installation problems of a different sort

[Neil Payne]

burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare
desktop machine.

Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second
phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down
images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives
so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the
installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)

Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video
drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were
not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way
were for Windows XP.

Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking
good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget
is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of
Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media
player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.

Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...

I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday,
laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i
pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing.
Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned
another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do
microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going
out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress
levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the
install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on
install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now"
screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this
continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on
the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy
boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)

So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not?
both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below

Both compaq

Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD
Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD

You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the
slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a
seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit
defender, IE 7.

Hmm strange!!

Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the
problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

 

[Guest]

Hey,

I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.

When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physical
memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager.
The system can not continue".

I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).

I am thinking that our problems may be linked.

I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but
it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only
person in this whole world that has had this problem.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Guest]

Hey,

I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.

When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physical
memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager.
The system can not continue".

I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).

I am thinking that our problems may be linked.

I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but
it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only
person in this whole world that has had this problem.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Neil Payne]

Strange in deed..

I actually wonder if it may be to do with certain types of DVD..

The ones my image are on are DVD -R, i know my laptop can definately handle
DVD +R as i've watched movies on it which have been done using DVD+R, but
what i find strange is that the desktop machine of similar spec read the
disc no problem. I actually wonder though if its becuase the desktop
machine has DVD/CDRW drive and the laptop has a standard DVD ROM drive and
just simply doesn't like the discs. Think i'll buy some DVD+R and give that
a try. Watch this space!

I have also downloaded the image again from microsoft web site just in case
there is a problem with the image!!

Cheers

Neil

 

[Neil Payne]

Hmm interesting!!

I have just tried the installation disk in my desktop machine i use for day
to day stuff, the one im writing this email with now and the installation
will actually work with the disks my laptop won't read..

This machine is running XP at the moment and just about meets min
requirements fro Vista

800mhz processor
512 mb RAM
20 gig HDD

The install would work from a desktop upgrade, the laptop has XP on it and
when trying exactly the same it jusat keeps bringing up the install windows
screen and goe no further.

The problems you are having with your note book do you try and install from
the desktop by logging on first and the running the DVD or is it from
bootup?? maybe it just doesn't like laptops / notebooks. It would be
interesting to see if anyone has actually installed on a laptop or notebook
and it worked without any problems. Maybe we should create a new post?

 

[Guest]

Hey,

I dont have a desktop PC to try it with. I only wanted a laptop, which is
why I got such a beast of a laptop, and now it cant even seem to install
Vista :S

The DVD should be fine. I can read the contents, and when I put the DVD in
while running win XP it comes up with the installation screen.

I tried putting my other laptop hard drive in, installed Windows XP, and
then did an upgrade to Vista while XP was running, and as soon as Vista went
to restart, it came back with the error about "no physical memory is
available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system
can not continue."

So I have no idea what is going on.
My RAM is DEFINATELY fine. The error happens whether I have 1x 512MB simm
in, or 2x 512MB simms in (totalling 1GB). It seems strange that they would
even specify exact parts of memory anyway, so maybe that error message is a
bit misleading.

It just doesn't make sense.

Regards,
Chris

 

[Guest]

Hey,

I dont have a desktop PC to try it with. I only wanted a laptop, which is
why I got such a beast of a laptop, and now it cant even seem to install
Vista :S

The DVD should be fine. I can read the contents, and when I put the DVD in
while running win XP it comes up with the installation screen.

I tried putting my other laptop hard drive in, installed Windows XP, and
then did an upgrade to Vista while XP was running, and as soon as Vista went
to restart, it came back with the error about "no physical memory is
available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system
can not continue."

So I have no idea what is going on.
My RAM is DEFINATELY fine. The error happens whether I have 1x 512MB simm
in, or 2x 512MB simms in (totalling 1GB). It seems strange that they would
even specify exact parts of memory anyway, so maybe that error message is a
bit misleading.

It just doesn't make sense.

Regards,
Chris

 

[Neil Payne]

I managed to solve the problem i was having, i burned the image on to a DVD
+R and installation went through without any bother. Just having a problem
trying to get office 2007 beta on it now, but that may be down to the way
nero is burning the disc??

Do you get an error code along with the error message?

Neil.

 

[Guest]

Hey,

There is no error code or anything. Just that error message.

AFter making some emails last night, it appears that my Clevo notebook will
NOT support Vista at all, even though it does meet the Vista system
requirements, and the Vista Upgrade Advisor DOES say that my laptop will
support Vista.

I am pretty p'd off with Clevo at the moment.

I even tried updating the bios today but it did not help it at all.

Not recommending anyone to buy a Clevo notebook anymore.

Does anyone know whether this will work in the final version?

I have no idea what could be stopping it from installing though. Even on an
old Pentium 2 I could install Windows XP (Slow, but it installed and worked,
even though Pentium 2's came out YEARS before XP).

Regards,
Chris

 

[Guest]

Hey,

There is no error code or anything. Just that error message.

AFter making some emails last night, it appears that my Clevo notebook will
NOT support Vista at all, even though it does meet the Vista system
requirements, and the Vista Upgrade Advisor DOES say that my laptop will
support Vista.

I am pretty p'd off with Clevo at the moment.

I even tried updating the bios today but it did not help it at all.

Not recommending anyone to buy a Clevo notebook anymore.

Does anyone know whether this will work in the final version?

I have no idea what could be stopping it from installing though. Even on an
old Pentium 2 I could install Windows XP (Slow, but it installed and worked,
even though Pentium 2's came out YEARS before XP).

Regards,
Chris

 

[Guest]

Hey,

There is no error code or anything. Just that error message.

AFter making some emails last night, it appears that my Clevo notebook will
NOT support Vista at all, even though it does meet the Vista system
requirements, and the Vista Upgrade Advisor DOES say that my laptop will
support Vista.

I am pretty p'd off with Clevo at the moment.

I even tried updating the bios today but it did not help it at all.

Not recommending anyone to buy a Clevo notebook anymore.

Does anyone know whether this will work in the final version?

I have no idea what could be stopping it from installing though. Even on an
old Pentium 2 I could install Windows XP (Slow, but it installed and worked,
even though Pentium 2's came out YEARS before XP).

Regards,
Chris

 

[Guest]

Hey,

There is no error code or anything. Just that error message.

AFter making some emails last night, it appears that my Clevo notebook will
NOT support Vista at all, even though it does meet the Vista system
requirements, and the Vista Upgrade Advisor DOES say that my laptop will
support Vista.

I am pretty p'd off with Clevo at the moment.

I even tried updating the bios today but it did not help it at all.

Not recommending anyone to buy a Clevo notebook anymore.

Does anyone know whether this will work in the final version?

I have no idea what could be stopping it from installing though. Even on an
old Pentium 2 I could install Windows XP (Slow, but it installed and worked,
even though Pentium 2's came out YEARS before XP).

Regards,
Chris