Get your 32bit version here or 64bit version here and get your beta key by following instructions here.

Ill take a look later when I finish posting on the other threads! Whoohoo!  

This seems easier: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx

Dont bother with X64 versions.
Its signed drivers only, and very little support out of the box.  The 32bit one is the one to go for.

to be honest... all I did was visit the vista webpage. select my country and download. login to my partner account and it went "ello mr hicks" and gave me the details. lol

Quote from: ChanserGet your 32bit version here or 64bit version here and get your beta key by following instructions here.

Just tried downloading that and it came up 3200MB while downloading and 758 once done. It them refused to write in Nero claiming the block size may be wrong.

Last link for the keys says server not found

Well, if the downloaded file is only 758MB, that would be why. The 32 bit version of the Beta is around 3.2GB as previously stated.

Youre better off using the Akamai download manager tbh, that at least checks it against a hash to help make sure the download is uncorrupted.

Your better off getting it from a torrent.

I suspect its been Firefox in some way :/

Im having a go through the Akamai, seems to be giving adequate performance so far and I can leave it running

Quote from: Ubuntu Forums3) Okey if thats working, lets move on to getting Vista downloaded. This is a big file(3gb + )

First go here and download either 32bit or 64bit version. ( I only Tested it with 32bit).


Download Page
http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/beta2/en/x86/download.htm?

As a lot of people want to try this "new" OS, I found that its almost impossible to get access to the downloads. So while I was there, I graped the direct links.

(the board for some reason shortens the link. If you use wget, it should be the full link address) (Using wget will work even though microsoft says "We are currently experiencing a high level of demand bla bla bla")
32Bit Version
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/en/x86/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x86fre_client-LB2CFRE_EN_DVD.iso
Code:

wget http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/...FRE_EN_DVD.iso



64Bit Version
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/en/x64/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso
Code:

wget http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

Thats how I got it, :mrgreen: except I used a GUI front end, to Wget

Left it going while I was at work, not sure how long it took but I didnt much care!

Serious, can you merge threads using jForums? - I didnt see this Vista thread, but now its been bumped back into life, I dont see the point of having my thread there too!

Thanks

Unfortunately J forums are totally naff in that department

Just had the downloader go off with an unrecoverable failure and have had to start downloading from scratch again... :cry:

Quote from: SeriousUnfortunately J forums are totally naff in that department

Just had the downloader go off with an unrecoverable failure and have had to start downloading from scratch again... :cry:

I wonder if there is a torrent?

I could add myself to the seeders, I still have the .iso on my disk.

iv been unable to download it with any managers cant see the file size and wont resume or start the download at all

download mage it working great for me

already stoped / resumed it a few times

download mage is a good few years old now, but it works great, and theres no pap stuck in with it, pretty fast too

(I used to use it when i was on 56k!)

using a torrent now