Vista - Installation Error

When I try to install Vista Beta from WinXP Home, I get the following error:
'Temporary setup files could not be copied to the C: drive. Setup cannot
continue."

Any suggestion or guidance?

Make sure you enough free space on C: which requires a minimum of 500 MBs I
believe to store temporary files.
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"RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1E4FB2F3-FE50-48FA-818F-5601A09DCEFA@microsoft.com...
> When I try to install Vista Beta from WinXP Home, I get the following
> error:
> 'Temporary setup files could not be copied to the C: drive. Setup cannot
> continue."
>
> Any suggestion or guidance?

Thank you Andre Da Costa. I did increase my virtual memory size but that
doesn't seem to resolve the issue? I went to Control Panel --> Systems -->
Advanced tab --> Performance Settings --> Advanced Tab --> Virtual Memory
Change -->

Then i changed the initial size to 3000 (MB), and the Max to 4096 (MB), then
rebooted.

Did I change the correct setting. My computer shows 40gig available on the
C: drive?

Thanks.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Make sure you enough free space on C: which requires a minimum of 500 MBs I
> believe to store temporary files.
> --
> --
> Andre
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>
> "RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1E4FB2F3-FE50-48FA-818F-5601A09DCEFA@microsoft.com...
> > When I try to install Vista Beta from WinXP Home, I get the following
> > error:
> > 'Temporary setup files could not be copied to the C: drive. Setup cannot
> > continue."
> >
> > Any suggestion or guidance?
>
>
>

Thank you Andre Da Costa. I did increase my virtual memory size but that
doesn't seem to resolve the issue? I went to Control Panel --> Systems -->
Advanced tab --> Performance Settings --> Advanced Tab --> Virtual Memory
Change -->

Then i changed the initial size to 3000 (MB), and the Max to 4096 (MB), then
rebooted.

Did I change the correct setting. My computer shows 40gig available on the
C: drive?

Thanks.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Make sure you enough free space on C: which requires a minimum of 500 MBs I
> believe to store temporary files.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1E4FB2F3-FE50-48FA-818F-5601A09DCEFA@microsoft.com...
> > When I try to install Vista Beta from WinXP Home, I get the following
> > error:
> > 'Temporary setup files could not be copied to the C: drive. Setup cannot
> > continue."
> >
> > Any suggestion or guidance?
>
>
>

Thank you Andre Da Costa. I did increase my virtual memory size but that
doesn't seem to resolve the issue? I went to Control Panel --> Systems -->
Advanced tab --> Performance Settings --> Advanced Tab --> Virtual Memory
Change -->

Then i changed the initial size to 3000 (MB), and the Max to 4096 (MB), then
rebooted.

Did I change the correct setting. My computer shows 40gig available on the
C: drive?

Thanks.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Make sure you enough free space on C: which requires a minimum of 500 MBs I
> believe to store temporary files.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1E4FB2F3-FE50-48FA-818F-5601A09DCEFA@microsoft.com...
> > When I try to install Vista Beta from WinXP Home, I get the following
> > error:
> > 'Temporary setup files could not be copied to the C: drive. Setup cannot
> > continue."
> >
> > Any suggestion or guidance?
>
>
>

Are you upgrading your existing installation or installing to a new
partition? Have you tried alternative methods to installing such as creating
a partition for Vista, boot from the disk and install it to that logical
partition?
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--
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"RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A117CC8E-7753-463F-8D4D-9E2F3FE7D59E@microsoft.com...
> Thank you Andre Da Costa. I did increase my virtual memory size but that
> doesn't seem to resolve the issue? I went to Control Panel -->
> Systems -->
> Advanced tab --> Performance Settings --> Advanced Tab --> Virtual Memory
> Change -->
>
> Then i changed the initial size to 3000 (MB), and the Max to 4096 (MB),
> then
> rebooted.
>
> Did I change the correct setting. My computer shows 40gig available on
> the
> C: drive?
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> Make sure you enough free space on C: which requires a minimum of 500 MBs
>> I
>> believe to store temporary files.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1E4FB2F3-FE50-48FA-818F-5601A09DCEFA@microsoft.com...
>> > When I try to install Vista Beta from WinXP Home, I get the following
>> > error:
>> > 'Temporary setup files could not be copied to the C: drive. Setup
>> > cannot
>> > continue."
>> >
>> > Any suggestion or guidance?
>>
>>
>>

Not sure. I inserted the DVD while WinXP is running then ran the DVD, I am
guessing that is the upgrade you mention. I'm not sure I know how to create
a partittion then boot from that? Are there some simple step to accomplish
this. I'm using a spare computer so if things go wrong it's not a big deal.
I appreciate your help.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Are you upgrading your existing installation or installing to a new
> partition? Have you tried alternative methods to installing such as creating
> a partition for Vista, boot from the disk and install it to that logical
> partition?
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A117CC8E-7753-463F-8D4D-9E2F3FE7D59E@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you Andre Da Costa. I did increase my virtual memory size but that
> > doesn't seem to resolve the issue? I went to Control Panel -->
> > Systems -->
> > Advanced tab --> Performance Settings --> Advanced Tab --> Virtual Memory
> > Change -->
> >
> > Then i changed the initial size to 3000 (MB), and the Max to 4096 (MB),
> > then
> > rebooted.
> >
> > Did I change the correct setting. My computer shows 40gig available on
> > the
> > C: drive?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
> >
> >> Make sure you enough free space on C: which requires a minimum of 500 MBs
> >> I
> >> believe to store temporary files.
> >> --
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >>
> >> "RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1E4FB2F3-FE50-48FA-818F-5601A09DCEFA@microsoft.com...
> >> > When I try to install Vista Beta from WinXP Home, I get the following
> >> > error:
> >> > 'Temporary setup files could not be copied to the C: drive. Setup
> >> > cannot
> >> > continue."
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestion or guidance?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

You need to have a partitioning program such as Symantec Partition Magic 8
to create a logical disk space from your existing hard disk which would be
the 40 GB drive. You can also use your XP CD, boot from it and use the text
based setup to create a logical partition in the existing space and after
which you exit setup, go back into XP, launch Vista setup, when the custom
option is made available, you click and select the partition you dedicated
for Vista.

Note that the minimum disk space required for Vista is 11.3 GBs. So make
sure give Vista enough space.
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Andre
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"RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB5147C2-1966-4A27-ABF3-760D24DFA7A8@microsoft.com...
> Not sure. I inserted the DVD while WinXP is running then ran the DVD, I
> am
> guessing that is the upgrade you mention. I'm not sure I know how to
> create
> a partittion then boot from that? Are there some simple step to
> accomplish
> this. I'm using a spare computer so if things go wrong it's not a big
> deal.
> I appreciate your help.
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> Are you upgrading your existing installation or installing to a new
>> partition? Have you tried alternative methods to installing such as
>> creating
>> a partition for Vista, boot from the disk and install it to that logical
>> partition?
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A117CC8E-7753-463F-8D4D-9E2F3FE7D59E@microsoft.com...
>> > Thank you Andre Da Costa. I did increase my virtual memory size but
>> > that
>> > doesn't seem to resolve the issue? I went to Control Panel -->
>> > Systems -->
>> > Advanced tab --> Performance Settings --> Advanced Tab --> Virtual
>> > Memory
>> > Change -->
>> >
>> > Then i changed the initial size to 3000 (MB), and the Max to 4096 (MB),
>> > then
>> > rebooted.
>> >
>> > Did I change the correct setting. My computer shows 40gig available on
>> > the
>> > C: drive?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Make sure you enough free space on C: which requires a minimum of 500
>> >> MBs
>> >> I
>> >> believe to store temporary files.
>> >> --
>> >> --
>> >> Andre
>> >> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> >>
>> >> "RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1E4FB2F3-FE50-48FA-818F-5601A09DCEFA@microsoft.com...
>> >> > When I try to install Vista Beta from WinXP Home, I get the
>> >> > following
>> >> > error:
>> >> > 'Temporary setup files could not be copied to the C: drive. Setup
>> >> > cannot
>> >> > continue."
>> >> >
>> >> > Any suggestion or guidance?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>