markjuggles
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- Jan 11, 2009
I have attempted to install the Windows 7 Beta on three systems:
1. Dell Dimenison 4400, 1.6 GHz, 80 GB disk, 1GB RAM (runs XP Pro perfectly)
2. Virtual PC 6 with 1 GB RAM hosted by a 2 GHz XP Pro system (physical and virtual DVDs)
3. HP Pavilion 510n with 1/2 GB RAM, 40 GB disk, 1.2 GHz (runs XP Pro perfectly)
All were clean installs.
For #3, I know the minimum RAM is 1 GB, but you would think that I would get a reasonable error message right? Nope: "image file [install.wim] does not exist".
In all cases, the initial steps were successful.
Most of the failures were an inability to extract something resulting a hex number. The most common was 0x80070570.
I also tried slow formatting the partitions that Win7 created and restarting the install.
My image came straight from Microsoft and validates ok. See this post:
http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-installation-upgrade/1074-windows-7-md5sum.html
It was burned on name brand and store brand DVD and DVD-RW media with Nero 7, Nero 7 as-slow-as-possible, and ImgBurn as-slow-as-possible.
Linux isn't this much trouble even with new hardware.
I guess I'll warm the bench and wait for the next beta....
Is there a poll for successes and failures?
Mark
1. Dell Dimenison 4400, 1.6 GHz, 80 GB disk, 1GB RAM (runs XP Pro perfectly)
2. Virtual PC 6 with 1 GB RAM hosted by a 2 GHz XP Pro system (physical and virtual DVDs)
3. HP Pavilion 510n with 1/2 GB RAM, 40 GB disk, 1.2 GHz (runs XP Pro perfectly)
All were clean installs.
For #3, I know the minimum RAM is 1 GB, but you would think that I would get a reasonable error message right? Nope: "image file [install.wim] does not exist".
In all cases, the initial steps were successful.
Most of the failures were an inability to extract something resulting a hex number. The most common was 0x80070570.
I also tried slow formatting the partitions that Win7 created and restarting the install.
My image came straight from Microsoft and validates ok. See this post:
http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-installation-upgrade/1074-windows-7-md5sum.html
It was burned on name brand and store brand DVD and DVD-RW media with Nero 7, Nero 7 as-slow-as-possible, and ImgBurn as-slow-as-possible.
Linux isn't this much trouble even with new hardware.
I guess I'll warm the bench and wait for the next beta....
Is there a poll for successes and failures?
Mark