unable to run setup/install

i have a problem.just completed downloading the vb2005 express edition (vb.img around 486 mb). it took almost 20 days to downlod.now the frustrating part. I cant install it(cant run the setup.exe file).whenever i try to run it a dos prompt window opens and closes and then nothing. what should i do? i dont want to download this huge file again.

[345 byte] By [rentacoder] at [2007-12-17]

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# 1

You must have downloaded this with a modem?

I'd hope you have a friend with a writable cd.

At a minimum though you need to know why this is failing. Open up a command line window and then run the file. There's bound to be an error message that you are missing. Chances are if it took twentydays to download the file is corrupted.

ReneeC at 2007-9-8 >

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# 2

Thank u ReneeC for your reply.

ReneeC wrote:
You must have downloaded this with a modem?<br /><br />I'd hope you have a friend with a writable cd.<br /><br />At a minimum though you need to know why this is failing.  Open up a command line window and then run the file. There's bound to be an error message that you are missing. Chances are if it took twentydays to download the file is corrupted.

Yes i downloaded this using a gprs modem using my mobile phone.

yeah. i do have a cd writer.but what i did was opened the downloaded image file in IsoBuster v 1.2 and extracted all the files to a directory and tried to install it from there,and as mentioned in my earlier post,the problem occured.

as for running setup.exe from a command window,i tried that too.i get a message which says:-"Program too big to fit in memory".

now what should i do?

rentacoder at 2007-9-8 >

# 3

In many cases that I have seen, this happens because there is corruption in the way that Isobuster opened the file. If it is an EXE file you downloaded, you may try extracting using WinZip.

You may also try using a newer version of ISOBuster, and extracting to another drive that may have a lot of space on it. You want to try and be sure to keep at least double the amount of space free on the system drive when you go to install the product. How much free space do you have available on the system drive?

TimMacaulay at 2007-9-8 >

# 4

Tim,

Is it true that MS distributes a copy of ISOBuster for this?

ReneeC at 2007-9-8 >

# 5

I believe that there is a link up on the MSDN Subscriber Website that takes you to the ISOBuster site to be able to download it. This is not a Microsoft tool. If we do anything, we will only reference the tool of several others that can do the same. As an example, I believe that nero can extract and ISO as well.

TimMacaulay at 2007-9-8 >

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