Cant install vista

[cool_dude073]

I am trying to install windows vista and i get the error message from windows "setup.exe is not a valid Win32 applicaation." Any idea what i have to do to correct this?

Computer Info:

Processor 1

Name: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.80GHz

Manufacturer: GenuineIntel

Caption: x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3

Version: Model 4, Stepping 3

Processor Id: BFEBFBFF00000F43

Current Clock Speed: 3800MHz

Address Width: 32Bits

Data Width: 32Bits

Socket Designation: WMT478/

System Memory

DDR2-SDRAM 2GBs

BIOS Information

Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies LTD

Name: Ver 1.00PARTTBL

Version: 6.00

Version: PTLTD - 6040000

Motherboard Information

Manufacturer: CLEVO

Product: D900T

Serial Number: 400

Version: Revision A

Verified Hardware Device against Order: MB-D900GRY17XGANC6.1

Audio settings for DVD playback set to 4 Speakers

Power settings optimized

Video Adapter

Caption: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Adapter RAM: 256MB

DriverVersion: 6.14.10.7931

Verified Hardware Device against Order: MOBL-VID9TG70MGTX256

Test Video Card

Hard Drive

ST916082 1A SCSI Disk Device

Model: ST916082 1A SCSI Disk Device

Size: 160GB

Total Heads: 255

Total Cylinders: 19457

Total Tracks: 4961535

Tracks Per Cylinder: 255

Optical Drives / Other Storage

MATs***A DVD-RAM UJ-845S

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center

[bonestonne]

my suggestions/thoughts on the matter:

1) from what i know, Vista can only be installed over XP Home/Pro Sp1 or higher

2) you may not have a full copy

3) it may have burned too fast, MS suggests burning it 1-2x to insure best quality.

which vista are you trying to install, there are a bunch..

[prx984]

try booting from the cd.

you can install it as a full version, not just on top of a copy of windows.