Dahlin Family

I was going to Instlal the new Windows Vista, so first I thought I would simply do an upgrade.
Got into Windows and opened up the install from the DVD.  I choose “Upgrade”.  It asked for my key and I entered it in successfully.
Next it asked me if I wanted to check for updates online, I choose to.
It then begen to copy windows files.  It felt like this was taking FOREVER.  Stuck at 9% then finally something happened.  I thought it was done, but no, it gave me an error stating that it couldn’t copy all the required files. Error code 0×8007045D

Hmm, ok, well, lets just try again and see what happeneds. I went through the same motions and well, this time it got to 20% and hung there forever, literally an hour or so.  I got impatient and aborted.
This doesn’t seem to be working, lets just go with a fresh install.

I boot back up into Windows then run the Vista Install again.  I choose to do a full install this time. It tells me it will reboot multiple times, “Copying Windows files …”
Ok.
Hmm, so back to this step again.  I don’t have a good feeling at this point..  All right, about ten minutes into it seems to be stuck at 14%…  My DVD-ROM is making a clunking noise every once in a while.  That can’t be good.

Once again I get the same error.

Ok, lets try the install again.  Looking much better this time, but then ended up bombing at 32%.  I googled the error code, looks like I am not the only one:

http://blogs.axosoft.com/hamids/archive/2006/11/19/2786.aspx

I am going to try and copy the contents of the DVD to my backup HDD and run the setup from there.

That was the ticket.  I started the install from my second HDD and it went as smooth as could be.  So maybe there is something wrong with my DVD-ROM.  In any case I now have Windows Vista.  It’s about time.

Now it’s play time!