microsoft dvd does not install

I ordered and received the bootable beta DVD from Microsoft but on inserting the DVD in the drive, a window pops up with only a single 1 KB text file which says thats the CD is of the UDF format and the operating system needs to be UDF enabled. Though the size of the DVD shows as 3.1GB but no other file can be seen on the DVD. I tried to install the same DVD by booting up but the DVD was not recognized and the same problem persisted after the system booted into Windows XP. Any solutions?

The first part occurred because while you are in Windows there is no native support for the UDF file system used on DVD's.
When you say "not recognized" the question is the DVD drive set as the default boot device? It will only boot from the DVD if the optical drive is set as the 1st boot device in the computer BIOS, or if you have the option of pressing either F8 or F11, or some other option, to go to a Boot Menu and selecting the optical drive from there to boot from.
Dr. Ryan DSouza wrote:

I ordered and received the bootable beta DVD from Microsoft but on inserting the DVD in the drive, a window pops up with only a single 1 KB text file which says thats the CD is of the UDF format and the operating system needs to be UDF enabled. Though the size of the DVD shows as 3.1GB but no other file can be seen on the DVD. I tried to install the same DVD by booting up but the DVD was not recognized and the same problem persisted after the system booted into Windows XP. Any solutions?

probably not the right place to ask and ill await the flames..... but if xp has no native support for udf (dvd's) then how is it that dvd roms have been mainstream for a long time now... software comes distributed on dvd's quite regularly and people are able to use them. My copy of XP seems to like dvd's straight out of the box from memory although i could be wrong...(XP Pro - no service packs) I have not installed any special software to be able to read them, and it was only after i added a burner that i bothered to install software that could write them.
Is this a possible symptom of a dvdrom in a cdrom drive (never actually tried it although i am sure that it would not work at all... and im sure that anyone who ordered the vista beta from M$ would actually know the difference anyway)
Are you running XP home or pro, have you got SP2 installed? Do you have any other software on dvd that works? What happens when you put a video dvd in your drive under windows?
As far as not recognising it at boot, as said below the system will only recognise it as a boot drive if told to do so in the bios. You may have to enter the bios in order to do this.
"Rick" wrote:

The first part occurred because while you are in Windows there is no native support for the UDF file system used on DVD's.
When you say "not recognized" the question is the DVD drive set as the default boot device? It will only boot from the DVD if the optical drive is set as the 1st boot device in the computer BIOS, or if you have the option of pressing either F8 or F11, or some other option, to go to a Boot Menu and selecting the optical drive from there to boot from.
Dr. Ryan DSouza wrote: I ordered and received the bootable beta DVD from Microsoft but on inserting the DVD in the drive, a window pops up with only a single 1 KB text file which says thats the CD is of the UDF format and the operating system needs to be UDF enabled. Though the size of the DVD shows as 3.1GB but no other file can be seen on the DVD. I tried to install the same DVD by booting up but the DVD was not recognized and the same problem persisted after the system booted into Windows XP. Any solutions?

thanks for the feedback, the bios is set to recognize the dvd at boot up but no such luck. If xp pro sp2 does not support udf, what is the workaround. I tried running the dvd in my laptop with only xp and no other software installed and it worked great there. I guess the offending softwares could either be norton internet security 2006 or nero 7. Still dont want to format the desktop to reload the vista beta, any further suggestions
"CrAy-Z" wrote:

probably not the right place to ask and ill await the flames..... but if xp has no native support for udf (dvd's) then how is it that dvd roms have been mainstream for a long time now... software comes distributed on dvd's quite regularly and people are able to use them. My copy of XP seems to like dvd's straight out of the box from memory although i could be wrong...(XP Pro - no service packs) I have not installed any special software to be able to read them, and it was only after i added a burner that i bothered to install software that could write them.
Is this a possible symptom of a dvdrom in a cdrom drive (never actually tried it although i am sure that it would not work at all... and im sure that anyone who ordered the vista beta from M$ would actually know the difference anyway)
Are you running XP home or pro, have you got SP2 installed? Do you have any other software on dvd that works? What happens when you put a video dvd in your drive under windows?
As far as not recognising it at boot, as said below the system will only recognise it as a boot drive if told to do so in the bios. You may have to enter the bios in order to do this.
"Rick" wrote:
The first part occurred because while you are in Windows there is no native support for the UDF file system used on DVD's.
When you say "not recognized" the question is the DVD drive set as the default boot device? It will only boot from the DVD if the optical drive is set as the 1st boot device in the computer BIOS, or if you have the option of pressing either F8 or F11, or some other option, to go to a Boot Menu and selecting the optical drive from there to boot from.
Dr. Ryan DSouza wrote: I ordered and received the bootable beta DVD from Microsoft but on inserting the DVD in the drive, a window pops up with only a single 1 KB text file which says thats the CD is of the UDF format and the operating system needs to be UDF enabled. Though the size of the DVD shows as 3.1GB but no other file can be seen on the DVD. I tried to install the same DVD by booting up but the DVD was not recognized and the same problem persisted after the system booted into Windows XP. Any solutions?