installation s of different sort

burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:

burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:

burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Strange in deed..
I actually wonder if it may be to do with certain types of DVD..
The ones my image are on are DVD -R, i know my laptop can definately handle DVD +R as i've watched movies on it which have been done using DVD+R, but what i find strange is that the desktop machine of similar spec read the disc no problem. I actually wonder though if its becuase the desktop machine has DVD/CDRW drive and the laptop has a standard DVD ROM drive and just simply doesn't like the discs. Think i'll buy some DVD+R and give that a try. Watch this space!
I have also downloaded the image again from microsoft web site just in case there is a problem with the image!!
Cheers
Neil "chrissyboy777" wrote in message

Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Hmm interesting!!
I have just tried the installation disk in my desktop machine i use for day to day stuff, the one im writing this email with now and the installation will actually work with the disks my laptop won't read..
This machine is running XP at the moment and just about meets min requirements fro Vista
800mhz processor 512 mb RAM 20 gig HDD
The install would work from a desktop upgrade, the laptop has XP on it and when trying exactly the same it jusat keeps bringing up the install windows screen and goe no further.
The problems you are having with your note book do you try and install from the desktop by logging on first and the running the DVD or is it from bootup?? maybe it just doesn't like laptops / notebooks. It would be interesting to see if anyone has actually installed on a laptop or notebook and it worked without any problems. Maybe we should create a new post? "Neil Payne" wrote in message

Strange in deed..
I actually wonder if it may be to do with certain types of DVD..
The ones my image are on are DVD -R, i know my laptop can definately handle DVD +R as i've watched movies on it which have been done using DVD+R, but what i find strange is that the desktop machine of similar spec read the disc no problem. I actually wonder though if its becuase the desktop machine has DVD/CDRW drive and the laptop has a standard DVD ROM drive and just simply doesn't like the discs. Think i'll buy some DVD+R and give that a try. Watch this space!
I have also downloaded the image again from microsoft web site just in case there is a problem with the image!!
Cheers
Neil "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physic al memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Hey,
I dont have a desktop PC to try it with. I only wanted a laptop, which is why I got such a beast of a laptop, and now it cant even seem to install Vista :S
The DVD should be fine. I can read the contents, and when I put the DVD in while running win XP it comes up with the installation screen.
I tried putting my other laptop hard drive in, installed Windows XP, and then did an upgrade to Vista while XP was running, and as soon as Vista went to restart, it came back with the error about "no physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue."
So I have no idea what is going on. My RAM is DEFINATELY fine. The error happens whether I have 1x 512MB simm in, or 2x 512MB simms in (totalling 1GB). It seems strange that they would even specify exact parts of memory anyway, so maybe that error message is a bit misleading.
It just doesn't make sense.
Regards, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:

Hmm interesting!!
I have just tried the installation disk in my desktop machine i use for day to day stuff, the one im writing this email with now and the installation will actually work with the disks my laptop won't read..
This machine is running XP at the moment and just about meets min requirements fro Vista
800mhz processor 512 mb RAM 20 gig HDD
The install would work from a desktop upgrade, the laptop has XP on it and when trying exactly the same it jusat keeps bringing up the install windows screen and goe no further.
The problems you are having with your note book do you try and install from the desktop by logging on first and the running the DVD or is it from bootup?? maybe it just doesn't like laptops / notebooks. It would be interesting to see if anyone has actually installed on a laptop or notebook and it worked without any problems. Maybe we should create a new post? "Neil Payne" wrote in message Strange in deed..
I actually wonder if it may be to do with certain types of DVD..
The ones my image are on are DVD -R, i know my laptop can definately handle DVD +R as i've watched movies on it which have been done using DVD+R, but what i find strange is that the desktop machine of similar spec read the disc no problem. I actually wonder though if its becuase the desktop machine has DVD/CDRW drive and the laptop has a standard DVD ROM drive and just simply doesn't like the discs. Think i'll buy some DVD+R and give that a try. Watch this space!
I have also downloaded the image again from microsoft web site just in case there is a problem with the image!!
Cheers
Neil "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physic al memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Hey,
I dont have a desktop PC to try it with. I only wanted a laptop, which is why I got such a beast of a laptop, and now it cant even seem to install Vista :S
The DVD should be fine. I can read the contents, and when I put the DVD in while running win XP it comes up with the installation screen.
I tried putting my other laptop hard drive in, installed Windows XP, and then did an upgrade to Vista while XP was running, and as soon as Vista went to restart, it came back with the error about "no physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue."
So I have no idea what is going on. My RAM is DEFINATELY fine. The error happens whether I have 1x 512MB simm in, or 2x 512MB simms in (totalling 1GB). It seems strange that they would even specify exact parts of memory anyway, so maybe that error message is a bit misleading.
It just doesn't make sense.
Regards, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:

Hmm interesting!!
I have just tried the installation disk in my desktop machine i use for day to day stuff, the one im writing this email with now and the installation will actually work with the disks my laptop won't read..
This machine is running XP at the moment and just about meets min requirements fro Vista
800mhz processor 512 mb RAM 20 gig HDD
The install would work from a desktop upgrade, the laptop has XP on it and when trying exactly the same it jusat keeps bringing up the install windows screen and goe no further.
The problems you are having with your note book do you try and install from the desktop by logging on first and the running the DVD or is it from bootup?? maybe it just doesn't like laptops / notebooks. It would be interesting to see if anyone has actually installed on a laptop or notebook and it worked without any problems. Maybe we should create a new post? "Neil Payne" wrote in message Strange in deed..
I actually wonder if it may be to do with certain types of DVD..
The ones my image are on are DVD -R, i know my laptop can definately handle DVD +R as i've watched movies on it which have been done using DVD+R, but what i find strange is that the desktop machine of similar spec read the disc no problem. I actually wonder though if its becuase the desktop machine has DVD/CDRW drive and the laptop has a standard DVD ROM drive and just simply doesn't like the discs. Think i'll buy some DVD+R and give that a try. Watch this space!
I have also downloaded the image again from microsoft web site just in case there is a problem with the image!!
Cheers
Neil "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physic al memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

I managed to solve the problem i was having, i burned the image on to a DVD +R and installation went through without any bother. Just having a problem trying to get office 2007 beta on it now, but that may be down to the way nero is burning the disc??
Do you get an error code along with the error message?
Neil. "chrissyboy777" wrote in message

Hey,
I dont have a desktop PC to try it with. I only wanted a laptop, which is why I got such a beast of a laptop, and now it cant even seem to install Vista :S
The DVD should be fine. I can read the contents, and when I put the DVD in while running win XP it comes up with the installation screen.
I tried putting my other laptop hard drive in, installed Windows XP, and then did an upgrade to Vista while XP was running, and as soon as Vista went to restart, it came back with the error about "no physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue."
So I have no idea what is going on. My RAM is DEFINATELY fine. The error happens whether I have 1x 512MB simm in, or 2x 512MB simms in (totalling 1GB). It seems strange that they would even specify exact parts of memory anyway, so maybe that error message is a bit misleading.
It just doesn't make sense.
Regards, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
Hmm interesting!!
I have just tried the installation disk in my desktop machine i use for day to day stuff, the one im writing this email with now and the installation will actually work with the disks my laptop won't read..
This machine is running XP at the moment and just about meets min requirements fro Vista
800mhz processor 512 mb RAM 20 gig HDD
The install would work from a desktop upgrade, the laptop has XP on it and when trying exactly the same it jusat keeps bringing up the install windows screen and goe no further.
The problems you are having with your note book do you try and install from the desktop by logging on first and the running the DVD or is it from bootup?? maybe it just doesn't like laptops / notebooks. It would be interesting to see if anyone has actually installed on a laptop or notebook and it worked without any problems. Maybe we should create a new post? "Neil Payne" wrote in message Strange in deed..
I actually wonder if it may be to do with certain types of DVD..
The ones my image are on are DVD -R, i know my laptop can definately handle DVD +R as i've watched movies on it which have been done using DVD+R, but what i find strange is that the desktop machine of similar spec read the disc no problem. I actually wonder though if its becuase the desktop machine has DVD/CDRW drive and the laptop has a standard DVD ROM drive and just simply doesn't like the discs. Think i'll buy some DVD+R and give that a try. Watch this space!
I have also downloaded the image again from microsoft web site just in case there is a problem with the image!!
Cheers
Neil "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physic al memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Hey,
There is no error code or anything. Just that error message.
AFter making some emails last night, it appears that my Clevo notebook will NOT support Vista at all, even though it does meet the Vista system requirements, and the Vista Upgrade Advisor DOES say that my laptop will support Vista.
I am pretty p'd off with Clevo at the moment.
I even tried updating the bios today but it did not help it at all.
Not recommending anyone to buy a Clevo notebook anymore.
Does anyone know whether this will work in the final version?
I have no idea what could be stopping it from installing though. Even on an old Pentium 2 I could install Windows XP (Slow, but it installed and worked, even though Pentium 2's came out YEARS before XP).
Regards, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:

I managed to solve the problem i was having, i burned the image on to a DVD +R and installation went through without any bother. Just having a problem trying to get office 2007 beta on it now, but that may be down to the way nero is burning the disc??
Do you get an error code along with the error message?
Neil. "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I dont have a desktop PC to try it with. I only wanted a laptop, which is why I got such a beast of a laptop, and now it cant even seem to install Vista :S
The DVD should be fine. I can read the contents, and when I put the DVD in while running win XP it comes up with the installation screen.
I tried putting my other laptop hard drive in, installed Windows XP, and then did an upgrade to Vista while XP was running, and as soon as Vista went to restart, it came back with the error about "no physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue."
So I have no idea what is going on. My RAM is DEFINATELY fine. The error happens whether I have 1x 512MB simm in, or 2x 512MB simms in (totalling 1GB). It seems strange that they would even specify exact parts of memory anyway, so maybe that error message is a bit misleading.
It just doesn't make sense.
Regards, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
Hmm interesting!!
I have just tried the installation disk in my desktop machine i use for day to day stuff, the one im writing this email with now and the installation will actually work with the disks my laptop won't read..
This machine is running XP at the moment and just about meets min requirements fro Vista
800mhz processor 512 mb RAM 20 gig HDD
The install would work from a desktop upgrade, the laptop has XP on it and when trying exactly the same it jusat keeps bringing up the install windows screen and goe no further.
The problems you are having with your note book do you try and install from the desktop by logging on first and the running the DVD or is it from bootup?? maybe it just doesn't like laptops / notebooks. It would be interesting to see if anyone has actually installed on a laptop or notebook and it worked without any problems. Maybe we should create a new post? "Neil Payne" wrote in message Strange in deed..
I actually wonder if it may be to do with certain types of DVD..
The ones my image are on are DVD -R, i know my laptop can definately handle DVD +R as i've watched movies on it which have been done using DVD+R, but what i find strange is that the desktop machine of similar spec read the disc no problem. I actually wonder though if its becuase the desktop machine has DVD/CDRW drive and the laptop has a standard DVD ROM drive and just simply doesn't like the discs. Think i'll buy some DVD+R and give that a try. Watch this space!
I have also downloaded the image again from microsoft web site just in case there is a problem with the image!!
Cheers
Neil "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physic al memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Hey,
There is no error code or anything. Just that error message.
AFter making some emails last night, it appears that my Clevo notebook will NOT support Vista at all, even though it does meet the Vista system requirements, and the Vista Upgrade Advisor DOES say that my laptop will support Vista.
I am pretty p'd off with Clevo at the moment.
I even tried updating the bios today but it did not help it at all.
Not recommending anyone to buy a Clevo notebook anymore.
Does anyone know whether this will work in the final version?
I have no idea what could be stopping it from installing though. Even on an old Pentium 2 I could install Windows XP (Slow, but it installed and worked, even though Pentium 2's came out YEARS before XP).
Regards, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:

I managed to solve the problem i was having, i burned the image on to a DVD +R and installation went through without any bother. Just having a problem trying to get office 2007 beta on it now, but that may be down to the way nero is burning the disc??
Do you get an error code along with the error message?
Neil. "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I dont have a desktop PC to try it with. I only wanted a laptop, which is why I got such a beast of a laptop, and now it cant even seem to install Vista :S
The DVD should be fine. I can read the contents, and when I put the DVD in while running win XP it comes up with the installation screen.
I tried putting my other laptop hard drive in, installed Windows XP, and then did an upgrade to Vista while XP was running, and as soon as Vista went to restart, it came back with the error about "no physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue."
So I have no idea what is going on. My RAM is DEFINATELY fine. The error happens whether I have 1x 512MB simm in, or 2x 512MB simms in (totalling 1GB). It seems strange that they would even specify exact parts of memory anyway, so maybe that error message is a bit misleading.
It just doesn't make sense.
Regards, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
Hmm interesting!!
I have just tried the installation disk in my desktop machine i use for day to day stuff, the one im writing this email with now and the installation will actually work with the disks my laptop won't read..
This machine is running XP at the moment and just about meets min requirements fro Vista
800mhz processor 512 mb RAM 20 gig HDD
The install would work from a desktop upgrade, the laptop has XP on it and when trying exactly the same it jusat keeps bringing up the install windows screen and goe no further.
The problems you are having with your note book do you try and install from the desktop by logging on first and the running the DVD or is it from bootup?? maybe it just doesn't like laptops / notebooks. It would be interesting to see if anyone has actually installed on a laptop or notebook and it worked without any problems. Maybe we should create a new post? "Neil Payne" wrote in message Strange in deed..
I actually wonder if it may be to do with certain types of DVD..
The ones my image are on are DVD -R, i know my laptop can definately handle DVD +R as i've watched movies on it which have been done using DVD+R, but what i find strange is that the desktop machine of similar spec read the disc no problem. I actually wonder though if its becuase the desktop machine has DVD/CDRW drive and the laptop has a standard DVD ROM drive and just simply doesn't like the discs. Think i'll buy some DVD+R and give that a try. Watch this space!
I have also downloaded the image again from microsoft web site just in case there is a problem with the image!!
Cheers
Neil "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physic al memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Hey,
There is no error code or anything. Just that error message.
AFter making some emails last night, it appears that my Clevo notebook will NOT support Vista at all, even though it does meet the Vista system requirements, and the Vista Upgrade Advisor DOES say that my laptop will support Vista.
I am pretty p'd off with Clevo at the moment.
I even tried updating the bios today but it did not help it at all.
Not recommending anyone to buy a Clevo notebook anymore.
Does anyone know whether this will work in the final version?
I have no idea what could be stopping it from installing though. Even on an old Pentium 2 I could install Windows XP (Slow, but it installed and worked, even though Pentium 2's came out YEARS before XP).
Regards, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:

I managed to solve the problem i was having, i burned the image on to a DVD +R and installation went through without any bother. Just having a problem trying to get office 2007 beta on it now, but that may be down to the way nero is burning the disc??
Do you get an error code along with the error message?
Neil. "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I dont have a desktop PC to try it with. I only wanted a laptop, which is why I got such a beast of a laptop, and now it cant even seem to install Vista :S
The DVD should be fine. I can read the contents, and when I put the DVD in while running win XP it comes up with the installation screen.
I tried putting my other laptop hard drive in, installed Windows XP, and then did an upgrade to Vista while XP was running, and as soon as Vista went to restart, it came back with the error about "no physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue."
So I have no idea what is going on. My RAM is DEFINATELY fine. The error happens whether I have 1x 512MB simm in, or 2x 512MB simms in (totalling 1GB). It seems strange that they would even specify exact parts of memory anyway, so maybe that error message is a bit misleading.
It just doesn't make sense.
Regards, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
Hmm interesting!!
I have just tried the installation disk in my desktop machine i use for day to day stuff, the one im writing this email with now and the installation will actually work with the disks my laptop won't read..
This machine is running XP at the moment and just about meets min requirements fro Vista
800mhz processor 512 mb RAM 20 gig HDD
The install would work from a desktop upgrade, the laptop has XP on it and when trying exactly the same it jusat keeps bringing up the install windows screen and goe no further.
The problems you are having with your note book do you try and install from the desktop by logging on first and the running the DVD or is it from bootup?? maybe it just doesn't like laptops / notebooks. It would be interesting to see if anyone has actually installed on a laptop or notebook and it worked without any problems. Maybe we should create a new post? "Neil Payne" wrote in message Strange in deed..
I actually wonder if it may be to do with certain types of DVD..
The ones my image are on are DVD -R, i know my laptop can definately handle DVD +R as i've watched movies on it which have been done using DVD+R, but what i find strange is that the desktop machine of similar spec read the disc no problem. I actually wonder though if its becuase the desktop machine has DVD/CDRW drive and the laptop has a standard DVD ROM drive and just simply doesn't like the discs. Think i'll buy some DVD+R and give that a try. Watch this space!
I have also downloaded the image again from microsoft web site just in case there is a problem with the image!!
Cheers
Neil "chrissyboy777" wrote in message Hey,
I guess im having a similar issue with my notebook.
When I try and boot from the DVD it comes up with the message "No physic al memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue".
I am using a Clevo M375C Notebook (Pentium M 2.0Ghz, 1GB (2x512MB) RAM).
I am thinking that our problems may be linked.
I have tried searching GOogle for the exact phrase of the error message but it returned absolutely NO results at all. Grrr. Surely I cant be the only person in this whole world that has had this problem.
Cheers, Chris
"Neil Payne" wrote:
burned vista beta 2 on to a DVD at x4 speed and installed on to a spare desktop machine.
Installation didn't go smooth at first, got an error message at the second phase of installation, which said "An error occured while laying down images" installation cancelled. Following this i deleted the logical drives so it did a full install on the primary disk. Pleased to say the installation actually worked second time around (lucky me!!)
Initallation took a while though and then i had to install the correct video drivers, at first vista looking horrible in 4 bit mode said the drivers were not compatible but then ran them in compatible mode, the drivers by the way were for Windows XP.
Once the machine rebooted i was impressed to say the least, it's looking good and depite inital reports from a computer magazine the desktop widget is actually there, you just have to go hunting for it. The look and feel of Vista is extremely good as is the look and feel of Office 2k7 beta and media player 11 (built in) oh and bit defender, again built in.
Anyway to my point!! Here's where the problem is...
I thought id install it on my laptop using the ISO DVD i burned yesterday, laptop got to the point of press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so i pressed the any key and nothing happened it just sat there doing nothing. Thinking it may have been the DVD suddenly become corrupt so i burned another DVD at 4x and tried again, same problem, so i burned another DVD (do microsoft have a compensation line im going through DVD's like there going out of fashion!! - joke) this time at x8 and got the same problem (stress levels now through the roof!!). If i load up Windows XP first then try the install the following happens - "install now" screen appears, click on install now, nothing happens for about half a minute then the "install now" screen re-appears (maybe the DVD thinks it's ground hog day!) this continues. I have also tried to copy the contents of the DVD to the HDD on the laptop (22 gig free) and i get an error message saying "cannot copy boot: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
So why could the desktop machine read the disk and the laptop could not? both machine specs are not too disimilar, see below
Both compaq
Desktop - P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB video (i think), DVD/CDRW drive, 40 gig HDD Laptop - P4, 768MB RAM, 128MB video (i think), DVD ROM drive, 30 gig HDD
You would have thought the laptop would have been able to install having the slightly better spec. The laptop was also having a problem reading a seperate DVD which has other beta products on such as office 2k7, bit defender, IE 7.
Hmm strange!!
Any ideas, apart from "don't use the laptop and that will resolve the problem" Ha - taking it all in good spirit unlike some!!

Hey,
There is no error code or anything. Just that error message.
AFter making some emails last night, it appears that my Clevo notebook will NOT support Vista at all, even though it does meet the Vista system requirements, and the Vista Upgrade Advisor DOES say that my laptop will support Vista.
I am pretty p'd off with Clevo at the moment.
I even tried updating the bios today but it did not help it at all.
Not recommending anyone to buy a Clevo notebook anymore.
Does anyone know whether this will work in the final version?
I have no idea what could be stopping it from installing though. Even on an old Pentium 2 I could install Windows XP (Slow, but it installed and worked, even though Pentium 2's came out YEARS before XP).
Regards, Chris