Try reburning the ISO image from either Connect/MSDN on a really slow burn,
such as 2x speed. If that doesn't help, re-download the ISO and reburn at 2x
speed.
If that fails, report back soldier!
P
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"Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]" <cpdaniel_remove_this_and_nospam@mvps.org.nospam>
wrote in message news:uqfaiv8aGHA.4788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to install Vista build 5308, booting from a DVD. I get to the
> screen with the little progress bar animating near the bottom, then a
> blank screen and no further activity.
>
> This is a recent vintage machine: P4, 2.8Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 200Gb SATA hard
> drive, DVD & CD-ROM drives, nVidia 5600 FX video. All components are
> known-good (had Svr2k3 running previously).
>
> Ideas? Suggestions?
>
> I can dig up more details on chipsets, etc., if that'd help.
>
> -cd
>
>