Hi. i have downloaded x86 version of 2k8 evaluation and run setup. first on a virtual drive with maximum disk size of 130557mb and allocated 1024mb ram on virtual pc virtual disk. setup runs untill after reboot when its finalising installation. the the msg pops up "windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware" error 0xC0000005. so i figured it didnt like installing on a virtual drive so i formatted pc and partitioned the 250gb wd sata disk into halves and run xp on one partition C:\ and again to be once again confronted with same error! system details are OS NameMicrosoft Windows XP ProfessionalVersion5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600OS ManufacturerMicrosoft CorporationSystem NameCOLTSystem ManufacturerSystem manufacturerSystem ModelSystem Product NameSystem TypeX86-based PCProcessorx86 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2210 MhzProcessorx86 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2210 MhzBIOS Version/DatePhoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS CROSSHAIR ACPI BIOS Revision 0502, 1/2/2007SMBIOS Version2.4Windows DirectoryC:\WINDOWSSystem DirectoryC:\WINDOWS\system32Boot Device\Device\HarddiskVolume1LocaleUnited StatesHardware Abstraction LayerVersion = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"User NameCOLT\coltTime ZoneGMT Standard TimeTotal Physical Memory2,048.00 MBAvailable Physical Memory707.39 MBTotal Virtual Memory2.00 GBAvailable Virtual Memory1.96 GBPage File Space3.85 GBPage FileC:\pagefile.sys any ideas?

just tried to install only the server core in a virtual drive and same thing...... mighty frustraiting

has no one got an answer for this? or is this just being straight ignored?

Hi, i seldom frequent this technet forum and i believe no one intentionally ignores you. ;-) As for your problem, pretty isolated. I have run Beta 3, RC0 and various other builds in into virtualised environments with no problems. I suggest you download the RC0 and burn to your DVD at the lowest speed your drive can write at. I have seen a few cases where the media was bad. Since you're installing from a virtualized environment, you can mount the ISO file and install right from it.

ahh it was a bad download. not that the files stored in the download sections are corrupt but my connection was a little slow and possibly skipped a few files. got a friend to d/l and burn me a copy its loaded now and fine except for one prob. it doesn't seem to store driver files very well. i use a thompson speedtouch usb modem and have to reinstall it each time i reboot. any suggestions?

On your Vista or XP i suppose. Contact Speedtouch for a fix. Please repost in another forum as i think might be in the wrong place. ;-) Some client MVPs might be able to help you better. As for me, i never like USB Modems.. i always use a router with a modem built in.