I don't think you need to format or do other extreme tasks to install VS (or any other software). Most likely your system doesn't meet the Software Requirements, thus the installation error. What is the hardware setup of your system? --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote: From: Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Installing Visual Studio 2008 Professional To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 12:53 PM Virtual PC/VMware Server/xVM? On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Kevin Oeba <oeba.kevin@gmail.com> wrote: dude, i had a similar problem when i wanted to repair my visual studio 2005. i ended up formatting my laptop. try googling the error that you are getting. kind regards, kevin On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:15 PM, charles mtawali <cmtawali@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hey guys, I have been trying to install Visual Studio 2008 Professional on my machine but it keeps failing from time to time. I had installed Visual Studio 2008 Team Sysytem. Is there a way i can install Visual Studio Professional 2008 without formatting my machine. Kind Regards Charles Mtawali (o)020 2720014 (c)+254 721 498 567 (c)+254 733 474 749 _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki@gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares | -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general