Sorry in advance for the lengthy writeup, just trying to be as thorough as possible.
First my specs:
Striker II Forumla Mobo
Intel Core 2 duo e6300
4GB Mushkin Redline PC2 8000 (2x2gb)
2x WD Cavier SE 16 250gb HDD (raid 0)
Asus EN9600GT 512mb Graphics
Attempting to install Vista Home Premium 64-bit version
The problem:
I am trying to do a clean install of Windows Vista Home premium 64-bit version on to the machine. It is a new build and all the hardware is working great and all looks well in the BIOS.
I previously had the 32-bit version of the OS installed and then decided to go 64 bit when I got the new hardware(mobo, CPU, and GPU). Every time I boot from the disk to perform the install it takes forever to get to the first screen, like abnormally long. It finally gets to the point where I can enter my product key, after clicking on Next it sits for a good 15 minutes then I get an error message reading:
Cannot find file D:\Source\install.wim. File is either corrupt or missing blah blah blah.
After a few attempts I then tried removing a stick of ram, I got further this time, was able to format my hard drives and install the new 64-bit raid controller. Then it copied the files in a matter of seconds and hung on (Expanding Files) at 0% for a good hour and a half. I then decided to reboot and try again only to get the same error message again.
I looked online at other forums and I saw a lot of problems with people downloading the OS and it not matching the ISO, but this DVD is straight from Microsoft, so there shouldn't be any download errors there. My question is should I just stop beating around the bush with Microsoft and have them send me a new copy, or do I have some unforeseen hardware problem?
Note: I did call Vista tech support and they had me go into the DVD and find the install.wim and copied it to my desktop (we did this on my laptop) apparently this proved the DVD was NOT broken.
Please any help would be great and again sorry for the giant wall of text.
First my specs:
Striker II Forumla Mobo
Intel Core 2 duo e6300
4GB Mushkin Redline PC2 8000 (2x2gb)
2x WD Cavier SE 16 250gb HDD (raid 0)
Asus EN9600GT 512mb Graphics
Attempting to install Vista Home Premium 64-bit version
The problem:
I am trying to do a clean install of Windows Vista Home premium 64-bit version on to the machine. It is a new build and all the hardware is working great and all looks well in the BIOS.
I previously had the 32-bit version of the OS installed and then decided to go 64 bit when I got the new hardware(mobo, CPU, and GPU). Every time I boot from the disk to perform the install it takes forever to get to the first screen, like abnormally long. It finally gets to the point where I can enter my product key, after clicking on Next it sits for a good 15 minutes then I get an error message reading:
Cannot find file D:\Source\install.wim. File is either corrupt or missing blah blah blah.
After a few attempts I then tried removing a stick of ram, I got further this time, was able to format my hard drives and install the new 64-bit raid controller. Then it copied the files in a matter of seconds and hung on (Expanding Files) at 0% for a good hour and a half. I then decided to reboot and try again only to get the same error message again.
I looked online at other forums and I saw a lot of problems with people downloading the OS and it not matching the ISO, but this DVD is straight from Microsoft, so there shouldn't be any download errors there. My question is should I just stop beating around the bush with Microsoft and have them send me a new copy, or do I have some unforeseen hardware problem?
Note: I did call Vista tech support and they had me go into the DVD and find the install.wim and copied it to my desktop (we did this on my laptop) apparently this proved the DVD was NOT broken.
Please any help would be great and again sorry for the giant wall of text.