Specs:
e6600 2.4ghz
500GB HDD
2 GB RAM
Windows XP Pro
Mounted .iso image and proceeded to do a clean install, got till the end of the installation and an error saying: "Windows could not update registry data in the installation" popped up and reverted my setup back to Windows XP.
I don't have DVD burner so I don't have the option of burning the .iso to a DVD.
I tried setting up a dif. partition thru PartitionMagic but was not able to...
Help? TIA
Found this post related to a Vista installation:
Link: http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=87I got the message "Windows could not update registry data in the installation." on several attempts to upgrade Vista. Each time, I uninstalled more software (including parts of IIS that caused some other folks trouble).
I also checked my event logs (using eventvwr.exe) and cleaned up problems reported there until no more errors were being logged.
Then I found the file C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources\Rollback\setupact.err had some useful info. An error message there suggested trouble with the HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices key in the registry.
I cleaned out some old entries from there, rebooted, and tried the upgrade again. This time it worked (although it appeared to freeze a couple of times toward the end, requiring a hard reboot -- scary stuff).
If you want to try cleaning up the MountedDevices key, read up on it first to avoid causing more problems, and save the existing data there first. I kept the \DosDevices entries and \??\Volume entries for my floppy and hard drives (A:, C:, F:) and removed all the other entries. On reboot, Windows rebuilt the entries for my CD and DVD drives.
Gonna check it out..
Hi Albert,
That link could well be right. A clean install will be a better bet.
You may need to create a partition and format to NTFS before you begin to install 7. How come you couldn't create another partition - any error messages?
Hope it helps
SIW2
Clearing out the old MountedDevices registry keys WORKED!
I'm posting this via my laptop, but the Windows 7 booted successfully...
It looks great!
Glad to see you got thing sorted Albert.
Welcome to the forums
I'm having the same problem for the past 2 days or so, installed the windows quite a few times, but having the same error time and time again
Please help...... I can't boot from the CD as well, the CD isn't bootable
Please Help
Type regedit in run via the start menu.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Navigate to SYSTEM
Navigate to MountedDevices
Delete all entries except for the /DosDevices entry pertaining to your main hard drive.
Install!
Cheers.
and the one's with the name /??/volume
wht to do with them, it won't be making any troubles right, if I delete them as well ???
Yeah, I deleted them as well.
alright thnx for the replies
I really appreciate it
Thanks :)
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