MD5 Verification

[Guest]

I downloaded and installed FileCheckMD5 (kudos to Brandon Staggs) and then
ran a file check against the downloaded iso file for Vista x64 Beta 2. The
file properties window states the correct size: 4,309,368,832 bytes. The MD5
result I receive from the test is:

8ec33bb91f4b8a364b349323cf5dcbda

VistaBase's site (Great site! Check them out!) states it should be:

E43502D0A15EADD551119D5639859E04

I realize these are different. I just want to be sure that I have a corrupt
iso before I go through the motions of re-downloading 4G worth of data.

Can anyone who actually knows what they are doing, unlike myself, verify the
MD5 as reported by VistaBase?

 

[Zack Whittaker]

There's a link on the same page Mark -
http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?getstarted

And a big thanks to Andre of course who posted them in the first place )
And thanks for the compliments!

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[Guest]

I should have looked more thoroughly! And Andre has been nicely answering
this same question in this forum about a gazillion times too as I discovered
after actually searching instead of lazily posting! So far both of you have
helped me immensly.

 

[Guest]

I tried the checker and it tells me that my Vista and Office 2007 are both
fine which is strange since Vista is only 2,097 mb and Office failed to
install.

 

[Guest]

I have the same checksum as well, did you have to redownload it?

 

[Guest]

I re-downloaded the file. Exactly the same size, exactly the same,
incorrect, checksum.

 

[Guest]

I have downloaded the 64 bit version three times now, and I have the same
wrong MD5 result as you are getting, the chances of that are very low... I
can only assume that maybe the file on the server is somehow corrupt

 

[Guest]

I have downloaded the 64 bit version three times now, and I have the same
wrong MD5 result as you are getting, the chances of that are very low... I
can only assume that maybe the file on the server is somehow corrupt

 

[Guest]

Sorry about the first post.

I used the recommended download manager for the 32 bit version. Everything
looks okay except the posted/correct checksum. I used two MD5 programs and
neither displayed the correct checksum.

I am downloading it again. However, I am wondering if there is another
reason the checksum would be different as Heath pointed out.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

I used a different checksum app and it worked. Here's the link:
http://vista.visualwin.com/check-iso/

I always extract zipped files into my C:\Extract folder and I had so many
MD5 apps I named this folder "Command Line".

In any case, both of my downloads checked out so you may want to go grab
this little app and run it.

A tip: So I didn't have to type the entire name, I just copied the file
name from the properties tab.

C:\EXTRACT\Command line>md5.exe
vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x86fre_cl
ient-LB2CFRE_EN_DVD.iso
0E733AB1A8E8FF9A8684FD3639332773
vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x86fre_
client-LB2CFRE_EN_DVD.iso