070006 ) has occured while running the setup. Please make sure you have finsihed any previous setup and closed other...

Hello there. I'm trying to install Win7 RC x64 (build 7100) in my desktop but not success so far. When I try to install, I get the following message: Setup was unable to create a system partition or locate an existing partition. Error: 0x80300024 My hardware involved: - a 160GB Sata HD...