July 29, 2006

Vista Beta 3 Install Workaround - Build 5384

Each time I tried to install Windows Vista Beta 3 I got the error "Error 80070241" unable to copy files...Below is the workaround solution.

Anthony Bell Posts 1, Error 80070241 Solution Was this post helpful ? ,

Hi all,
To Get around this error, i used the System Recovery in the vista setup screen,
Open up Two Command Line Panels goto your DVD Rom Drive
For Example D:\, then go cd source directory under Sources

Note: This is where setup files are and the install.wim file is located which is causing the issue maybe due to its 3GB big. See screenshot below:






















ok inside the other command line panel goto your C:\ and create a folder called vista
now back to your other Command line pannel at your dvd rom drive type xcopy /E /T *.* c:\Vista

[Note: this will copy all the files from your dvd to that folder even including subdirectorys this will take aprox 10 - 15 mins+ depending on the speed of the dvd rom

once its complete goto your c:\Vista\Source directory and type attrib -r *.*

then run setup.exe within c:\vista\source .. this will bypass that error you will no longer reciveve due to all the install files are running off c: