Windows clean install cancelled on a physical computer
If the error occurs when installing Windows directly on the hardware (on a computer, or laptop), and not in a VM, make sure that enough RAM is installed on your device. If there is enough memory, most likely there is a problem with the Windows installation image (distribution) itself. It may be damaged and you should better try using another disk or ISO image.
Also, the product edition in ei.cfg file of your Windows image may not match the product key in the pid.txt file. In this case, you can create a text file on the Windows installation disk (boot ISO image) in the sources directory with the name ei.cfg and the following content:
OEM
windows iso image: ei.cfg file change channel to OEM
If there is ei.cfg file in this directory, you need to change the Channel value from Retail to OEM (as it seems that you are trying to install an Enterprise Windows edition from a retail distribution). You can get a list of editions in your Windows ISO image as follows (where E: is the path to the drive where the Windows ISO image or installation USB flash drive is mounted):
DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:”E:sourcesinstall.esd”
You must manually edit the ISO file of the Windows installation image using any ISO editor (WinISO), add the specified file and overwrite the installation DVD/USB stick.
Or you can specify the Windows installation key as follows:
setup.exe /pkey XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
“Windows cannot find the Software License Terms” error on VMware VM
When installing Windows as a guest OS on a VMware Workstation/Player/Fusion virtual machine, you may also receive the “License Agreement Could Not Be Found” error. VMware desktop hypervisors add a Virtual Floppy Drive to the VM hardware by default when they are created. Windows Installer may be trying to find a license file on this device.
To get rid of the problem, simply remove the virtual floppy drive from the virtual machine’s hardware or disable the Connect at power on option.
VMware Workstation: remove the virtual floppy device
Other possible solutions to the problem in VMware Workstation:
When creating a new VM, don’t specify the path to the Windows installation ISO image, but select the option “I will install the operating system later ”; VMware-workstation: new vm wizard – I will install the operating system later
Mount the Windows installation ISO image to a virtual CD/DVD drive after creating a VMware VM;
Boot the VM from the installation disk and start installing Windows.
Disconnect your VM from the Internet. To do this, change the network connection mode from NAT to Bridged or Host-Only in the settings of the VM network adapter.
VMware VM: disable nat internet access in network adapter settings
As a result, Windows won’t connect to the network to check the license during installation, (there was such a problem when installing the Evaluation edition of Windows Server).
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