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I wanted to install Longhorn today. The 'Longhorn Pre-Alpha Client Preview' version.

So here I go, I format my laptop (which is a test pc) and insert the cd.

After entering the key, choosing where to install and clicking continue, when the timer jumps to "14 minutes left" I get an error.

"An error occurred while copying files". That's it, nothing I can do about this.

I looked on Google for help, but nobody got it, except for one person who fixed it by using another machine.

Then, I installed Virtual PC 2004 on my main computer and decided to install it there. That must work, after all it's a virtual pc, and everyone else already got it to run on Virtual PC.

No luck thou, same error message.

Does anyone have any advice in what I can do? I even don't know where it goes wrong, can I get some debug info here to pass on to the MS team?

There goes my plan to install Longhorn and Whidbey on my test pc :(

Love to hear from someone.