"..image file [install.wim] does not exist."

drxthirst said:

Ok, well I get the same error on an old Emachines laptop, and I've tried it on 2 different DVD burners. What would you suggest doing?

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try redownloading it again it can somtimes get courrupted if not and you either got a external drive and/or flash drive and try to see if it can boot from there...

i suggest you look here
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/1697-installing-windows-7-via-usb-sd-media.html

Thanks. That's my plan for now.

hi all. i have this problem too. i 've read some causes like old dvd reader, bad burning, bad iso file. ¿what's the real cause? i have a phillips burner. i thoutgh that the problem maybe is because the dvd disc is DVD+R and not DVD-R ¿is posible? ¿is there someone who have sloved this problem whitout using a external usb drive?
thank u

actually there are many causes since there are many things that can go that can go wrong from having a corrupt iso to a disc not being read right....
there so many steps (downloading from the net...iso corrupt) to the harddisk not work working as well anymore, the iso not burned correctly, the burner had a coaster and even the dvd not being read correctly....

ok. i will try to download again and burn at 4x. i burned 16x. thanks

i burned again and the same error appears. i tried to put the files to my secondari hhd but it doesn't function.

Use IE7 to download the images then burn to DVD. I had the same problem either reading from a burned DVD or an ISO - the problem I found was that I was using Firefox to download the ISOs and not IE. Somehow part of the download was getting corrupted when not using IE7's download manager. I've never had this kind of problem with FF but that's what did it for me. Either that or the site was having some kind of an issue. Give it a shot..

i don't think FF is the problem because i downloaded with IE7.

Maybe not - maybe it's just random issues occurring mid download. I just find it real hard to believe that reading the ISO images falls on certain hardware - seems lame to have a beta that falls short on that sort of thing. Anwyay, that's what seemed to consistently work for me.

Hello,

Here's one way to fix this error: Windows 7: Windows could not collect information for [OSImage] since the specified image file [install.wim] does not exist | The Fake Geek

Worked for me at least.

it can be the burn speed but i burned 2 dvd s 2nd at 4 and gives the same error. i think the error occurs because of the windows. it is a beta and there are some mistakes. i have not tried the same dvd to other pc yet but i think it would function. and obviously opposite way: dvd that run in some pcs and doesn't in other pc.

easy fix for install.wim error

Hi there,

I had the same error about install.wim aswell, even after several reboots. What I did to fix it:

1. Copy the drivers for your motherboard's SATA-controller to a diskette or USB stick (I used the Vista 64-bit version of mine).
2. Boot from your Windows 7 DVD and at the screen that says "Install now" select "repair....".
3. Press Load Drivers and browse to your SATA-controller driver. Select and press "Add drivers" (no need to select anything in the list).
4. After drivers are loaded, just close the repair window, and press the "Install now" button.
5. Installation should work now!

The above names and buttons can be different from the installation disc, can't remember them all exactly. This worked for me and didn't need to reburn or put the installation files on an external harddisk Seems Windows loads the appropiate drivers for your SATA controller, after which it can read the install.wim file correctly.

Used Windows 7 x64 version burned to Verbatim DVD+R.
Hardware in use:
- Asrock 4Core1333-FullHD motherboard with ATI™ SB600 southbridge
- Intel E2200
- 6 gb of RAM
- Samsung DVD-/+/RAM SH-S203D

I haven't found this solution anywhere on the internet yet. Hope this can help some of you!

thanks i will try

KCINIMOD's answer is the ‘official’ fix. I tried downloading in IE 7, and reburning disks at slower rates but none of that worked.

I read kcinimod’s post and went to my motherboards website to download the drivers onto a usb disk and loaded them during the windows 7 install. I had a LOT of drivers to select, but I think the important driver was my IDE driver. I have a newer motherboard but my dvd-rom drive is an old IDE drive. So, I noticed that there was an IDE driver which I loaded (as well as a bunch of SATA and RAID drivers). I think the important driver was the IDE driver since my cd-rom drive is IDE.

I really hate posting on forums, but I felt that KCINIMOD’s post was such an important find that I had to post.

If you run into this issue while doing a windows 7 install, copy your IDE and SATA drivers onto a USB disk which you can get from your motherboards website, go to – install now -> repair -> add drivers -> Add all your drivers ( I added a lot) -> Hit the X button on the repair window -> Click Install -> You should be good to go.

(btw, I was using an abit ab9pro drivers are located here: http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/download/download_driver_detail.php?pFILE_TYPE=Driver&pMAIN_TYPE=Motherboard&pTITLE_ON_SCREEN=AB9+Pro&pSOCKET_TYPE=LGA775 but I had to select Europe since it seems the US driver links are dead. I downloaded all the SATA driver selections and loaded all of them and it worked)

Thanks again KCINIMOD!!!

Hi

I had the same problem, did though add a text file with a license key to the DVD. But then I burned a new DVD from the ISO file on a slow burning speed and that did the trick!

Mimical

Solution to install.wim problem

I believe Windows 7 is as picky about hardware as Vista. It does not like my fully functional laptop DVD drive. The drive works, the download worked, the burn worked, and the drive can read the disk. It is Windows 7 that is faulty in its inability to adapt. Windows Vista produced exactly the same error on this machine, and I kick myself for wasting DVD-R disks trying to correct a problem that lay in the Windows itself. I would not repeat that mistake with Windows 7.

The solution: when you get the install.wim cannot be found error, close the error message and choose the repair disk option. Open a command prompt. It defaults to the install directory on the DVD. Run install.exe and the installation will proceed as normal ...

Until it just stops installing. Problem not solved. I really had hopes for this, but apparently Windows 7 just doesn't like some DVD drives. That's a failing of the developers. Of course, books have been written about the failings of the Windows development team, so I won't go into it here.

Just for particulars, this is on a Toshiba Satellite M45-S165 with Celeron M 1.5GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB hard drive, Panasonic UJ-846-C DVD-DL drive, and Radeon x200 graphics, which I figured would be at least the minimal platform that could run Windows Vista/7.

Hi!!! I have a Hp Pavilion dv9700... What is the drivers needed for installing Windows 7 on it?? I couln't fin it!!!! thanks.

this forum is alone?? anything see this topic??

I tried from the iso and got the same install.wim not found. Does that mean the file may not be correct on that.

I'd like to do the update option from vista so I just get install and check compatibility.

Any idea if its just adding files to the disk screws up windows 7 finding the install.wim ? I put a folder that was soposed to help me install files if I did a clean install. The programs I'd need after install is done.