Vista - Installation Error

have tried to install Vista Beta 2 this morning and twice I have received
this error message.

AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE PREPARING WINDOWS SETUP TO BOOT INTO THE NEXT STAGE
OF SETUP

The installation then cancelled.

I have no idea why this is happening, as it completes,

Copying windows files.
Expanding files.
Installing features
And appears to complete installing updates, then the error message.

The installation is on a fresh 400GB hard drive with the hardware that is
listed below.

Can anyone shed any light as to why this is happening? I hope this is just a
glitch with Beta 2 and will not be the same for RC1/2 or even RTM or I am
going to be in big trouble.

Any help would be appreciated.



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Windows XP Professional with SP2
Asus A8N-SLI PREMIUM Motherboard
Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU Blue
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
2GB Corsair Pro LED DDR PC3500LL RAM.
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 16MB Cache 300GB SATA Hard Drive.
Connect3D Radeon X1900XT-X 512MB Graphics Card.
Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Music Soundcard.
LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B.
LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B.
Labtec Audio F/X Theatre Speaker System ATX-5820.
Ambit Cable Modem.
Microsoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard.
AOC 19' TFT Monitor LM919

At what point of the installation process are you loading the driver for
your SATA hard drive? You don't specifically mention it in your
description.

--
Mark

Keeping the fun in dysfunctional!

"Bomber" <Bomber@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:34C14D0B-BBC1-453E-BA94-11F7726ECFF6@microsoft.com...
> have tried to install Vista Beta 2 this morning and twice I have received
> this error message.
>
> AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE PREPARING WINDOWS SETUP TO BOOT INTO THE NEXT
> STAGE
> OF SETUP
>
> The installation then cancelled.
>
> I have no idea why this is happening, as it completes,
>
> Copying windows files.
> Expanding files.
> Installing features
> And appears to complete installing updates, then the error message.
>
> The installation is on a fresh 400GB hard drive with the hardware that is
> listed below.
>
> Can anyone shed any light as to why this is happening? I hope this is just
> a
> glitch with Beta 2 and will not be the same for RC1/2 or even RTM or I am
> going to be in big trouble.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> --------------------
>
> Windows XP Professional with SP2
> Asus A8N-SLI PREMIUM Motherboard
> Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU Blue
> AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
> 2GB Corsair Pro LED DDR PC3500LL RAM.
> Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 16MB Cache 300GB SATA Hard Drive.
> Connect3D Radeon X1900XT-X 512MB Graphics Card.
> Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Music Soundcard.
> LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B.
> LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B.
> Labtec Audio F/X Theatre Speaker System ATX-5820.
> Ambit Cable Modem.
> Microsoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard.
> AOC 19' TFT Monitor LM919