Setup Could not read the CD

jdblank · Apr 8, 2006

I have installed Parallels and am trying to install windows. I can get the point just after agreeing to the license agreement, then i get a message from windows setup that says it could not read the CD. I have tried this with Windows XP Home and Pro (both factory MS disks). Any advice would be greatly apprecated.

pmug · May 12, 2006

bump this to the top

Andrew @ Parallels · May 13, 2006

Try to create ISO image from your CD using Parallels Image Tool and install from ISO. Are you sure the CD is readable?

pmug · May 13, 2006

image tool

using image tool, will not let me select cd/dvd button
duo mac mini, 10.4.6, beta 6

thanks, virgil

Andrew @ Parallels · May 13, 2006

Strange... Could you make ISO or CDR image of CD using some other utility?

pmug · May 13, 2006

Hi Andrew, Yes I can make iso or cd images using toast and apples disk utility
parallels reads them but windows will not install

thanks, Virgil

Andrew @ Parallels · May 13, 2006

And you have the same message "from windows setup that says it could not read the CD" even when installing from ISO image?

pmug · May 13, 2006

Andrew @ Parallels said:
And you have the same message "from windows setup that says it could not read the CD" even when installing from ISO image?

Hi Andrew, Yes I got the same msg when installing from ISO image also
But here is the kicker, After trying 8 or 10 times today, the windows me iso
worked and then the windowsXP iso did also as a upgrade
Strange Days?
Anything that could be causing this?

Virgil

wesley · May 14, 2006

I've seen some quirky Windows installs similar to that on real machines. It was sometimes attributed to some sort of a hardware fault (e.g. overclocked CPU or bad RAM) and sometimes to an incompetent CD/DVD-ROM drive.

Andrew @ Parallels · May 15, 2006

pmug,

I have no idea

We will try to reproduce this in our labs.