vista install error

Hi
I have managed to install the last ctp on my main pc and got it to dual boot fine.
Now Beta 2 is not playing ball at all.
1 x 120Gb sata drive (current C: windows xp) 1 x 120Gb IDE drive (currently d: data) 1 40Gb IDE drive (E: Vista)
P4 3Ghz 1.5Gb RAM x800 xt sound blaster audigy 2 liteon dvdrw
First I try and install Vista from XP. I start the install and tell the setup to install Vista on to E:, it copies teh WIM file to my C: drive then starts to decompress files (stage 2) gets to 27% and asks to restart. Once restarted the new Vista bootsreen comes up and it continues the isntall, untill it gets back to decompressing the files where I get thie error "Setup unable to locate Windown image files"
Lovely. I try again still same error. I re download the iso and burn it at its slowest speed, still same error. I have copied the dvd onto my data drive and run the install off that drive (much fast than the dvd isntall) and STILL the same problem I have also used a setup switch so that the temp files go to the E: drive. Still same error. If I boot up from the vista DVD and install Vista onto the H drive its fine, but the install then changes the vista drive to C: drive and renames my xp drive to e: (which was very annoying) After fixing this error and putting the xp drive back to C: my xp install is working fine but I really really want to install Vista now.
Can anyone help me with this here?
Thanks in advance.

Sorry for the multiple post. The forum said it didnt post twice, and obvioulsy did.
Ho hum.
"wattsy" wrote:

Hi
I have managed to install the last ctp on my main pc and got it to dual boot fine.
Now Beta 2 is not playing ball at all.
1 x 120Gb sata drive (current C: windows xp) 1 x 120Gb IDE drive (currently d: data) 1 40Gb IDE drive (E: Vista)
P4 3Ghz 1.5Gb RAM x800 xt sound blaster audigy 2 liteon dvdrw
First I try and install Vista from XP. I start the install and tell the setup to install Vista on to E:, it copies teh WIM file to my C: drive then starts to decompress files (stage 2) gets to 27% and asks to restart. Once restarted the new Vista bootsreen comes up and it continues the isntall, untill it gets back to decompressing the files where I get thie error "Setup unable to locate Windown image files"
Lovely. I try again still same error. I re download the iso and burn it at its slowest speed, still same error. I have copied the dvd onto my data drive and run the install off that drive (much fast than the dvd isntall) and STILL the same problem I have also used a setup switch so that the temp files go to the E: drive. Still same error. If I boot up from the vista DVD and install Vista onto the H drive its fine, but the install then changes the vista drive to C: drive and renames my xp drive to e: (which was very annoying) After fixing this error and putting the xp drive back to C: my xp install is working fine but I really really want to install Vista now.
Can anyone help me with this here?
Thanks in advance.

Right afer some more playing around I managed to get up to 67% decompressing files when I used deamon tools.
Can anyone suggest anything to me that I can try that I already have not done?
Thanks in advance
"wattsy" wrote:

Hi
I have managed to install the last ctp on my main pc and got it to dual boot fine.
Now Beta 2 is not playing ball at all.
1 x 120Gb sata drive (current C: windows xp) 1 x 120Gb IDE drive (currently d: data) 1 40Gb IDE drive (E: Vista)
P4 3Ghz 1.5Gb RAM x800 xt sound blaster audigy 2 liteon dvdrw
First I try and install Vista from XP. I start the install and tell the setup to install Vista on to E:, it copies teh WIM file to my C: drive then starts to decompress files (stage 2) gets to 27% and asks to restart. Once restarted the new Vista bootsreen comes up and it continues the isntall, untill it gets back to decompressing the files where I get thie error "Setup unable to locate Windown image files"
Lovely. I try again still same error. I re download the iso and burn it at its slowest speed, still same error. I have copied the dvd onto my data drive and run the install off that drive (much fast than the dvd isntall) and STILL the same problem I have also used a setup switch so that the temp files go to the E: drive. Still same error. If I boot up from the vista DVD and install Vista onto the H drive its fine, but the install then changes the vista drive to C: drive and renames my xp drive to e: (which was very annoying) After fixing this error and putting the xp drive back to C: my xp install is working fine but I really really want to install Vista now.
Can anyone help me with this here?
Thanks in advance.