«windows setup cannot find a location to store temporary installation files. To install windows, make sure that a partition on your boot disk has at least 686 megabytes (MB) of free space.

Original Title:Trying to RE-Install windows 7.

i am trying to re-install my os from windows 7 to windows 7, through USB flash drive since my laptab’s DVD drive is not working.

while i run the setupfile i am getting the following error message

«windows setup cannot find a location to store temporary installation files. To install windows, make sure that a partition on your boot disk has at least 686 megabytes (MB) of free space.

Error code: 0x80070490″

Can some one help me on this

1) Download the appropriate Windows 7 .ISO file which includes Service Pack 1
(Note: must match what your product key version is for)

How to find out if I have a 32 or 64Bit version of Windows installed on my computer:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/find-out-32-or-64-bit

Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58996.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 6071b4553fcf0ea53d589a846b5ae76743dd68fc
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 6c9058389c1e2e5122b7c933275f963edf1c07b9

Windows 7 Professional 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59183.iso
SHA1 Hash value: d89937df3a9bc2ec1a1486195fd308cd3dade928
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59186.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 0bcfc54019ea175b1ee51f6d2b207a3d14dd2b58

Windows 7 Ultimate 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59463.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 65fce0f445d9bf7e78e43f17e441e08c63722657
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 36ae90defbad9d9539e649b193ae573b77a71c83

2) After downloading the correct .iso file install HashCalc and validate the SHA1 hash value
is correct.
HashCalc: http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/index.htm
(note: If the download is not corrupt, the value HashCalc returns will match the SHA1 value I posted)

a) Launch HashCalc and navigate to the location of the .iso file you downloaded.
(The default download location is: C:\Users\User account name\Downloads)
b) Remove all check marks from the list of HashCalc options except for SHA1.
c) Click the ‘Calculate’ button and wait for the SHA1 string of letters and number to be displayed.

3) Next use ImgBurn (or Gear ISO) to create a bootable DVD.
Note: Skip to step #4 to create a bootable Flash / Thumb drive.
Choose the “Custom Installation (advanced)” option and remove the check mark(s)
to eliminate unwanted options.

ImgBurn — In addition to supporting the creation of Cds/DVDs from .ISO files,
it supports a wide range of other image file formats, and it’s free.
(BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, MDS, NRG, PDI and ISO)
http://www.imgburn.com/

Screen shots to help you use ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=screenshots
Burning ISO Images with ImgBurn article: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/Burning+ISO+Images+with+ImgBurn
(The steps are the same for Windows 7 or Windows 8), except you are not creating a Repair disc but a full installation DVD)

Note: Always use high quality DVD+R media and the slowest burn speed (4x or 6x) if offered a choice.

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I am trying to upgrade Windows 2008 R2 DataCenter to Windows 2012 DataCenter

I use the image en_windows_server_2012_x64_dvd_915478.iso — either unpacked on C:\ or burned on DVD

From DVD — upgrade is not allowed and I am referred to setup operation from Windows 2008

When starting Upgrade I get the all Blue screen with «Install Now» followed by failure discussed many times Microsoft forums:

Windows Setup cannot find a location to store temporary files.. Error code: 0x80070490

There is plenty of disk space in Windows 2008 disks, also on Boot disk I created a big (16GB) partition just in case.

It does not help.

From all posts on this problem — I did not try yet the ones related to AHCI — not sure the relevance/importance.

The hardware is a old IBM server Intel Xeon 3Ghz 64Bit. Not sure if Board is supported by Windows 2012, but again the message is about space for temporary files.

Any idea is welcome

Answers

16 GB is not a big partition. You can see if your server is supported by Windows Server 2012 by searching on www.windowsservercatalog.com.

The free space must be on the system disk, not on other disks. How much space exists on the disk partition on which you currently have Windows Server 2008 R2 installed?

You say that you are trying to upgrade from 2008 R2. Is this R2 or R2 SP1? According to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj574204.aspx upgrade from R2 SP1 is allowed, but not R2.

I gave up upgrade — and placed my trust on simple install on C:\ partition.

During the install from external CD — I chose Custom Install (not Upgrade) and all partitions were visible, also I was promised to have old Windows kept as .old

I worked fine so far, installing patches from Windows Update, looking at it using Remote Desktop, restart, bi-directional sharing, and data preservation in C: + D:

Hope it will survive 2012. For me it’s onwards to experience my first 2012.

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16 GB is not a big partition. You can see if your server is supported by Windows Server 2012 by searching on www.windowsservercatalog.com.

The free space must be on the system disk, not on other disks. How much space exists on the disk partition on which you currently have Windows Server 2008 R2 installed?

You say that you are trying to upgrade from 2008 R2. Is this R2 or R2 SP1? According to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj574204.aspx upgrade from R2 SP1 is allowed, but not R2.

I agree with Tim, he has provided the right suggestions to your question. As he mentioned, we must make sure that your server is supported by Windows Server 2012. Secondly, we should make sure that there is enough free space on the system disk partition to install Windows Server 2012. Then we should also make sure that the current OS version could be upgrade to Windows Server 2012. For details, please refer to the article Tim provided above.

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The Windows 2008 DataCenter is R2 SP1

The free space on C: where Windows is installed is 20 GB; it used to be 40GB — but I shrinked it for above mentioned partition on same physical disk.

It is unclear to me the actual Microsoft message and specific error code — in this case. I have been trying to adress it.

I will check if system is on supported/certified list for 2012.

Further to previous info — below are hardware specs:

IBM x236 Tower Case

— Dual Pentium Xeon 3.0Ghz,

800Mhz Bus, 1MB L2 Cache

— 3GB ECC DDR2 Total Memory

— 4 x 73.4GB Hot-Swap U32 15K

— IBM ServeRAID-6M SCSI Controller

with 128MB Cache

— Ultra320 Internal Single-drop 24”

— IBM 16X Max RAM-Read

— IBM xSeries 670W Hot-Swap 2nd

— IBM 160/320GB SDLT Internal Tape

— Intel PRO/1000 MT NIC (2nd card)

IBM eServers 236 are old — dated 2005 — and do not appear as Windows 2012 Certified; only Windows Server 2003.

Still — the message during UPGRADE from 2008 R2 SP1 is about space for temporay files, and I hope perhaps that can be addressed. If that is really space issue — I have plenty of space.

The error message is shown in attached image. Thanks.

Regarding the current issue, I suggest we could refer to the similar thread below as reference. Please try the method Zephyrhu provided in the thread to see if it could work. Hope this helps.

Can’t upgrade from Win2008R2 Ent to the Windows Server 8 Beta — «cannot find a location to store temporary installation files»

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For such an old box, you are most likely going to run into driver issues that may prevent you from being able to run Windows Server 2012 on the system. The fact that the system wasn’t even qualified for 2008 almost guarantees this.

But, if you really want to continue (and most likely fail later), I would try to increase the size of available space on the current 2008 partition. 20GB sounds like a lot, but Windows Server 2012 specifies a minimum volume size of 32 GB for installation. So my guess (I can’t find anything specific) is that it is saying it needs space for itself and for the Windows.old directory, and it does not like the fact that it is only finding 20 GB of space.

Hi Tim, the size of C:\Windows is approx 24GB — I presume this is the candidate to become .old

I increased free space on C: to 74 GB but the message is the same with same «missing» 1198 MB size.

Is there any log/trace for this error message?

I am going to guess on this. I think you are getting the blue screen because it is such as old box. The message about not enough space is bogus. I have seen the message about not enough space come up, even on boxes that are fully supported by Windows Server 2012, and I ignore the error and things proceed without a problem. When I have received this message, it is always when I have had to install a device driver during the installation process in order for the disk that I am going to install to needs a driver. It really sounds like you are hitting a similar issue. Windows Server 2012 does not recognize the driver for your disk, and it is getting a bogus response from the existing device that ends up getting reported as a lack of space. Again, this is guessing on my part, but it is very similar to something I have seen in my environment.

Before you proceed, find out if there is a 2012 device driver for the disk controller. Then, to really validate it, try to make a clean installation on the host. During the installation process, when you select the drive to which you are going to install, load the proper device driver.

«windows setup cannot find a location to store temporary installation files. To install windows, make sure that a partition on your boot disk has at least 686 megabytes (MB) of free space.

Original Title:Trying to RE-Install windows 7.

i am trying to re-install my os from windows 7 to windows 7, through USB flash drive since my laptab’s DVD drive is not working.

while i run the setupfile i am getting the following error message

«windows setup cannot find a location to store temporary installation files. To install windows, make sure that a partition on your boot disk has at least 686 megabytes (MB) of free space.

Error code: 0x80070490″

Can some one help me on this

1) Download the appropriate Windows 7 .ISO file which includes Service Pack 1
(Note: must match what your product key version is for)

How to find out if I have a 32 or 64Bit version of Windows installed on my computer:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/find-out-32-or-64-bit

Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58996.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 6071b4553fcf0ea53d589a846b5ae76743dd68fc
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 6c9058389c1e2e5122b7c933275f963edf1c07b9

Windows 7 Professional 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59183.iso
SHA1 Hash value: d89937df3a9bc2ec1a1486195fd308cd3dade928
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59186.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 0bcfc54019ea175b1ee51f6d2b207a3d14dd2b58

Windows 7 Ultimate 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59463.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 65fce0f445d9bf7e78e43f17e441e08c63722657
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso
SHA1 Hash value: 36ae90defbad9d9539e649b193ae573b77a71c83

2) After downloading the correct .iso file install HashCalc and validate the SHA1 hash value
is correct.
HashCalc: http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/index.htm
(note: If the download is not corrupt, the value HashCalc returns will match the SHA1 value I posted)

a) Launch HashCalc and navigate to the location of the .iso file you downloaded.
(The default download location is: C:\Users\User account name\Downloads)
b) Remove all check marks from the list of HashCalc options except for SHA1.
c) Click the ‘Calculate’ button and wait for the SHA1 string of letters and number to be displayed.

3) Next use ImgBurn (or Gear ISO) to create a bootable DVD.
Note: Skip to step #4 to create a bootable Flash / Thumb drive.
Choose the “Custom Installation (advanced)” option and remove the check mark(s)
to eliminate unwanted options.

ImgBurn — In addition to supporting the creation of Cds/DVDs from .ISO files,
it supports a wide range of other image file formats, and it’s free.
(BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, MDS, NRG, PDI and ISO)
http://www.imgburn.com/

Screen shots to help you use ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=screenshots
Burning ISO Images with ImgBurn article: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/Burning+ISO+Images+with+ImgBurn
(The steps are the same for Windows 7 or Windows 8), except you are not creating a Repair disc but a full installation DVD)

Note: Always use high quality DVD+R media and the slowest burn speed (4x or 6x) if offered a choice.