RE: Error Code: 0x800703E6

For what it's worth, I was receiving the same error with the DVD ISO. Turns
out it was an issue with my CD/DVD-ROM drive. I switched my BIOS to boot
from my Plextor DVD burner, and I was able to install successfully.


"snoots" wrote:

> This seems to be a common problem with the dvd. Mine does it as well but at
> different file %. Other folks and myself also have discovered that a "clean
> build" rather than an update seems to work ok. I tried it on another pc and
> the clean build option works. At the present time I don't want to clean build
> my main machine as the version I am dual booting works pretty well until RC1
> comes out next week.
>
> "Irfan" wrote:
>
> > I get the above error when copying files at 4%. Checked my iso file and it's
> > fine. Any idea what's wrong?

I am having the same problem as the rest of you, but I have not found help in
any of the solutions you have had. Just booting off of the Vista DVD and
installing a clean installation will result in the "Error Code: 0x800703E6"
message. Specificly it gives me this after about 74% in the Expanding Files
tab. Just wondering if anyone has had any luck besides what was listed
above. My system isnt overclocked and it meets the system requirements. I
am trying to install Vista on a clean reformatted hard drive.

"DRATliff" wrote:

> For what it's worth, I was receiving the same error with the DVD ISO. Turns
> out it was an issue with my CD/DVD-ROM drive. I switched my BIOS to boot
> from my Plextor DVD burner, and I was able to install successfully.
>
>
> "snoots" wrote:
>
> > This seems to be a common problem with the dvd. Mine does it as well but at
> > different file %. Other folks and myself also have discovered that a "clean
> > build" rather than an update seems to work ok. I tried it on another pc and
> > the clean build option works. At the present time I don't want to clean build
> > my main machine as the version I am dual booting works pretty well until RC1
> > comes out next week.
> >
> > "Irfan" wrote:
> >
> > > I get the above error when copying files at 4%. Checked my iso file and it's
> > > fine. Any idea what's wrong?