problem with Vista

[QueBert]

googled the hell out of this, doesn't seem anyone has exactly figured it out. I installed Vista Beta 2 on my Raptor, when it tries to load it tells me winload.exe is missing or corrupt. This is a clean install on a partition that has nothing else on it. One link on google said something about Vista looks on C: by default and if you install on another partition you'll run into problems, but I don't want to overwrite my XP install. Any suggestions?

 

[TG2]

Have you installed Vista with this CD previously?

If not, try reburning the ISO at a mush slower speed (1x or 2x)

 

[hans030390]

I found that I had to always mount my Vista iso. Burning always screwed things up for me. My Vista OS is in my D: partition, so I doubt that it has anything to do with the C: drive.

If you tried burning it on your own, use daemon tools instead and just reformat that other partition you were going to put it on.

 

[QueBert]

I tried a burnt copy, and I used Daemon Tools to mount it.

 

[hans030390]

so wait, you tried mounting the iso in daemon tools, installing it with that, and it still gives you problems?

Are you able to try a different Vista build?

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: hans030390
so wait, you tried mounting the iso in daemon tools, installing it with that, and it still gives you problems?

Are you able to try a different Vista build?

I didn't install directly from the mounted image figuring when it rebooted to continue the install it wouldn't be able to find the Vista files because they're on a virtual drive which is no longer there. I burned the image as 4x the slowest Nero would allow. I mounted the image in DT and copied the files to my HD. tried 4 installs, formatted the partition 2 of the times. Tried the "repair" with no luck. I legally can't get a different build, so I have given up, Vista Beta 2 isn't meant to be ran on my pc