Boot Error, cannot access Vista Ultimate Installation

Fri, 2007-04-20 21:45 - Topics:

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to install Windows Vista Ultimate, i've had zero luck with that today. I've formatted my hd, ive removed some ram, tried a different dvd-rom and still no luck. Everytime the computer loads up and is looking for bootable devices it finds the Vista dvd, it does not even ask me to press a button to boot from dvd, it just jumps to a screen saying:

"the file is possibly corrupted. the file header checksum does not match the computed checksum"

My computer specs are the following:
LG DVD-ROM
P4 3.00ghz Hyperthreading
1gb ddr pc-3200
ati radeon 9800 pro
110gb hd

oh, and i have tried this dvd on my laptop to see if i can get to the installation, and it has absolutley no problem, so i know the dvd is working, i know im just probably missing something really small, but i checked all the hardware before uninstalling xp and it was all compatible, pretty basic mainstream stuff

Thanks in advanced!

Rene

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Mercvrivs (not verified)

Wed, 2007-12-12 14:32

the file is possibly corrupted. the file header checksum does no

I had "exactly" the same problem,i could not perform a cold startup
without this message!But i solved it now!Check your IDE or SATA
cable,and replace it if necesary!

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