"Windows is unable to find a system volume..."

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Have you tried extracting the contents of the ISO to a directory and run
> setup from the directory?

I tried it but, predictably, no go.

I tried to install the 5308 beta and it gave me the same result, so it's
something to do with the particular hardware configuration I have.

I'm having the same issue. Trying to install on an 80gb hard drive that has
been freshly formatted. I set the partition and formatted the drive in vista
and it wont let me install on this drive.



"Grope For Luna" wrote:

> I've installed 4 releases of Vista but this is the first time I've had such a
> problem. I have an Athlon 64 3700 on a ASRock 939Dual although previous
> releases were installed on an Nforce2 board with Athlon 2500.
>
> I have an ~80GB D: partition with 50GB available (16kb clusters), a full
> 80GB second drive with ~20GB available (16kb clusters)and the first partition
> on a third drive (27GB - 4kb clusters) and it won't install on either. When
> selecting a volume for installation, the Next button is enabled but when I
> press it, it gives me the "Windows is unable to find a system volume that
> meets it's criteria for installation" message. I've tried it with a virtual
> drive in x64 and by booting with the dvd. I formatted the 27GB partition with
> setup but it also failed. I tried unplugging my USB DVD-RW and installing
> from the virtual image to no avail. Anyone else have this problem or a
> possible solution for this?

I am having similar issues. I am getting the same error:

Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for
installation.

I have a 100GB Drive that I have partitioned using Partition Commander,
which is correctly recognized by the installer:

Disk 0 Partition 1 10.0GB 1.8GB Primary
Disk 0 Partition 2 10.0GB 0.0MB Primary
Disk 0 Partition 3 15.0GB 14.9GB Primary
Disk 0 Partition 4 2.0GB 0.0MB Logical
Disk 0 Partition 5 DATA 56.4GB 46.8GB Logical

Disk 0 Partition 1 is NTFS on which I already have Windows XP Pro installed.
Disk 0 Partition 2 is Linux partition on which I have a Linux OS installed.
Disk 0 Partition 3 is a NTFS 15GB partition on which I want to install Vista
Beta2.
Disk 0 Partition 4 is Linux Swap partition
Disk 0 Partition 5 is a FAT-32 partition for data common to all OSes.

I formatted the Disk 0 Partition 3 with Vista Installer. I can see that that
partition is selected automatically by Vista Installer and the Next button is
highlighted. When I click on Next button I get the

Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for
installation.

Osho

"AmdEmAll" wrote:

> I'm having the same issue. Trying to install on an 80gb hard drive that has
> been freshly formatted. I set the partition and formatted the drive in vista
> and it wont let me install on this drive.
>
>
>
> "Grope For Luna" wrote:
>

> > I've installed 4 releases of Vista but this is the first time I've had such a
> > problem. I have an Athlon 64 3700 on a ASRock 939Dual although previous
> > releases were installed on an Nforce2 board with Athlon 2500.
> >
> > I have an ~80GB D: partition with 50GB available (16kb clusters), a full
> > 80GB second drive with ~20GB available (16kb clusters)and the first partition
> > on a third drive (27GB - 4kb clusters) and it won't install on either. When
> > selecting a volume for installation, the Next button is enabled but when I
> > press it, it gives me the "Windows is unable to find a system volume that
> > meets it's criteria for installation" message. I've tried it with a virtual
> > drive in x64 and by booting with the dvd. I formatted the 27GB partition with
> > setup but it also failed. I tried unplugging my USB DVD-RW and installing
> > from the virtual image to no avail. Anyone else have this problem or a
> > possible solution for this?

Similar issue here. I have XPpro set up on my RAID-0 configuration but also
have a seperate 150GB Raptor which I use for progs and games. I partitioned
that in half, so I have a clean 75gb partition for the window Vista beta.
Now, my WinXP-Pro if 32 bit, and I am trying to install Vista Beta2 64 on the
clean partition I made. I don't think there should have been any issue.
Aside from the fact it was also giving me errors whe I downloaded the
ISO....But that is another issue.

Any ideas anyone>? I have done what other have suggested, as far as
disconnecting everything but mouse and keyboard. Still get the same system
volume error.
--
AMDFX57
2xWD200 RAID-0(XP Pro)
150 GB Raptor(Games and Vista*hopefully*)
XFI-ExtremeMusic
2xBFG7800GTX256 SLI
A8n32 Deluxe Nforce X16
2405FPW digital 1920*1200


"Osho" wrote:

> I am having similar issues. I am getting the same error:
>
> Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for
> installation.
>
> I have a 100GB Drive that I have partitioned using Partition Commander,
> which is correctly recognized by the installer:
>
> Disk 0 Partition 1 10.0GB 1.8GB Primary
> Disk 0 Partition 2 10.0GB 0.0MB Primary
> Disk 0 Partition 3 15.0GB 14.9GB Primary
> Disk 0 Partition 4 2.0GB 0.0MB Logical
> Disk 0 Partition 5 DATA 56.4GB 46.8GB Logical
>
> Disk 0 Partition 1 is NTFS on which I already have Windows XP Pro installed.
> Disk 0 Partition 2 is Linux partition on which I have a Linux OS installed.
> Disk 0 Partition 3 is a NTFS 15GB partition on which I want to install Vista
> Beta2.
> Disk 0 Partition 4 is Linux Swap partition
> Disk 0 Partition 5 is a FAT-32 partition for data common to all OSes.
>
> I formatted the Disk 0 Partition 3 with Vista Installer. I can see that that
> partition is selected automatically by Vista Installer and the Next button is
> highlighted. When I click on Next button I get the
>
> Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for
> installation.
>
> Osho
>

"Steve Z" wrote:

> Similar issue here. I have XPpro set up on my RAID-0 configuration but also
> have a seperate 150GB Raptor which I use for progs and games. I partitioned
> that in half, so I have a clean 75gb partition for the window Vista beta.
> Now, my WinXP-Pro if 32 bit, and I am trying to install Vista Beta2 64 on the
> clean partition I made. I don't think there should have been any issue.
> Aside from the fact it was also giving me errors whe I downloaded the
> ISO....But that is another issue.
>
> Any ideas anyone>? I have done what other have suggested, as far as
> disconnecting everything but mouse and keyboard. Still get the same system
> volume error.
> --
> AMDFX57
> 2xWD200 RAID-0(XP Pro)
> 150 GB Raptor(Games and Vista*hopefully*)
> XFI-ExtremeMusic
> 2xBFG7800GTX256 SLI
> A8n32 Deluxe Nforce X16
> 2405FPW digital 1920*1200
>
>
> "Osho" wrote:
>

> > I am having similar issues. I am getting the same error:
> >
> > Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for
> > installation.
> >
> > I have a 100GB Drive that I have partitioned using Partition Commander,
> > which is correctly recognized by the installer:
> >
> > Disk 0 Partition 1 10.0GB 1.8GB Primary
> > Disk 0 Partition 2 10.0GB 0.0MB Primary
> > Disk 0 Partition 3 15.0GB 14.9GB Primary
> > Disk 0 Partition 4 2.0GB 0.0MB Logical
> > Disk 0 Partition 5 DATA 56.4GB 46.8GB Logical
> >
> > Disk 0 Partition 1 is NTFS on which I already have Windows XP Pro installed.
> > Disk 0 Partition 2 is Linux partition on which I have a Linux OS installed.
> > Disk 0 Partition 3 is a NTFS 15GB partition on which I want to install Vista
> > Beta2.
> > Disk 0 Partition 4 is Linux Swap partition
> > Disk 0 Partition 5 is a FAT-32 partition for data common to all OSes.
> >
> > I formatted the Disk 0 Partition 3 with Vista Installer. I can see that that
> > partition is selected automatically by Vista Installer and the Next button is
> > highlighted. When I click on Next button I get the
> >
> > Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for
> > installation.
> >
> > Osho
> >

>

same problem, minor complication.

two drives;

disk0part1 9.6GB primary
disk1part1 966MB primary
disk1part2 73.6GB primary

disk0part1 is desired location for vista, disk1part1 is Linux swap,
disk1part2 is Linux OS. complication: disk1 will boot w/out disk0, but disk0
will not boot w/out disk1 (which eliminates any possibilities of stripping
down to just disk0).

Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, hard drives as above.

any ideas?

-F

same problem, minor complication.

two drives;

disk0part1 9.6GB primary
disk1part1 966MB primary
disk1part2 73.6GB primary

disk0part1 is desired location for vista, disk1part1 is Linux swap,
disk1part2 is Linux OS. complication: disk1 will boot w/out disk0, but disk0
will not boot (even to dvd) w/out disk1 (which eliminates any possibilities
of stripping down to just disk0).

Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, hard drives as above.

any ideas?

-F

the Drive is too Small need 40gigs of room to install Vista
"Flyer" <Flyer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9D474550-3423-438C-82F7-0B67428F556E@microsoft.com...

> same problem, minor complication.
>
> two drives;
>
> disk0part1 9.6GB primary
> disk1part1 966MB primary
> disk1part2 73.6GB primary
>
> disk0part1 is desired location for vista, disk1part1 is Linux swap,
> disk1part2 is Linux OS. complication: disk1 will boot w/out disk0, but
> disk0
> will not boot (even to dvd) w/out disk1 (which eliminates any
> possibilities
> of stripping down to just disk0).
>
> Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, hard drives as above.
>
> any ideas?
>
> -F