Ok, i have recently got a copy of windows 7 professional x64 from the MSDNAA. However, when i try to do a clean instillation after the button marked 'Install Now' the following error is shown 'Windows could not retrieve information about the disks on this computer' and i am taken back to the 'Install Now' screen. Any ideas on what could be going wrong?
Booting from a disc, as i am attempting to install the 64bit version, but my copy of vista is 32bit. Also i wanted to redo the partitioning of the main drive as there are 2 recovery partitions that i have never really used.
This error can sometimes be caused by a disc corruption. If you burned the disc yourself using a disc image, try burning it again (preferably to a fresh disc), this time at the slowest speed possible. Then try booting from the new disc.
I have done so twice, and i have made a bootable USB drive. All give me the same error.
Now are you getting this error immediately after clicking "Custom" install, or are you getting it immediately after clicking "Install Now"? Your original post was slightly confusing on this point...
Do me a favor and try running the setup from within Vista ... don't actually let it start installing, but I want to see if the same error occurs in the same place.
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