cannot install because it's looking in the wrong place

[Middletree]

Downloaded the RTM iso, and burned the DVD. Tryung to install on VPC.
After entering the Key, it brings up a window saying that it cannot find
D:\sources\install.wim. When I open the DVD on my host computer, I can see
this file, clear as day.

Any ideas?

 

[JW]

Sounds like you burned a data DVD and not an ISO DVD from your download as
required.

 

[Theo]

If he had burned it as a data DVD it never would have gotten
to the point where it asked for a key. When you burn the
..iso as data, the DVD doesn't do anything because you only
have a single .iso file showing on the DVD.

 

[Middletree]

Sounds like you burned a data DVD and not an ISO DVD from your download as

required.

Nope. That's not it.

 

[pvdg42]

Downloaded the RTM iso, and burned the DVD. Tryung to install on VPC.
After entering the Key, it brings up a window saying that it cannot find
D:\sources\install.wim. When I open the DVD on my host computer, I can see
this file, clear as day.

Any ideas?

It's been a while since I used VPC, so this is a shot in the dark. I seem to
recall that you need to install the OS from within VPC, and it sounds like
you're trying to install from outside VPC?
I apologize in advance if my memory is inaccurate.

 

[Middletree]

It's been a while since I used VPC, so this is a shot in the dark. I seem
to recall that you need to install the OS from within VPC, and it sounds
like you're trying to install from outside VPC?

No, I'm doing it the same way I have done it many times with other OS's.

I'm beginning to suspect that the download it corrupt. I had to start and
stop and resume three different times.

 

[JW]

I thought of that but since the OP said he can open the DVD on his computer
and can see the missing file it certainly sounded like it was a data DVD and
had tried to run Setup.exe.

 

[Middletree]

I thought of that but since the OP said he can open the DVD on his computer

and can see the missing file it certainly sounded like it was a data DVD
and had tried to run Setup.exe.

I'm confused by this statement. If I had one big ISO file on the DVD, I
wouldn't have been able to see the particular file that was referenced
earlier.

 

[pvdg42]

No, I'm doing it the same way I have done it many times with other OS's.

I'm beginning to suspect that the download it corrupt. I had to start and
stop and resume three different times.

Did you check your MD5 or SHA against the values posted on the download
page?
Here's a link to a handy utility if you don't already have one.

http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/index.htm

 

[Clint]

I had this exact same problem. I got around it by mounting the ISO image
using PowerISO, and installing from that. From what I recall from the
microsoft.public.virtualpc newsgroups, this is a semi-common problem, and
not exclusive to Vista (i.e. XP can have the same issue). I did the same
thing as you, re-download, re-burn, rinse, and repeat... First try with the
mounted image worked fine.

GIve it a whirl, and see how it goes.

 

[Guest]

Hello.

I had a great deal of problems using the DVD. I simply solved this by coping
the DVD to a folder on a drive and installed it from within Xp. the install
went very well then. (I only installed it about 10 times using the DVD before
I gave up on it, and the checksum was good)

good luck

Jones