cannot open windows image file

I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x

I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x

The optical drive is likely having trouble reading the disc.
"micro3000x" wrote in message

I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x

I know it sounds basic, but make sue the media is correct for the drive (+R/-R/etc...)
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional! "micro3000x" wrote in message

I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x

Suspect all this advice may be off on a wrong tangent. I have the official MS burned DVD's, mint out of the box and get the same message. Interestingly having failed several times with the 64bit disk on my clean formatted Athlon 64 machine I tried the x32 version, only to have it crap out at the same point. I wouldn't mind so much if it didnt take 20 minutes of loading and entering the serial to get to this point each time.. Any fresh ideas welcomed. j.

SATA hard drives need to have the drivers loaded during the installation...
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional!
"efp" wrote in message

Suspect all this advice may be off on a wrong tangent. I have the official MS burned DVD's, mint out of the box and get the same message. Interestingly having failed several times with the 64bit disk on my clean formatted Athlon 64 machine I tried the x32 version, only to have it crap out at the same point. I wouldn't mind so much if it didnt take 20 minutes of loading and entering the serial to get to this point each time.. Any fresh ideas welcomed. j.

Look for the Load Drivers button on the screen where you choose the target volume.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

SATA hard drives need to have the drivers loaded during the installation...
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional!
"efp" wrote in message Suspect all this advice may be off on a wrong tangent. I have the official MS burned DVD's, mint out of the box and get the same message. Interestingly having failed several times with the 64bit disk on my clean formatted Athlon 64 machine I tried the x32 version, only to have it crap out at the same point. I wouldn't mind so much if it didnt take 20 minutes of loading and entering the serial to get to this point each time.. Any fresh ideas welcomed. j.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Look for the Load Drivers button on the screen where you choose the target volume.
I'm attempting to load onto a regular parallel ata drive, though admittedly

there are also some sata drives in the rig. Where would I find drivers for an ata drive and why would they not be included in the setup files? Or am I missing something dumb?

The drivers for a standard IDE drive are on the mobo already. Check cabling for 80 wire and jumpers for master, slave, cable select, etc.
"efp" wrote in message

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
Look for the Load Drivers button on the screen where you choose the target volume.
I'm attempting to load onto a regular parallel ata drive, though admittedly there are also some sata drives in the rig. Where would I find drivers for an ata drive and why would they not be included in the setup files? Or am I missing something dumb?

I get the same error and installation stops when I try to install on my laptop. I tried to burn the DVD thrice, at 16x, 8x and 2x DVD+R and all of them have the same problem. The drive does not have any problem because I can boot and install my slipstreamed Win XP just fine. I have redownloaded the image twice to be sure I don't have an corrupt image.
"micro3000x" wrote:

I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x

I get the same error and installation stops when I try to install on my laptop. I tried to burn the DVD thrice, at 16x, 8x and 2x DVD+R and all of them have the same problem. The drive does not have any problem because I can boot and install my slipstreamed Win XP just fine. I have redownloaded the image twice to be sure I don't have an corrupt image.
"micro3000x" wrote:

I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x

I get the same error and installation stops when I try to install on my laptop. I tried to burn the DVD thrice, at 16x, 8x and 2x DVD+R and all of them have the same problem. The drive does not have any problem because I can boot and install my slipstreamed Win XP just fine. I have redownloaded the image twice to be sure I don't have an corrupt image.
"micro3000x" wrote:

I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x

I get the same error and installation stops when I try to install on my laptop. I tried to burn the DVD thrice, at 16x, 8x and 2x DVD+R and all of them have the same problem. The drive does not have any problem because I can boot and install my slipstreamed Win XP just fine. I have redownloaded the image twice to be sure I don't have an corrupt image.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

I know it sounds basic, but make sue the media is correct for the drive (+R/-R/etc...)
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional! "micro3000x" wrote in message I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x

suv laid this down on his screen :

I get the same error and installation stops when I try to install on my laptop. I tried to burn the DVD thrice, at 16x, 8x and 2x DVD+R and all of them have the same problem. The drive does not have any problem because I can boot and install my slipstreamed Win XP just fine. I have redownloaded the image twice to be sure I don't have an corrupt image.
"micro3000x" wrote:
I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x

Are you sure you burned a disk image, not a data disk?
Another thought, I had trouble when I tried to boot the DVD I had burned, the keyboard would lock up and I couldn't enter the "key". I tried to install from XP and was able to install that way. It was slower than I expected but it is a larger OS than XP.
Ed

Some folks have reported that changing the media worked (+R to -R, for example) so you might want to do search on the newsgroup with that in mind.
"Top" wrote in message

suv laid this down on his screen : I get the same error and installation stops when I try to install on my laptop. I tried to burn the DVD thrice, at 16x, 8x and 2x DVD+R and all of them have the same problem. The drive does not have any problem because I can boot and install my slipstreamed Win XP just fine. I have redownloaded the image twice to be sure I don't have an corrupt image.
"micro3000x" wrote:
I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x
Are you sure you burned a disk image, not a data disk?
Another thought, I had trouble when I tried to boot the DVD I had burned, the keyboard would lock up and I couldn't enter the "key". I tried to install from XP and was able to install that way. It was slower than I expected but it is a larger OS than XP.
Ed

Ok. I really had a corrupt image file that was downloaded using the download manager LeechGet. I guess it has problems downloading files greater than 2GB? I downloaded again using the default download manager, and burned it at 8x (just for the kicks) - Vista installed perfectly without a hitch. The only thing I see is some of my programs are tagged as incomaptible with the version of Windows. Thanks for all your replies.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Some folks have reported that changing the media worked (+R to -R, for example) so you might want to do search on the newsgroup with that in mind.
"Top" wrote in message suv laid this down on his screen : I get the same error and installation stops when I try to install on my laptop. I tried to burn the DVD thrice, at 16x, 8x and 2x DVD+R and all of them have the same problem. The drive does not have any problem because I can boot and install my slipstreamed Win XP just fine. I have redownloaded the image twice to be sure I don't have an corrupt image.
"micro3000x" wrote:
I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x
Are you sure you burned a disk image, not a data disk?
Another thought, I had trouble when I tried to boot the DVD I had burned, the keyboard would lock up and I couldn't enter the "key". I tried to install from XP and was able to install that way. It was slower than I expected but it is a larger OS than XP.
Ed

I was trying to install windows vista x86 on a HP Media Center PC and after I entered the product the installation came up with an error that said "Setup cannot open Windows Image File." and than exits the installation. The Product Key is fine and has been used on my other computer so I am wondering what the error could be. I am hoping for a Prompt Responce.
Thank You, micro3000x