Vista - Vista Beta 2 hangs during setup installation setup

Hi ,

I've just downloaded Windows Vista Beta 2 (32Bit , 4GB file) directly from
MS site (Beta experience) .

Right after entering the installation key (which I received from MS via
email) and clicking "Next" , it seems that
the setup hangs (there's no such noise from the harddrive - I've waited for
about 10 or 15 minutes , and the
setup didn't proceed . It's written "collecting information" at the
bottom-left corner of the screen , but there's no
such progress on the progress bar).

Maybe I need a totally-clean ("fresh" , formatted) C:\ drive , with no OS
installed on it , in order to
install Windows Vista Beta 2? (can't I simply install Windows Vista Beta 2
on another logical drive , eg. D:\ ?).

My computer's configuration is :
Pentium 4 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM , 80GB harddrive .

Thanks in advance ,
Lior .

Please tell me whether you decided to do an upgrade or a clean install. Maybe
I could assist you further. Thanks.


"Lior Bobrov" wrote:

> Hi ,
>
> I've just downloaded Windows Vista Beta 2 (32Bit , 4GB file) directly from
> MS site (Beta experience) .
>
> Right after entering the installation key (which I received from MS via
> email) and clicking "Next" , it seems that
> the setup hangs (there's no such noise from the harddrive - I've waited for
> about 10 or 15 minutes , and the
> setup didn't proceed . It's written "collecting information" at the
> bottom-left corner of the screen , but there's no
> such progress on the progress bar).
>
> Maybe I need a totally-clean ("fresh" , formatted) C:\ drive , with no OS
> installed on it , in order to
> install Windows Vista Beta 2? (can't I simply install Windows Vista Beta 2
> on another logical drive , eg. D:\ ?).
>
> My computer's configuration is :
> Pentium 4 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM , 80GB harddrive .
>
> Thanks in advance ,
> Lior .
>
>
>

Clean install on drive D:\ , not upgrade (I am trying to install Windows
Vista Beta 2 directly from the DVD which
I've just burnt with the ISO image file of MS).

"ahmad0410" <ahmad0410@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:032D1BE4-7EC7-4C06-BF2F-806916962E9A@microsoft.com...
> Please tell me whether you decided to do an upgrade or a clean install.
> Maybe
> I could assist you further. Thanks.
>
>
> "Lior Bobrov" wrote:
>
>> Hi ,
>>
>> I've just downloaded Windows Vista Beta 2 (32Bit , 4GB file) directly
>> from
>> MS site (Beta experience) .
>>
>> Right after entering the installation key (which I received from MS via
>> email) and clicking "Next" , it seems that
>> the setup hangs (there's no such noise from the harddrive - I've waited
>> for
>> about 10 or 15 minutes , and the
>> setup didn't proceed . It's written "collecting information" at the
>> bottom-left corner of the screen , but there's no
>> such progress on the progress bar).
>>
>> Maybe I need a totally-clean ("fresh" , formatted) C:\ drive , with no OS
>> installed on it , in order to
>> install Windows Vista Beta 2? (can't I simply install Windows Vista
>> Beta 2
>> on another logical drive , eg. D:\ ?).
>>
>> My computer's configuration is :
>> Pentium 4 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM , 80GB harddrive .
>>
>> Thanks in advance ,
>> Lior .
>>
>>
>>

I have exactly the same problem. Anyone got any ideas?

"Lior Bobrov" wrote:

> Clean install on drive D:\ , not upgrade (I am trying to install Windows
> Vista Beta 2 directly from the DVD which
> I've just burnt with the ISO image file of MS).
>
> "ahmad0410" <ahmad0410@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:032D1BE4-7EC7-4C06-BF2F-806916962E9A@microsoft.com...
> > Please tell me whether you decided to do an upgrade or a clean install.
> > Maybe
> > I could assist you further. Thanks.
> >
> >
> > "Lior Bobrov" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi ,
> >>
> >> I've just downloaded Windows Vista Beta 2 (32Bit , 4GB file) directly
> >> from
> >> MS site (Beta experience) .
> >>
> >> Right after entering the installation key (which I received from MS via
> >> email) and clicking "Next" , it seems that
> >> the setup hangs (there's no such noise from the harddrive - I've waited
> >> for
> >> about 10 or 15 minutes , and the
> >> setup didn't proceed . It's written "collecting information" at the
> >> bottom-left corner of the screen , but there's no
> >> such progress on the progress bar).
> >>
> >> Maybe I need a totally-clean ("fresh" , formatted) C:\ drive , with no OS
> >> installed on it , in order to
> >> install Windows Vista Beta 2? (can't I simply install Windows Vista
> >> Beta 2
> >> on another logical drive , eg. D:\ ?).
> >>
> >> My computer's configuration is :
> >> Pentium 4 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM , 80GB harddrive .
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance ,
> >> Lior .
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>