Official Windows 7 RC Available Right Now!

[Night Hawk]

That's precisely what happened to me when first going to download the 7000 builds and lost IE connection a few times for the 64bit edition. The immediate downloader install and process picked afterwards once the connection was re-established seeing that completed after the first two failed attempts. The 32bit fortunately kept going not seeing an interruption later.

 

[Cncmasterw]

can i pause this download, restart my comp and then resume?

yes

 

[Bavo]

Everytime I finish downloading the 64bit version (haven't tried the x86 version) I get an error saying the file might be corrupted, and I can only choose to either redownload or remove the file.

I've tried downloading six times now, I figured I might start asking if anyone has encountered the same problem? I'm running the 7000 build and using Firefox to download.

 

[Airbot]

Try the direct links in the first post of the thread with IE8. copy and paste the direct d/l link in IE8's address bar. See if it completes that way without error.

 

[kpo6969]

Everytime I finish downloading the 64bit version (haven't tried the x86 version) I get an error saying the file might be corrupted, and I can only choose to either redownload or remove the file.

I've tried downloading six times now, I figured I might start asking if anyone has encountered the same problem? I'm running the 7000 build and using Firefox to download.

I downloaded the 7100 RC x64 this morning to maybe try it at a later date.
FireFox did the same for me, switched to IE8, no issues, had it in about an hour and twenty minutes. Makes you wonder about Microsoft sometimes

 

[Cncmasterw]

I downloaded the 7100 RC x64 this morning to maybe try it at a later date.
FireFox did the same for me, switched to IE8, no issues, had it in about an hour and twenty minutes. Makes you wonder about Microsoft sometimes

maybe its firefox but i highly doubt its firefox because i downloaded Both 64 and 32 bit Just fine

 

[kpo6969]

maybe its firefox but i highly doubt its firefox because i downloaded Both 64 and 32 bit Just fine

I wasn't implying FireFox was the issue.
Maybe they are less issues using a Microsoft browser (IE8)..

 

[Cncmasterw]

I wasn't implying FireFox was the issue.
Maybe they are less issues using a Microsoft browser (IE8)..

Eh who knows maybe its his system.. is he waiting for the WHOLE download i mean there are a bunch of parts to it.. he should wait 10 min after he thinks its done

 

[Night Hawk]

When first going to click on the download links at MS the first will automatically see the MS downloader installed. That's how they set that up there.

The downloader itself insures everything is complete when finished. Once the download is complete you will see the 100% indication and no activity with the "done" seen at the bottom using the MS downloader through IE 8 or 7 if on XP or Vista when going for it.

The 32bit RC was done the first night in about 45 minutes. It was the 64bit RC that really took all night for that! At this point depending what time of day you start the download things should go a little faster then the first few days anyways while seeing a good bolume of traffic on their servers.

 

[Snufffed]

Everytime I finish downloading the 64bit version (haven't tried the x86 version) I get an error saying the file might be corrupted, and I can only choose to either redownload or remove the file.

I've tried downloading six times now, I figured I might start asking if anyone has encountered the same problem? I'm running the 7000 build and using Firefox to download.

I'd suggest using that junky old IE8 since it seems to work better for MS stuff.
I have not had any problems starting and pausing, then restarting later.
but then I do use IE.

 

[darkassain]

the only thing about this is that they only tested in IE...
thats it as im pretty sure they wouldnt bother testing in FF or Chrome...
i was able to download using firefox but only after giving it to flashgot and then flashget

 

[Night Hawk]

Well it's going to be just like any other MS product where the best results are seen using "their own" browser and not any 3rd party addon. They assume you are running Windows when going to download Windows to start with.

And it was the IE 8 seen in the 7000 build still being beta that saw all the problems! When first out IE 8 trashed the XP install at the time and saw some annoyances in teh beta builds being there as well. The finished IE 8 on the other smokes past the rest for the most part especially for any MS downloads in particular.

In all three XP, Vista, and 7 IE 8 was compared to Opera 9.64 and Chrome until XP was replaced by the 32bit RC. If you are not in one of the 7000 build be sure to use the finished version of IE 8.

 

[Skrip]

Hey I downloaded the Windows 7 RC But i dont know how to write it on a Disk... Because it is .dlm Archive , How do i write this type of files?

 

[Win7User512]

Hey I downloaded the Windows 7 RC But i dont know how to write it on a Disk... Because it is .dlm Archive , How do i write this type of files?

It hasn't finished downloading. It converts to an ISO file when finished.

 

[Night Hawk]

If you are using the MS downloader that will see the 3 digit extension changed to iso once the downloader has verified everything is 100% finished as Win7User512 pointed out there. Try restarting it if you can to see that will pick up and finish. Otherwise you may end needing to start all over with a second download.

 

[Win7User512]

If you are using the MS downloader that will see the 3 digit extension changed to iso once the downloader has verified everything is 100% finished as Win7User512 pointed out there. Try restarting it if you can to see that will pick up and finish. Otherwise you may end needing to start all over with a second download.

I suspect the user may have exited the download when it said 100%, but it was doing the checksum (i think it does one).

 

[Night Hawk]

That would be about right. When you see the "done" appear at the bottom even while it may sit at 100% and all activity is stopped then browse to the download folder and right click to see what is shown in the properties>general tab in the opening for displaying the file name or renaming the file.

 

[darkassain]

That would be about right. When you see the "done" appear at the bottom even while it may sit at 100% and all activity is stopped then browse to the download folder and right click to see what is shown in the properties>general tab in the opening for displaying the file name or renaming the file.

i would advise to let it do its checksum as errors in transmission might cause errors later on...

 

[Night Hawk]

Here I didn't rush for the betas and now the RCs but simply let them sit for some time before going to see them burned to disk once I knew there was no further activity. The MS downloader is like the 100% insurance by design that would be expected to verify everything before it stops completely.

From what I recall from seeing those available on the late 4th I left the 32bit RC which finished well before the 64bit simply sit for about a good 30 minutes or so before going to burn that one to disk while still waiting on the other.

When you look at the image there the 11:39pm was actually the MS local time when the 64bit download completed apparently. That was a good 6hrs. after starting it a few minutes after the 32bit.

 

[Lhyksus]

Just running on Windows 7 RC

I am not on dual boot now. Just running on windows 7 RC.