Have you tried mounting the ISO using Virtual Drive tools such as Daemon
Tools or NERO Image Drive and install that way? Also, you could try
extracting the contents of the ISO to a folder in XP and launch setup from
there and see if it works. Did you burn the ISO at a low speed, 2x
recommended?
http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/an...6/08/3002.aspx
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"Andrea Casini" <AndreaCasini@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> i've burned the .iso file in the correct way, but still can't boot from
> that
> DVD on my IBM Thinkpad R40. I know i burned it right because i can
> correctly
> boot with the same Vista Beta 2 DVD on other machine and from Virtual
> Machines.
>
> The thing is that i can correctly boot my PC from any other bootable
> CD/DVD
> but not from Vista Beta 2. The boot sequence is correct (otherwise i
> wouldn't
> boot from Windows XP CDROM), i also checked if i have latest BIOS and DVD
> drive firmware and they are already up to date.
>
> Waird, considering i could boot with previous Vista DVD with no preblems.
>
> Anyone has an idea what to do next?