80070017 Error code Resolution

> Hi
>
> Just thought i would let you all in to know how i sorted the 80070017 Error
> code.
>
> Firstly i installed vista on my laptop as a way to see if would absolutely
> moan and groan running on 256mb ram and pentium mobile 1.6GHz. It installed
> fine and after playing with drivers i got it working. As this was only a test
> try for me i thought as it works i will do a complete format on my laptop and
> put xp home on then upgrade to vista with it being perfectly clean.
>
> Basically the jist of the story is i was getting error code 80070017 when
> trying to install it over xp home which i thought would of just been as easy
> as the first time. As other people on the forum mine would stop around the
> 32% mark and 76%.
>
> After reading lots of forum's and through my trial and error i couldnt
> believe that any of the forum's were going to help because i used different
> dvd's, downloaded again, different drives etc. Then i realised it always
> worked better installing first thing in the morning. Thus coming to me
> realising also how hot my laptop would get so when i got home from work i put
> the worlds biggest fan blowing onto it and it installed fine.
>
> So for people that are having problems still take into account the memory
> heat and cpu heat because i think the installation at certain parts checks
> them both and if there too hot will stop the installation to stop the
> hardware burning out.
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham

> Hi
>
> Just thought i would let you all in to know how i sorted the 80070017 Error
> code.
>
> Firstly i installed vista on my laptop as a way to see if would absolutely
> moan and groan running on 256mb ram and pentium mobile 1.6GHz. It installed
> fine and after playing with drivers i got it working. As this was only a test
> try for me i thought as it works i will do a complete format on my laptop and
> put xp home on then upgrade to vista with it being perfectly clean.
>
> Basically the jist of the story is i was getting error code 80070017 when
> trying to install it over xp home which i thought would of just been as easy
> as the first time. As other people on the forum mine would stop around the
> 32% mark and 76%.
>
> After reading lots of forum's and through my trial and error i couldnt
> believe that any of the forum's were going to help because i used different
> dvd's, downloaded again, different drives etc. Then i realised it always
> worked better installing first thing in the morning. Thus coming to me
> realising also how hot my laptop would get so when i got home from work i put
> the worlds biggest fan blowing onto it and it installed fine.
>
> So for people that are having problems still take into account the memory
> heat and cpu heat because i think the installation at certain parts checks
> them both and if there too hot will stop the installation to stop the
> hardware burning out.
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham

>
>
> "Graham" wrote:
>

> > Hi
> >
> > Just thought i would let you all in to know how i sorted the 80070017 Error
> > code.
> >
> > Firstly i installed vista on my laptop as a way to see if would absolutely
> > moan and groan running on 256mb ram and pentium mobile 1.6GHz. It installed
> > fine and after playing with drivers i got it working. As this was only a test
> > try for me i thought as it works i will do a complete format on my laptop and
> > put xp home on then upgrade to vista with it being perfectly clean.
> >
> > Basically the jist of the story is i was getting error code 80070017 when
> > trying to install it over xp home which i thought would of just been as easy
> > as the first time. As other people on the forum mine would stop around the
> > 32% mark and 76%.
> >
> > After reading lots of forum's and through my trial and error i couldnt
> > believe that any of the forum's were going to help because i used different
> > dvd's, downloaded again, different drives etc. Then i realised it always
> > worked better installing first thing in the morning. Thus coming to me
> > realising also how hot my laptop would get so when i got home from work i put
> > the worlds biggest fan blowing onto it and it installed fine.
> >
> > So for people that are having problems still take into account the memory
> > heat and cpu heat because i think the installation at certain parts checks
> > them both and if there too hot will stop the installation to stop the
> > hardware burning out.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Graham

>
> I have a desktop with 2.9 GHZ and 512 of ram. The system has never shown
> any signs of heat problems. I do have a dual layer dvd rw and have read
> that this could be the culprit as for some reason Vista does has problems
> with the installation using this format. I wonder if ordering the disk would
> resolve this issue.
>
> Steve
>

> Hi
>
> Just thought i would let you all in to know how i sorted the 80070017 Error
> code.
>
> Firstly i installed vista on my laptop as a way to see if would absolutely
> moan and groan running on 256mb ram and pentium mobile 1.6GHz. It installed
> fine and after playing with drivers i got it working. As this was only a test
> try for me i thought as it works i will do a complete format on my laptop and
> put xp home on then upgrade to vista with it being perfectly clean.
>
> Basically the jist of the story is i was getting error code 80070017 when
> trying to install it over xp home which i thought would of just been as easy
> as the first time. As other people on the forum mine would stop around the
> 32% mark and 76%.
>
> After reading lots of forum's and through my trial and error i couldnt
> believe that any of the forum's were going to help because i used different
> dvd's, downloaded again, different drives etc. Then i realised it always
> worked better installing first thing in the morning. Thus coming to me
> realising also how hot my laptop would get so when i got home from work i put
> the worlds biggest fan blowing onto it and it installed fine.
>
> So for people that are having problems still take into account the memory
> heat and cpu heat because i think the installation at certain parts checks
> them both and if there too hot will stop the installation to stop the
> hardware burning out.
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham

> Hi
>
> Just thought i would let you all in to know how i sorted the 80070017 Error
> code.
>
> Firstly i installed vista on my laptop as a way to see if would absolutely
> moan and groan running on 256mb ram and pentium mobile 1.6GHz. It installed
> fine and after playing with drivers i got it working. As this was only a test
> try for me i thought as it works i will do a complete format on my laptop and
> put xp home on then upgrade to vista with it being perfectly clean.
>
> Basically the jist of the story is i was getting error code 80070017 when
> trying to install it over xp home which i thought would of just been as easy
> as the first time. As other people on the forum mine would stop around the
> 32% mark and 76%.
>
> After reading lots of forum's and through my trial and error i couldnt
> believe that any of the forum's were going to help because i used different
> dvd's, downloaded again, different drives etc. Then i realised it always
> worked better installing first thing in the morning. Thus coming to me
> realising also how hot my laptop would get so when i got home from work i put
> the worlds biggest fan blowing onto it and it installed fine.
>
> So for people that are having problems still take into account the memory
> heat and cpu heat because i think the installation at certain parts checks
> them both and if there too hot will stop the installation to stop the
> hardware burning out.
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham