Installation Error

[Swastika]

Okay, so after finally getting my hands on untouched windows 7 ISO, when installing i get the error;

0x80070241

Basically, its sayings there is files missing or something - after looking through google, i have tried some of the techniques it mentions to get my installation working, all of which have failed for me.

Does anybody know how on earth im going to fix this? I'm booting from a virtual drive from alcohol 120% by the way, not an actual disk.
I don't know if burning it to a disk would make much difference.

Mega +rep to anybody at all who points in the right directions and helps me sort of this frustrating problem!

[Jack!]

Usually it has to be burned to a disk to work. Also the ISO could be incomplete. how do you know its been untouched, just because they say so. Also your download could be missing a few bits, its happens.

[N!ck]

Check the hash of the iso to the originals.

[Swastika]

Usually it has to be burned to a disk to work. Also the ISO could be incomplete. how do you know its been untouched, just because they say so. Also your download could be missing a few bits, its happens.
Well i downloaded it straight from a site, so i presume its all there?
I'll try burning it to a disc and see if that makes any difference, from what people have said on the internet though, it doesn't make much of a difference and i've ran windows installations before from alcohol 120%.


Check the hash of the iso to the originals.
How would i go about doing that?

[Blob]

Usually it has to be burned to a disk to work. Also the ISO could be incomplete. how do you know its been untouched, just because they say so. Also your download could be missing a few bits, its happens.

I've installed Windows 7 from a mounted CD ISO inside Windows 7 plenty of times.

[Swastika]

Okay, so i burned it and tried to install from CD.
Still no luck, i'm running out of ideas now and i haven't got another direct link to an ISO to download in IDM.

[N!ck]

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit:
Name: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Other name: en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_X15-65922.iso
SHA-1: 326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7
CRC: 0x1F1257CA

Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit:
Name: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Other name: en_windows_7_ultimate_x86_dvd_X15-65921.iso
SHA-1: 5395DC4B38F7BDB1E005FF414DEEDFDB16DBF610
CRC: 0xC1C20F76

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit:
Name: en_windows_7_professional_x64_dvd_x15-65805.iso
SHA-1: 50127304441A793EE51B3F501289F6599A559E9F
CRC: 502C42C1

Windows 7 Professional 32-bit:
Name: en_windows_7_professional_x86_dvd_x15-65804.iso
SHA-1: 697FA06554502FB21D30275273B25747299C020D
CRC: 578725D1

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit:
Name: en_windows_7_home_premium_x64_dvd_x15-65733.iso
SHA-1: 336779EA6B65F63E11A609B4D021439C47AB315B
CRC: 56D954E4

Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit:
Name: en_windows_7_home_premium_x86_dvd_x15-65732.iso
SHA-1: CC9D8220B2179E784D85BF1EA98D2EE2190D534F
CRC: 5DF6DBA0

Use this program with the -sha1 switch to generate the hash and check the output against relevant one above.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/f/4/cf454ae0-a4bb-4123-8333-a1b6737712f7/windows-kb841290-x86-enu.exe

If you're not too sure with using command line software then say so and we'll try and help.

[Swastika]

Yeah, i basically don't know what all that means bro.
Any chance of a tad more detail in what to do?

[N!ck]

Ok, download that link I posted, run it and extract it on your desktop or something. You'll have a file called fciv.

Open the start menu, type "cmd" and press enter on your keyboard. You should get a black command prompt window.

Now here's the simplest way I can think of doing this for you:

Drag and drop the fciv file on to this black window. Press spacebar and type -sha1 press space bar again and then drag and drop the iso file onto the Window. Press enter and it should generate the sha1 for the iso file. Compare it to the sha1 values in my quote above. If it's a complete, untouched iso then it's going to give the same sha1 hash as listed above. It will take a few seconds to calculate it.

Here' a screenshot of what it should look like just before you press enter to generate the hash:

http://i26.tinypic.com/2441qhi.jpg

[Swastika]

It does not let me drag and drop into cmd.

[N!ck]

It does not let me drag and drop into cmd.

Try typing it in manually then using my screenshot as guidance. You may want to put the files on your desktop for ease as I've shown it.

[Swastika]

Ok, i did it and it says:
File Checksum Integrity Verifier version 2.05.

So no, i couldn't get the values to come up.

[N!ck]

Ok, i did it and it says:
File Checksum Integrity Verifier version 2.05.

So no, i couldn't get the values to come up.

Give it a minute, it's probably calculating it. Have a look now it probably took 20-30 seconds after pressing enter.

[Swastika]

Okay, something has came up now.

It says;

f573d753a131b77a944063b2b009ba3bc25b9be2 c\users\jamie\desktop\X15-65732.iso

I guess that's not right?

[N!ck]

Okay, something has came up now.

It says;

f573d753a131b77a944063b2b009ba3bc25b9be2 c\users\jamie\desktop\X15-65732.iso

I guess that's not right?

It either means:

a) The one you downloaded is not original/untouched

b) It is original/untouched but there was a problem when downloading which caused part of it to be corrupted/missing. (or a combination of a) along with this)

c) It is original/untouched, but it's a variation by Microsoft, so has a different sha1 hash.

I think a) or b) is most likely.

Your file is called X15-65732.iso - if it is untouched then why rename it? The real file names when you get them straight from Microsoft are the ones listed in my quote a few posts back (either name or other name).

[Swastika]

I just downloaded it, i don't know why it's called that or anything.
Don't microsoft have a downloadable installer or something? I have my own product keys, i use just need a 32bit installer because i only have x64bit disk at the moment.

[N!ck]

I just downloaded it, i don't know why it's called that or anything.
Don't microsoft have a downloadable installer or something? I have my own product keys, i use just need a 32bit installer because i only have x64bit disk at the moment.

Nope, you can't donwload it from Microsoft.com unless you buy it on their website.

Imo, the best way of getting large files than need to be downloaded perfectly with no errors is bittorrent. BitTorrent downloads the file in parts (generally between 64KB - 4MB per part denending on the filesize) and each part is hash checked (the correct hashes for each part is in the .torrent file) and any parts that don't hash correctly are redownloaded.

[Swastika]

Yeah i know, but torrents take ages usually.

[Recursion]

Just to let you know, my Windows 7 ISO (I'm 99% sure it's 32bit) is called "X15-65804.iso" and I know that's original and untouched with an MD5 of D8F675AAEB48057452666B0CD686D7F5. That's one I was given by the county before our VLK was active :P