Vista Beta 2 Install

[172.com]

Anyone managed to install this successfully, I've burnt the ISO onto two different DVDs and both of them failed on different things. Not sure whether it's the ISO, the DVD (had problems with these disks before) or the DVD burner (first time I've used it).

Grrr. Installation procedure looks nice tho. I wanted to install Vista and Gentoo today, haven't managed either.

 

[Evil Ally]

M$ issued something recently telling people to burn the iso at a very low speed. Apparently this is a common problem.

 

[172.com]

M$ issued something recently telling people to burn the iso at a very low speed. Apparently this is a common problem.

I burnt the original at 8x, then I remembered the problems they had with Visual Studio .net 2003, which had to be burnt at 4x. Second one I burnt at 6x, which was the lowest Nero would let me do it! I would've done it at 4x if I could.

 

[Evil Ally]

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/13657

They say 1x or 2x! What brand of media you using m8?

 

[172.com]

Ah crap, Emtec '1-4x certified' could be the reason. I'm using Nero, and I only get the choice of 6x or 8x, which could be down to the firmware on my DVD burner (it's pretty new). I'll try it at work tomorrow, on some better media and slower DVD burner.

 

[ollie]

burn it with alcohol 120% ? mine didnt work with nero either, worked with alcohol tho

 

[172.com]

Cheers for the help guys. I bought some Verbatim 8x yesterday, and burnt it at 6x. Worked a treat.

 

[MikeDX]

Doesnt make the OS have any less problems or less s**t though

 

[172.com]

LOL, true. It only crashed once tho! Was reading a blog from a die-hard mac user though, who said it's better than tiger. I think he musta been on crack. Although, it probably is better (for now).

 

[Evil Ally]

Glad to hear it worked. I'm gonna save myself for the final build Emtec are made by CMC I think, pretty much the lowest grade media you can buy. Verbatims are excellent (mitsubishi chemicals) as are anything based on tayo yuden (sony etc).