creating vista image vm ware

I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated

I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated

Vista requires a minimum of 15GB of hard drive space for installation. Can you increase the size in your virtual machine settings?
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "Nathan Wilson" wrote in message

I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated

Firstly Apologies for double post
Secondly The error I am getting is as follows
"Setup was unable to locate a locally attached hard drive suitable for holding temporary setup files."
Have checked through on here and I have set the disk type to IDE as someone else has
PLease help
"Nathan Wilson" wrote:

I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated

Jane C
many thanks for that I will adjust
Strange that it only says 9434 mb required on screen, but then why am i not surprised
"Jane C" wrote:

Vista requires a minimum of 15GB of hard drive space for installation. Can you increase the size in your virtual machine settings?
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "Nathan Wilson" wrote in message I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated

Because installation takes more hard drive space that the OS will once up and running.
"Nathan Wilson" wrote in message

Jane C
many thanks for that I will adjust
Strange that it only says 9434 mb required on screen, but then why am i not surprised
"Jane C" wrote:
Vista requires a minimum of 15GB of hard drive space for installation. Can you increase the size in your virtual machine settings?
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "Nathan Wilson" wrote in message I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated

See my reply above. Installation requires more space than the OS once running. You should allocate more space than just the minimum for installation anyway. Vista will install on about 11GB, but you cannot do much program testing with that size virtual hard drive. That is why MS says, as pointed out by Jane, that you need 15GB.
"Nathan Wilson" wrote in message

Firstly Apologies for double post
Secondly The error I am getting is as follows
"Setup was unable to locate a locally attached hard drive suitable for holding temporary setup files."
Have checked through on here and I have set the disk type to IDE as someone else has
PLease help
"Nathan Wilson" wrote:
I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated

Okay so Just Follow these steps and you can install Vista on Vmware steps are
1. Create a new VM 2. Memory 512MB 3. Hard Disk (IED 0:0) 20GB 4. CD-ROM (IDE 1:0) Pointing to the ISO Image 5. Ethernet 1 "Bridged"
Start VM 1. Boots the DVD 2. When you get to the part where it ask to pick the disk, delete the existing partition. 3. Recreate the partition 4. Exit the install and reboot the VM 5. During the VM BIOS hit F2 then change the boot order to have the CD/DVD be the first boot device 6. Save and Exit the BIOS 7. When you get to the part where it ask to pick the disk again, highlight then choose format 8. Now select again then choose install 9. It will now start the installation process 10. After a couple of reboots and 45 minutes later (depending on your host machine), the install will be done. 11. You are now logged in but no network, video, and sound 12. Install the VMware tools to get the video going 13. After VMWare Tools reboot and the video will be better 14. Still no network or sound, active the VMware tools so the VM can see the tools on drive D: 15. Goto Device manager, right click the ethernet controller, go to properties, then reinstall the driver. 16. During the reinstall it search the CD-ROM (vmware tools) for the right network driver. 17. You should now have network and able to surf the Internet with IE 7, but still no sound 18. Surf to www.soundblaster.com 19. select drivers from the right bottom panel 20. then North America/United States/English then Go 21 then choose Sound Blaster/Other/16PCI then click Next 22. Choose English/Windows XP/Drivers then Go 23. Download the "Driver release for SB PCI 128 Vibra / PCI 16" 24. Run the installer then reboot and viola you should have sound.


"Nathan Wilson" wrote in message

Firstly Apologies for double post
Secondly The error I am getting is as follows
"Setup was unable to locate a locally attached hard drive suitable for holding temporary setup files."
Have checked through on here and I have set the disk type to IDE as someone else has
PLease help
"Nathan Wilson" wrote:
I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated

Colin have you actually tried it?
I have done it succesfully, and it is not the error you state that is the problem. The error is for another reason.
see this giude (steps 2 to 8 are the trick)
Okay so Just Follow these steps and you can install Vista on Vmware steps are
1. Create a new VM 2. Memory 512MB 3. Hard Disk (IED 0:0) 20GB 4. CD-ROM (IDE 1:0) Pointing to the ISO Image 5. Ethernet 1 "Bridged"
Start VM 1. Boots the DVD 2. When you get to the part where it ask to pick the disk, delete the existing partition. 3. Recreate the partition 4. Exit the install and reboot the VM 5. During the VM BIOS hit F2 then change the boot order to have the CD/DVD be the first boot device 6. Save and Exit the BIOS 7. When you get to the part where it ask to pick the disk again, highlight then choose format 8. Now select again then choose install 9. It will now start the installation process 10. After a couple of reboots and 45 minutes later (depending on your host machine), the install will be done. 11. You are now logged in but no network, video, and sound 12. Install the VMware tools to get the video going 13. After VMWare Tools reboot and the video will be better 14. Still no network or sound, active the VMware tools so the VM can see the tools on drive D: 15. Goto Device manager, right click the ethernet controller, go to properties, then reinstall the driver. 16. During the reinstall it search the CD-ROM (vmware tools) for the right network driver. 17. You should now have network and able to surf the Internet with IE 7, but still no sound 18. Surf to www.soundblaster.com 19. select drivers from the right bottom panel 20. then North America/United States/English then Go 21 then choose Sound Blaster/Other/16PCI then click Next 22. Choose English/Windows XP/Drivers then Go 23. Download the "Driver release for SB PCI 128 Vibra / PCI 16" 24. Run the installer then reboot and viola you should have sound.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

See my reply above. Installation requires more space than the OS once running. You should allocate more space than just the minimum for installation anyway. Vista will install on about 11GB, but you cannot do much program testing with that size virtual hard drive. That is why MS says, as pointed out by Jane, that you need 15GB.
"Nathan Wilson" wrote in message Firstly Apologies for double post
Secondly The error I am getting is as follows
"Setup was unable to locate a locally attached hard drive suitable for holding temporary setup files."
Have checked through on here and I have set the disk type to IDE as someone else has
PLease help
"Nathan Wilson" wrote:
I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated

I didn't cite an error that I can recall. I have not attempted to install Vista in VMWare or VPC with a virtual hard drive of less than 32GB or memory less than 1GB, so I haven't run out of any of the critical resources.
"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message

Colin have you actually tried it?
I have done it succesfully, and it is not the error you state that is the problem. The error is for another reason.
see this giude (steps 2 to 8 are the trick)
Okay so Just Follow these steps and you can install Vista on Vmware steps are
1. Create a new VM 2. Memory 512MB 3. Hard Disk (IED 0:0) 20GB 4. CD-ROM (IDE 1:0) Pointing to the ISO Image 5. Ethernet 1 "Bridged"
Start VM 1. Boots the DVD 2. When you get to the part where it ask to pick the disk, delete the existing partition. 3. Recreate the partition 4. Exit the install and reboot the VM 5. During the VM BIOS hit F2 then change the boot order to have the CD/DVD be the first boot device 6. Save and Exit the BIOS 7. When you get to the part where it ask to pick the disk again, highlight then choose format 8. Now select again then choose install 9. It will now start the installation process 10. After a couple of reboots and 45 minutes later (depending on your host machine), the install will be done. 11. You are now logged in but no network, video, and sound 12. Install the VMware tools to get the video going 13. After VMWare Tools reboot and the video will be better 14. Still no network or sound, active the VMware tools so the VM can see the tools on drive D: 15. Goto Device manager, right click the ethernet controller, go to properties, then reinstall the driver. 16. During the reinstall it search the CD-ROM (vmware tools) for the right network driver. 17. You should now have network and able to surf the Internet with IE 7, but still no sound 18. Surf to www.soundblaster.com 19. select drivers from the right bottom panel 20. then North America/United States/English then Go 21 then choose Sound Blaster/Other/16PCI then click Next 22. Choose English/Windows XP/Drivers then Go 23. Download the "Driver release for SB PCI 128 Vibra / PCI 16" 24. Run the installer then reboot and viola you should have sound.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message See my reply above. Installation requires more space than the OS once running. You should allocate more space than just the minimum for installation anyway. Vista will install on about 11GB, but you cannot do much program testing with that size virtual hard drive. That is why MS says, as pointed out by Jane, that you need 15GB.
"Nathan Wilson" wrote in message Firstly Apologies for double post
Secondly The error I am getting is as follows
"Setup was unable to locate a locally attached hard drive suitable for holding temporary setup files."
Have checked through on here and I have set the disk type to IDE as someone else has
PLease help
"Nathan Wilson" wrote:
I am trying to create a Vista Image in VMware to evaluate the product
I have the ISO correctly downloaded from MS
I have the space (approx 10gb)
I create a new image on my drive with the VMware pointing at the ISO
The initial part runs and I enter the KEY it then says there is no harddrive available to write the temporary files to
I do not understand as I have created images from ISOs in the past and this has not been a problem.
Any help would be appreciated