I have been fumbling around with installing Vista all weekend and having no luck. Machine Dell Laptop P4 3ghz 1gig ram 20gig HD I have downloaded the ISO twice from Microsoft's website run the crc305 tool on the iso file came back valid both times. I have burned 6 different DVD's on 2 different machines usings 2 different burning programs (Nero and DVD Decyrpter) running the crc305 on all DVDs and all coming back valid. The DVD boots fine, loads Windows, allows me to select the computer name and partition (even format the partition), but once its starts to install is when I get my problem. Everytime I attempt to install I get a Windows Setup dialog window "An error occurred while copying files" about halfway through the initial install. If I click Ok (My only option) it cancels the install and I am back to square one. What's odd, if I dont click OK it continues to progress in the background but after letting it run for 4 hours it never got past like 98% (aprox). Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.
