When trying to authenticate my copy of Windows 7 I get an error code 0x80070005 before it even begins to save temporary files.

Question

I have a mid 2010 iMac and have already had the driver problem as in http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173 when trying to install windows 7. Now, the authentication period has expired because everytime I try to upgrade it and authenticate it, it gives me the error 0x80070005 before it even begins to save temporary files. What can I do to ensure a proper install? I've purchased the student copy of windows 7 professional and I can't even get it to work correctly.

Answer 1

Well, the link you gave is for the "black screen" problem, you don't seem to have that issue?
You should put the Year/Model # of your computer and what OS your using, (10.6/10.7/XP/Vista/W7) in your description as it will help.
The "error 0x80070005" is actually a Windows only error so you might try Microsofts support site also.
If you are upgrading from Vista you may need to use the Apple_Win7_Upgrade_Utility first.
If you are upgrading from XP to W7 then maybe this link will help.
As @The hatter mentioned you might try a Yahoo/Google/Bing search for the error you get, it seemed to help the person he was helping.
Look to the right of your post and you should see a "More Like This" window with other posts similar to yours. You should do a erase/clean install of W7 anyway as you don't actually upgrade XP, it just puts all your files in  a single folder for you to re-use not to mention you'll have a Clean OS to start with.
You CAN do a clean install with the upgrade version also, just reinstall it twice. Basically (the easy/long way) you just (backup) erase/install W7 the first time, don't tell it to update any files yet, then just reinstall over it and let it update/Authenticate and it should work.