I have just (and only just) finished installing VW2008 with lots of trouble.
Using the supplied install disk I tried installing onto my machine with Vista 32bit Ultimate & 4gig ram and then on another machine (which is identical) with no luck. And no error messages.
I then tried on my laptop (WINXP Pro 2gig Ram) and did not install. My business partner was supplied with a disk which I also tried installing from but with the same results.
I even tried using different DVD drives, fitted into the machines and then connected via USB...and still no joy. It installed to about 69% then displayed and error message that it could not open WinAppA.
I tried copying both install disks onto my machine and it did not want to copy, so by this stage about 4hours later (I'm very patient) I was getting frustrated. Each time I tried it haulted on copying either WinAppA or Common1-6.
So being technically minded (sort of) I thought...what if I copy the dvd? I tried copying the disk but this did not work either. The error was "cannot read from source". I then tried creating an image file, thinking it's worth a go I suppose having been supplied with 2 dud dvd install disks. But Nero created an image file with no problem, so I continued down this track.
I then burnt that image file back onto a blank DVD. Once burnt I then copied the contents of my DVD onto my local drive...SUCCESS!. I then installed it without a problem from my local drive.
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I have just (and only just) finished installing VW2008 with lots of trouble.
Using the supplied install disk I tried installing onto my machine with Vista 32bit Ultimate & 4gig ram and then on another machine (which is identical) with no luck. And no error messages.
I then tried on my laptop (WINXP Pro 2gig Ram) and did not install. My business partner was supplied with a disk which I also tried installing from but with the same results.
I even tried using different DVD drives, fitted into the machines and then connected via USB...and still no joy. It installed to about 69% then displayed and error message that it could not open WinAppA.
I tried copying both install disks onto my machine and it did not want to copy, so by this stage about 4hours later (I'm very patient) I was getting frustrated. Each time I tried it haulted on copying either WinAppA or Common1-6.
So being technically minded (sort of) I thought...what if I copy the dvd? I tried copying the disk but this did not work either. The error was "cannot read from source". I then tried creating an image file, thinking it's worth a go I suppose having been supplied with 2 dud dvd install disks. But Nero created an image file with no problem, so I continued down this track.
I then burnt that image file back onto a blank DVD. Once burnt I then copied the contents of my DVD onto my local drive...SUCCESS!. I then installed it without a problem from my local drive.
I dont understand why this would work but it did.
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