rocoyanna

0xc0000005 is the only code that microsoft cares to give in this case. i do not think it is a random occurrence as it happens every time precisely at the same stage, the final stage, of the upgrade from 2k3 to 2k8 (completing upgrade). it is some access violation or denial, but where? i have tried everything i've found online: updating from a hd instead of cd, exchanging memory from another computer, changing from ahci to sata in bios, to no avail. thanks for the help.

the link brings me to "content not found" thanks.

tried also increasing the free space in the partition where windows is installed and gave it a total of 84.9 Gb with 36.4 Gb free space. the installation still stops at the same point as before (completing installation). this is, i think, an indication that the problem is not due to a random memory problem as the crash is not random.

tried it without the new memory and no change. and as i suspected the hotfix from 2007 is already included in SP2 and it told me so. thanks.

The ram seems to be all fine. i tested it overnight with memtest and it came out clean no errors in 9 passes. the hotfix suggested is from 2007. i would think that it has already been included in the updates since then. or not?? thanks for the help.

trying to upgrde server 2k3 to 2k8 keep getting error 0xc0000005 during the last step (completing upgrade) of the installation process. tried disabling all antispyware and quit all programs before starting installation without success. have brand new memory sticks which have been checked. tried also installing from another hard disk instead of the dvd drive also without success. shat else??? thanks.