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Upgrading XP SP2 on a Vista Compatible PC HP Pavilion a1060a Have tried to install Vista Beta 2 32-bit(x86) DVD three times. It fails whilst Expanding Files - at 21%. Help! Help! Help! -- Grahame

Its possible that its just a glitch you are experiencing as a result of trying upgrade from Windows XP. I would try clean install instead or re-run setup, I have experience similar issues with setup, after retrying, it installs (but this is a clean install scenario).
A Warning to potential Upgraders:
A lot of persons are contemplating about upgrading their one and only, production install of XP. If you are itching to do that, DON'T! DO NOT upgrade your existing install of XP if you use it for work or you use it on a daily basis. Not because Vista is at BETA 2 means its ready for prime time or production environments, it is for testing and to get feedback on what's wrong with the product.
I also suspect some persons think Vista has been finalized, no its not, its still in development. I know Vista looks enticing and all, but it is still not ready for prime time and the numerous reports of unsuccessful, problematic clean installs, upgrades are proof of that.
If you want to try upgrade scenarios at least make sure you do it on a spare installation of XP, you have a back up image of your existing install or simply do a clean install on a separate drive or logical partition. For those who have already upgraded their installations of XP and want to return to XP, your only option is to format that drive and reinstall it. There is no way to uninstall Vista.
Also, there are no upgrade paths from Windows XP Professional x64 to Vista x86 or x64. You cannot launch Vista x64 setup in Windows XP x86 or you will get an "invalid Win32" error. You have to boot off the DVD.
Get Religion: Backup, Backup, Backup! -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Grahame" wrote in message

Upgrading XP SP2 on a Vista Compatible PC HP Pavilion a1060a Have tried to install Vista Beta 2 32-bit(x86) DVD three times. It fails whilst Expanding Files - at 21%. Help! Help! Help! -- Grahame

I also have installation failure but at 27% of expansion.
I installed to a separate hard drive from Windows XP Home and even tried it from safe mode with the same results. When I tried a clean boot it stopped at "Loading Files" the error message was "An error occured while preparing Windows setup to boot into the next stage of setup"
Configuration: Athlon XP 2800 processor ECS N2U400-A motherboard Radeon 9200SE 128Mb 8X AGP 1GB DDR333 120GB WD 7200 EIDE (XP) 160GB WD 7200 EIDE (Vista destination drive) using Microsoft provided DVD -- I''m Down the Tubes with the whales!
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Its possible that its just a glitch you are experiencing as a result of trying upgrade from Windows XP. I would try clean install instead or re-run setup, I have experience similar issues with setup, after retrying, it installs (but this is a clean install scenario).
A Warning to potential Upgraders:
A lot of persons are contemplating about upgrading their one and only, production install of XP. If you are itching to do that, DON'T! DO NOT upgrade your existing install of XP if you use it for work or you use it on a daily basis. Not because Vista is at BETA 2 means its ready for prime time or production environments, it is for testing and to get feedback on what's wrong with the product.
I also suspect some persons think Vista has been finalized, no its not, its still in development. I know Vista looks enticing and all, but it is still not ready for prime time and the numerous reports of unsuccessful, problematic clean installs, upgrades are proof of that.
If you want to try upgrade scenarios at least make sure you do it on a spare installation of XP, you have a back up image of your existing install or simply do a clean install on a separate drive or logical partition. For those who have already upgraded their installations of XP and want to return to XP, your only option is to format that drive and reinstall it. There is no way to uninstall Vista.
Also, there are no upgrade paths from Windows XP Professional x64 to Vista x86 or x64. You cannot launch Vista x64 setup in Windows XP x86 or you will get an "invalid Win32" error. You have to boot off the DVD.
Get Religion: Backup, Backup, Backup! -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Grahame" wrote in message Upgrading XP SP2 on a Vista Compatible PC HP Pavilion a1060a Have tried to install Vista Beta 2 32-bit(x86) DVD three times. It fails whilst Expanding Files - at 21%. Help! Help! Help! -- Grahame

Grahame if you downloaded vista don't use DVD+R you have to use DVD-R
"Grahame" wrote:

Upgrading XP SP2 on a Vista Compatible PC HP Pavilion a1060a Have tried to install Vista Beta 2 32-bit(x86) DVD three times. It fails whilst Expanding Files - at 21%. Help! Help! Help! -- Grahame

use DVD-R not DVD+R
"Grahame" wrote:

Upgrading XP SP2 on a Vista Compatible PC HP Pavilion a1060a Have tried to install Vista Beta 2 32-bit(x86) DVD three times. It fails whilst Expanding Files - at 21%. Help! Help! Help! -- Grahame

Upgrading XP SP2 to Vista Beta on a Vista Compatible PC Have tried to install Vista Beta 2 32-bit(x86) DVD for three days. Every time - it fails whilst Expanding Files at 21%. -- Grahame

-- Grahame
"Grahame" wrote:

Upgrading XP SP2 to Vista Beta on a Vista Compatible PC Have tried to install Vista Beta 2 32-bit(x86) DVD for three days. Every time - it fails whilst Expanding Files at 21%. -- Grahame

-- Grahame
"Grahame" wrote:

Upgrading XP SP2 to Vista Beta on a Vista Compatible PC Have tried to install Vista Beta 2 32-bit(x86) DVD for three days. Every time - it fails whilst Expanding Files at 21%. -- Grahame

are you running McAfee I was having the same problem i went and did a search for McAfee and deleted all parts of McAfee and it was fine then
"Grahame" wrote:

-- Grahame
"Grahame" wrote:
Upgrading XP SP2 to Vista Beta on a Vista Compatible PC Have tried to install Vista Beta 2 32-bit(x86) DVD for three days. Every time - it fails whilst Expanding Files at 21%. -- Grahame