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Part 2: Installing Windows Vista, Cannot find file d:\sources\install.wim

Right before lunch I decided to give generating a Vista key one more try and sure enough I finally got it to generate.  I finished up some code I was working on and then went to lunch to grab a sandwich real quick hoping I could get through most of the install during lunch.

For those curious, I am installing Vista on my AMD 64 machine.  The only difference from what is listed on my other blog is I have 2GBs of memory now instead of 1GB.  After hunting around for a few minutes I found the Promise Fasttrak 378 driver I was going to need and I rebooted the machine with the DVD I burnt in the drive. 

After several minutes I was greeted with an installation screen.  I entered my key and pressed next.  And then BOOOOOM!  The installation blew up.  I was told my installation was canceled and the error was 0x80070000D.  The text read: 

Windows cannot open the required file D:\Sources\Install.wim.  Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation.  Error code:  0x8007000D.

I pressed ok (since that is all I could press) and went back to the main screen and chose the repair option hoping it would get me a little further along.  I was able to see my devices:  floppy disk, DVD drive, and even my external FireWire drive.  I explored the DVD drive and I could see the install.wim file on the disk.  WTF!?

Thinking I may have had a bad download I went back to MSDN and checked the Sha1 hash key.  After a few minutes my Sha1 generator came back with the same key.  That removes that theory,  our files are an exact copy.

I did some more digging on the Internet and found that other people had the same problem.  Mostly with Virtual Machine installations (which is all I had done with Vista myself up until this point).  Someone stated they thought the DVD player was the problem, someone else said they did a re-burn and it solved the problem.  Since I had validated I had a good copy I decided to reburn another DVD with another program.  This time I used Alcohol 120% instead of Nero.  Unfortunately I had the exact same problem and lunch is now over.  Stay tuned while the saga unfolds.

posted @ Friday, November 17, 2006 6:41 PM

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 re: Part 2: Installing Windows Vista, Cannot find file d:\sources\install.wim

Left by Florian at 2/23/2007 4:39 AM
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I am having the same problem.. so did you got any conclusion?

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Left by Keith Elder at 2/23/2007 6:55 AM
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The ultimate conclusion was a combination of the software used to make the disc, the type of DVD, and the burn speed it was burned with. I was using the Vista image from MSDN so I ultimately figured out I had a good image.

After I burned the DVD at 1x using another program (and a firmware upgrade on the dvd drive) it has worked fine ever since.

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Left by Madcow at 3/21/2007 9:26 AM

Ive got this problem too, i just took the CD out at the error screen put it in another pc (again to check the file was there) and after reading that put it back into my notebook and reran the install and worked? go figure.

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Left by Ricky Helgesson at 4/27/2007 11:04 AM
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I have the exact same problem and I am using the original disk sent to me from Microsoft as a part of my MSDN subscription. I have tried several times and get this error every time. Any suggestions?

# re: Part 2: Installing Windows Vista, Cannot find file d:\sources\install.wim

Left by Keith Elder at 4/27/2007 2:43 PM
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The answer is it is a combination of things. Try upgrading your firmware on your DVD drive. Try another DVD drive.

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Left by Ricky Helgesson at 5/1/2007 12:00 PM
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I flashed my BIOS, flashed my DVD drive. Same problem. I tried to copy everything from the disk (original from Microsoft) to my computer and that works fine... but during installation - nope.

Right now I have downloaded the CD version instead of DVD version of the installation and will soon burn disk instead of using the original one and see what happens...

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Left by Steve Swaim at 6/29/2007 5:03 PM
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Same problem here, using original eMachines Opertating System Install disk with the original DVD±RW drive that came with system... No idea...

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Left by ray at 6/30/2007 9:43 AM
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i have the same problem. i mount the image and the error is there. it did not even extract by poweriso. any suggestions

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Left by ramasamy at 7/3/2007 9:17 AM
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install.wim
error code: 0x80070002

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Left by durim at 8/22/2007 4:31 PM
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same problem here.please give me some links were I can find the program for copy cd-s with low speed

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Left by AlexP at 8/22/2007 9:16 PM

Check memory !!!!

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Left by Matt TErry at 10/8/2007 7:59 PM

I had the same problem, I changed the DVD drive with another one (same model and brand) and same error. I changed it over to a different brand and it worked. I was getting confused because an XP installation would work fine.

THE ANSWER IS : change the drive / firmware might work.

 Possible solution?

Left by Pim Jong at 10/17/2007 9:10 AM
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I had the same problems, but with a original retail DVD of Windows Vista.
That means that i haven't burned it.

Anyway, my solution was to let the setup run normally. Then, after it copied the files and tried to unpack them, it got the error message. I then used the recovery thing in the main install screen to open up the command screen (cmd).
I typed in setup.exe (while in the directory X:\sources) and the setup ran again. This time it worked.

This is a difficult solution but it worked for me.

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Left by James at 11/6/2007 7:50 PM

I found that the issue was with my hard drive.

I used the Hirens boot cd to fix the drive using partition magic, restarted, formatted the hard drive in partition magic, then proceeded with the vista installation.

Same DVD install disc, no problems. It seems that having a problem in the drive table was affecting the ability to copy the files to the c drive.

Vistas format and drive selection was selecting a partition and formatting partitions without correcting potential disc errors.

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Left by Arzii at 1/24/2008 9:30 AM

INSTALL.WIM Do Not DRAG! Copy And Paste!
By Copying And Pasting! It Will Pick Up All Files!
But No1 Can Open A .WIM File Accept Microsoft!
Blain Bill Gates ! :D

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Left by Afshan at 2/16/2008 9:31 AM
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yeh but wtf is arzii on?

neway i just reburned it at lowest speed using alcohol 120% and it worked, imgburn screwed it up

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Left by me2 at 4/12/2008 1:52 PM

It seems that I had the partition table issue too. Vista installer didn't proceed with reading original dvd (still 0%) until after some minutes it stated that it couldn't find Install.wim file (error code 0x8007045D).

I was installing on a ntfs partition from a previous installation that was reformatted by Vista installer.

I restarted the installation and deleted that partition and created a new one. That time it worked all ok.

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Left by changecd at 4/14/2008 4:24 PM
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Changing the drive works. You can use dvdburn from the windows driver kit to ensure that it is not the drive burning software! WDK is a free download for Windows XP, Vista and server 2003.

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Left by Thuong at 4/22/2008 9:45 PM
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Re-Upload file INSTALL.WIM please!

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Left by MajorAmby at 5/5/2008 10:19 PM
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I checked another site and someone mentioned something about switching the DVD drive because they must have tilted their older DVD drive and had possible previous issues.

That gave me an idea... holy crap, I'm tilting my DVD drive (my computer looks like it has an octopus hanging out the side of it due to switching drives here and there)!

Well, I leveled my DVD drive, and it worked perfectly. =/

I guess I never thought that was an issue (maybe I'm just a n00blet). However, I had other issues not related to this afterwards. But I thought I'd post what I found here!

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Left by wynder at 6/3/2008 8:15 AM
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i have just down loaded parallels for Max Os X.4 & 2 vista boot disks

i am getting this error with one of them install.wim & with the other i am getting winload.exe .. another common error

with it being on parallels on a mac . im not sure if the mentioned solutions will work .. does anyone have any answers please email me a solution :)

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Left by devendra at 8/13/2008 9:16 AM
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i can't found the install.wim file.

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Left by rüya tabiri at 9/6/2008 12:12 AM
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Thank you.

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Left by parke at 9/6/2008 12:14 AM
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Thank You Very much :)

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Left by rüya tabirleri at 9/6/2008 12:16 AM
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Thank Youu...

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Left by Cecil P at 9/28/2008 11:09 PM
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Hey all! Nailed the installation. Go figure... I removed my spankydank new dvd drive and reinstalled a dusty old slower DVD drive that I was linuxing with and...........voila! Installation. Good Grief! Thanks for all of your help! Who woulda thunk it?

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