Problems Installing Windows Server 2008 R2

Problems Installing Windows Server 2008 R2

I've just finished 3 day download (with breaks) of Server 2008 R2, and am very eager to install it on my dev machine (my laptop, an HP Pavilion with a 2xTurion 64 cpu). If I mount the ISO and try and run Setup.exe, I get told Setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application. I tried burning the ISO to DVD (as files), but my machine wont't boot from DVD. If I re-insert the DVD, so that autorun comes into play, I get told something like "the setup is not valid for this version of Windows"

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"I ran into the same types of problems you are when I installed Windows Server 2008 R2 x64. If I ran the setup.exe from within Windows 7 x64 I got the the setup is not valid for this version of Windows message. I was able to boot the DVD, but the setup always told me it couldn't find drivers for my DVD drive.

I ended up re-downloading the ISO and it worked perfectly. I suggest you verify your ISO image and if possible re-download it. If possible try not to have any breaks in the download, I think I had breaks in my first download as well. Good luck!"