Windows Vista installation problems

[[TW]Fox]

Hi guys,

I've been trying to install Vista onto my laptop (Dell D620) for a while now but always hit the same problem.

After it gets past copying files, following the stage where you enter your CD key, setup produces the following error message:

Windows cannot install required files. The file may be currupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070017

Now, I did some research and most people suggested that it was the media thats normally at fault. So, I burned another ISO - this time at the slowest speed the burner would support, AND verified the disk after burning. Same problem.

In total, I tried 3 seperate ISO's - 1 copy of the 32bit and 2 copies of the 64bit (of which one was burnt at lowest speed and verified) but every time it would fail with the same error.

So I assumed the CD drive itself was at fault, and replaced the drive. New drive arrived today.

And the error is still present.

Any ideas? XP installs perfectly..

Oh, FWIW this is a perfectly legal fully licensed copy of Vista obtained legitimately through my University.

 

[[TW]Fox]

The HDD is formatted each time - I've no idea where the ISO's came from as they are on a standaline ISO machine in one of the labs. I suspect they've been copied off DVD's sent from MSDN to the Uni or similar.

 

[[TW]Fox]

It's a laptop so I've got a single 100Gb HDD in it, which I've re-partitioned and is totally empty. Using no key makes no difference.