Comments on: Problems Installing Vista SP1 http://www.alexhopmann.com/2008/06/18/problems-installing-vista-sp1/ Modern Art makes me want to rock out Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:16:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Installing Vista SP1 Follow Up » AlexHopmann.com http://www.alexhopmann.com/2008/06/18/problems-installing-vista-sp1/#comment-19414 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:10:35 +0000 http://www.alexhopmann.com/2008/06/18/problems-installing-vista-sp1/#comment-19414 [...] Yesterday I wrote about problems installing Vista SP1 on this machine. Running the “download and run it yourself” installer worked fine with one little glitch. The issue was that I first downloaded the SP1 setup that only contained 5 languages, thinking “hey, I only really actually care about English”. The catch is that it won’t run if you have any languages other than those 5 installed. I had previously installed a ton of languages since they were just check boxes in Windows Update. [...] […] Yesterday I wrote about problems installing Vista SP1 on this machine. Running the “download and run it yourself” installer worked fine with one little glitch. The issue was that I first downloaded the SP1 setup that only contained 5 languages, thinking “hey, I only really actually care about English”. The catch is that it won’t run if you have any languages other than those 5 installed. I had previously installed a ton of languages since they were just check boxes in Windows Update. […]

]]> by: Dave Naffziger http://www.alexhopmann.com/2008/06/18/problems-installing-vista-sp1/#comment-19398 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:46:35 +0000 http://www.alexhopmann.com/2008/06/18/problems-installing-vista-sp1/#comment-19398 I may have had the same problem (I can't recall exactly). The install would get 98% complete, but then it would run into a problem with install.wim. I was loading off of a non-original DVD from a friend at MSFT(while waiting for my SN in the mail). I thought it was HD problems also, but once i got an original DVD it worked fine. Not sure if your problems are similar but ultimately I chalked it up to a corrupted DVD. I may have had the same problem (I can’t recall exactly). The install would get 98% complete, but then it would run into a problem with install.wim. I was loading off of a non-original DVD from a friend at MSFT(while waiting for my SN in the mail). I thought it was HD problems also, but once i got an original DVD it worked fine.

Not sure if your problems are similar but ultimately I chalked it up to a corrupted DVD.

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