I have to say I was quite excited to finally finished downloading Windows 7 beta 7000 for the first time.  I waited those long hours for the download to finish, I burned my DVD, put the DVD in the drive, Windows 7 beta setup popped up, I chose my parititian, and let the set up utility do its thing.  It got to the “Expanding Files” step in the installation process.  It completed about 92% of this process, then suddenly….ERROR 0×80070241.  This error told me that some files might be missing or corrupt and to restart the installation.  BUMMER!!!!

I went online and Googled for help, and found some interesting solutions like “Burn your disk at a slower speed” or “Burn your disk with THIS software and not THIS software.”  I went through about 4 lightscribe DVD’s following these suggestions and found myself with the same problem.

I was honestly disappointed.  I waited a long time for that download to finish, used up my new lightscribe dvd’s, and created a new partition for what?  Nothing?!  I was just about ready to give up when I remembered…the download manager.

Windows 7 downloads using an online download manager so that you can pause your download, shut off your computer, and continue your download at another time.  It was quite late when I started downloading, and I decided to pause my download and continue the next morning.  I thought to myself…”The error is telling me that some of the files may be missing or corrupt…could it be that pausing my download caused me to loose data or caused some data to become corrupt?”

So, I downloaded Windows 7 beta 7000 a SECOND time WITHOUT pausing it.  Then, I burned it to a DVD in RAW format at the slowest speed possible.  I ran through the installation and 20 minutes later, Windows 7 was installed and working beautifully.

So in case you didn’t catch my solution: download Windows 7 Beta 7000 without ever pausing it – let it run straight through, and burn your DVD at the slowest speed in RAW format.  Take these extra measures, and you should have Windows 7 beta running smoothly.

What Do You Think?

What were some problems that you discovered when installing Windows 7?  What was your solution to this problem?  What do you think of Windows 7?  I’d love to hear from you!  Leave a comment or e-mail me at david@funkytower.com

Take it easy,
David

Hello, everybody!  It has been awhile, times have been busy with the holidays, but I’m ready to pick up and get back into the swing of things.

I JUST downloaded Windows 7 beta 7000 and installed it as a second operating system on my machine.  I know what you’re thinking “does it suck as much as Vista?”

Drum roll please….No!  In fact, I think Windows 7 will be a good solid upgrade from Windows Vista and even Windows XP, believe it or not!  There are a TON of new features and improvements from Windows Vista, and I will be sharing them with you!

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