Chris S

I had a bad ISO image and I just re-downloaded it and then burned it at 4x
with ImgBurn.
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"Marc Wiselius" wrote:

> Hi, everyone,
>
> I hope someone can help me. I have a HP t.3360 nl (Pavilion) PC:
> Intel Pentium 4 processor 517
> 1 GB DDR2-SDRAM
> 200 GB (7200 RPM) including 6gb partition for system restore
> 1 DVD drive 16x
> 1 DVD writer 16x
>
> Anyway when I boot with the vista dvd I see a black screen and at the bottom
> the message: "copying files". Also a steadily filling horizontal bar. When
> the bar is full the screen "blinks" twice and I get a black screen. I waited
> for 3 hours but nothing happens.
>
> When installing from within XP everything goes OK: installing files,
> decrompressing files, etc. Then the PC reboots into a black screen which
> remains for 3 hours with nothing happening. After those 3 hours I simply give
> up that installation.
>
> I tried burning the DVD at slower speeds, thinking it might be the dvd, but
> to no avail. I also used a virtual dvd drive with the iso image but still the
> same problem.
>
> At one point I installed VMware and did the installation on a virtual
> machine. It worked but only when I used the iso image in the dvd drive.
>
> Hope that someone has a good suggestion.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc