Error code 0x80004005 - verifying boot ISO

David

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Jun 21, 2016, 7:17:17 AM6/21/16

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I'm burning a new copy of W7 Home Premium 64 bit to repair my ailing
system.

I've burned the ISO to disc twice, and each time the burn has been O.K.
but the Verify has failed with Error code 0x80004005.

Using my default external USB 2 DVD burner.

Google so far has turned up (for Windows XP):

"Error code 0x80004005

This problem may occur if a file that the Windows Product Activation (WPA)
requires is damaged or missing. This behavior occurs if one or both of the
following conditions are true:
A third-party backup utility or an antivirus program interferes with the
installation of Windows XP.
A file that WPA requires is manually modified."

Most on line sources seem to be sites trying to flog software to fix the
error. Toms Hardware post suggests that this is a code for "unspecified
error".

I will try and burn on a different system and see if I get the same.

When things go bad they just keep going badder.

Cheers

Dave R

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Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box

David

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Jun 21, 2016, 7:50:54 AM6/21/16

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Sigh.

You just couldn't make it up.

Downloaded a second copy (link is valid for 24 hours) and it came in
significantly smaller with no obvious errors/warnings.

So downloaded a 3rd copy which was the size of the first copy and "fc /b"
says they are identical.

Burning at the moment on another slower system and will see if it burns
but fails the verify.

I am rapidly running out of single layer DVDs.

Thinking further, there seems no reason not to use a dual layer DVD
because (AIUI) DVD drives can read commercial dual layer DVDs with films
on, it just needs some extra capability to write dual layer.

However the added complication is that the only dual layer drives I have
installed are on the dead system and the external Samsung DVD writer.

I have two new drives waiting to go in to other systems, but I don't
really want to make extra changes when the PC infrastructure is crumbling
around my ankles.

Lee

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Jun 21, 2016, 7:57:13 AM6/21/16

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On 21/06/2016 12:17, David wrote:
> I'm burning a new copy of W7 Home Premium 64 bit to repair my ailing
> system.
>
> I've burned the ISO to disc twice, and each time the burn has been O.K.
> but the Verify has failed with Error code 0x80004005.
>

<snip>

Did you also come across this? Seems to agree with the AV suggestion.

"But in the other hand if check the Windows Documentation you'll find
out that the error code : 0X80004005, refers to an "ACCESS DENIED"
Error. which means something is preventing the system (burner) to access
your data after burning has done. mostly if you checked your CD disk,
you'll find that your data is already there and burned successfully,
it's just the burner wasn't allowed to access it to verify that, it can
be either prevented by some firewall configuration or your Antivirus if
you have any."

David

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Jun 21, 2016, 8:02:07 AM6/21/16

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Interesting - same failure using Windows burner on another W8.1 system.

Either my stock of single layer DVDs used yay these many years to burn ISO
files has suddenly gone bad or there is a "feature" in the W8.1 burning
software which throws an error on verify.

Now looking for free software to burn a DVD from an ISO.

I do, of course, have DVD authoring software.

Guess which system it is on?

Lee

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Jun 21, 2016, 8:40:50 AM6/21/16

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The suggestion is that 0x80004005 really means "accessed denied" and
that Windows is complaining when reading the files back, not necessarily
that they haven't been written.

Have you actually tried any of these discs to see if they have been
successfully written?

It's possible that due to some quirk of Windows, it can't access a
specific file type on the DVD after it's been written from the IS to the
disc.

Seems a good time to try a Linux live distro and write it from there :)

Jaimie Vandenbergh

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Jun 21, 2016, 9:09:20 AM6/21/16

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David <wib...@btintenet.com> wrote:
> I'm burning a new copy of W7 Home Premium 64 bit to repair my ailing
> system.

Is there any particular reason not to make a USB stick installer instead of
these antiquated optical disk thingies?

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9585/how-to-setup-a-usb-flash-drive-to-install-windows-7/

Cheers - Jaimie

Lee

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Jun 21, 2016, 9:12:05 AM6/21/16

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Indeed, can't remember the last time I even burn a DVD :)
Not everything will boot from USB though, especially if it's a bit on
the old side, lol :)

David

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Jun 21, 2016, 9:24:10 AM6/21/16

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Tried both discs and neither are good - one won't boot and the other gives
errors during the boot sequence.

Now have a Mint live distro in the Dell laptop and I'm writing the last
single layer DVD using the Samsung external DVD writer.

I'm using the Mint DVD as a test boot to cross check against the Windows
one.

Once I get a consistent bootable DVD on other systems then I can try
repairing Windows.

Further complication is that the optical drive on the failed system
appears as two separate drives in the boot menu - AHCI and UEFI.

Never seen this before.

Looks as though UEFI is the correct choice, but this caused further
confusion when I couldn't initially get the Mint DVD to boot.

Onwards and downwards.

I still don't know if I have a faulty Windows download or faulty media.

Off to hunt a checksum.

David

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Jun 21, 2016, 10:08:59 AM6/21/16

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DVD is the lowest common denominator which should boot for all systems old
and new.

I also have a stock of media.

If this still keeps causing problems I may well have to go out and buy a
couple of pen drives.

AFAICS the Microsoft download site just gives you ISOs, not a choice of
ISO to burn or USB stick installer as some other OS manufacturers do.

I should have a bootable USB stick creator somewhere, though.

David

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Jun 21, 2016, 10:14:29 AM6/21/16

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Well, I found the checksum and the checksum seems to be fine - same as
both of my downloads that pass the binary compare.

Burned using the Mint distro and this almost booted, but then reported an
I/O error.

On the Dell I just hit "Enter" to continue, but on the HTPC it stuck there.

Something seriously wierd going on.

I am now burning to new DVD+R dual layer; probably followed by DVD-R dual
layer.

All in all this is hassle I could do without.

For context, older ISOs burned to the same stock of DVD blanks using the
same burners have so far booted fine.

I don't know if there is something wrong with the current W7 download but
this seems very unlikely as I haven't so far stumbled across anyone
complaining and as I said the checksums are O.K.

Another day I'll never see again :-(

Jeff Gaines

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Jun 21, 2016, 11:12:41 AM6/21/16

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On 21/06/2016 in message <dst03pF...@mid.individual.net> David wrote:

>AFAICS the Microsoft download site just gives you ISOs, not a choice of
>ISO to burn or USB stick installer as some other OS manufacturers do.

When I down-loaded Win 8 MSFT provided a program to both down-load and
burn either an iso or a thumbdrive. Do they do the same for Win7:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

--
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
If you ever find something you like buy a lifetime supply because they
will stop making it

David

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Jun 21, 2016, 12:02:48 PM6/21/16

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On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:12:40 +0000, Jeff Gaines wrote:

> On 21/06/2016 in message <dst03pF...@mid.individual.net> David
> wrote:
>
>>AFAICS the Microsoft download site just gives you ISOs, not a choice of
>>ISO to burn or USB stick installer as some other OS manufacturers do.
>
> When I down-loaded Win 8 MSFT provided a program to both down-load and
> burn either an iso or a thumbdrive. Do they do the same for Win7:
>
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

That is the link I am using.

Talks about creating a DVD or USB boot device, but doesn't show anything
obvious about how you create a bootable USB stick.

The download is just an ISO, I think.

However there are a few steps - validate your product key etc.

I may well have opted for the SIO instead of the USB stick.

David

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Jun 21, 2016, 12:05:35 PM6/21/16

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Update - dodgy media.

The dual layer DVD burned and validated fine under W8.1 and boots into the
Windows 7 installer.

Which tells me the version of Windows I have is not compatible with the
installer.

Now going to disconnect all other HDDs and SSDs and see what happens.

One of the issues of running dual boot with grub2 and using more than one
drive to boot from.

I may have to try "update grub" from a live DVD.

Jaimie Vandenbergh

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Jun 21, 2016, 12:58:34 PM6/21/16

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David <wib...@btintenet.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:12:40 +0000, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
>>
>> When I down-loaded Win 8 MSFT provided a program to both down-load and
>> burn either an iso or a thumbdrive. Do they do the same for Win7:
>>
>> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7
>
> That is the link I am using.
>
> Talks about creating a DVD or USB boot device, but doesn't show anything
> obvious about how you create a bootable USB stick.

You have to be looking at it from an OS that the stick bootableizer will
run in. Took me a while to work that out since I was looking from a Mac.

Cheers - Jaimie

David

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Jun 21, 2016, 1:19:10 PM6/21/16

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O.K. so just mount the ISO image under Windows then run the utility?

Will give that a go.

BobH

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Jun 22, 2016, 4:03:19 AM6/22/16

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Download Rufus USB Burner, its free.