"neildillamore" <> wrote in message
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> I've tried installing Windows Vista x64 from a DVD burnt from MSDN .iso
> download, but am coming up against the same problem over and over.
>
> The PC starts to boot from the DVD, and goes through the screen stating
> that
> Windows is starting and loading required files, but immediately after this
> I
> get a screen stating that winload.exe is either corrupt or missing. This
> is
> BEFORE I have actually installed anything.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas? Should I try redownloading the image? Is it
> possible to mount the ISO as a drive and then run the instal from this
> instead (in case the image wasn't burnt correctly)? I found that burning
> the
> iso to dvd was problematic too. Took several attempts before it worked.
> Has
> anyone else had similar problems??
>
> Any advice would be gratefully received!!
Have you checked the MD5/SHA1 of your downloaded ISO against the information
provided on the download page? If not, you should. If your ISO checks out,
try a new burn at the slowest available speed of your DVD burner (1x or 2x
recommended).
If you don't have a utility to check MD5/SHA 1, here's one I've found
useful:
http://www.slavasoft.com/?source=HashCalc.chm
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