64bit install: unable to locate local hard drive when starting cop

Hi there,

I'm trying to install the 64-bit version of the beta. I boot from the DVD
fine, and the installation's first steps goes without any issues. Then, when
it gets to the stage of copying the files, before it actually gets to begin
copying, I get an error saying it couldn't find any local drive which to copy
the temporary setup files (sorry, i can't remember the exact message, but it
was basically saying that) and thus, the whole process just stops.

Does anyone have any idea what's up with that? Here's my setup:

AMD64 3200+ w/ ASUS mb
512Mb RAM
100Gb WD Hard Disk partitioned as followed:
- 25Gb Partition with WinXP Pro (32bit) installed
- ~65Gb "Share" Partition in which I put all my stuff (music, videos, docs,
etc)
- 18Gb Unallocated space (at first) in which I intend to install Windows
Vista Beta2 - Formatted to NTFS within the install process
Pioneer DVD-RW 4x

Note, I tried to install the 32bit version under the same conditions and got
absolutely no problems, all worked well. So it's really something about the
64bit version.

I hope i provided enough info, and thanks in advance for your efforts in
trying to resolve my case.

hi and good morning
well, I have the same problem here. but I decided to use a virgin HD to
install vista 64bit. size: 20gig; primary partition 15gig, extended 5gig both
ntfs formatted
booting from dvd works, but as soon as I start to copy the files after
choosing the primary partition as install-location the setup aborts with the
issue "no local drive found" I am a little bit confused, 'cause 2 steps
before I partitioned and formatted the drive...

AMD athlon 64 3000+; ASUS A8N-SLI deluxe; GeForce 6600GT (albatron); 1gig
RAM, 20gig HD on IDE-channel 0

cheers and thank you

"Manfire" wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to install the 64-bit version of the beta. I boot from the DVD
> fine, and the installation's first steps goes without any issues. Then, when
> it gets to the stage of copying the files, before it actually gets to begin
> copying, I get an error saying it couldn't find any local drive which to copy
> the temporary setup files (sorry, i can't remember the exact message, but it
> was basically saying that) and thus, the whole process just stops.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what's up with that? Here's my setup:
>
> AMD64 3200+ w/ ASUS mb
> 512Mb RAM
> 100Gb WD Hard Disk partitioned as followed:
> - 25Gb Partition with WinXP Pro (32bit) installed
> - ~65Gb "Share" Partition in which I put all my stuff (music, videos, docs,
> etc)
> - 18Gb Unallocated space (at first) in which I intend to install Windows
> Vista Beta2 - Formatted to NTFS within the install process
> Pioneer DVD-RW 4x
>
> Note, I tried to install the 32bit version under the same conditions and got
> absolutely no problems, all worked well. So it's really something about the
> 64bit version.
>
> I hope i provided enough info, and thanks in advance for your efforts in
> trying to resolve my case.