Problem:
The Microsoft download for Server 2012 R2 won't install - it gets to the point where it's expanding files and for me, at 35% would say, "Windows cannot install required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070570 "
Reading online, I found that the issue is literally due to a bad file from Microsoft -
I ran this checksum checker: http://www.winmd5.com/
and got this checksum from the bad file:
b391a267949518ed6bb69f908f252076
When I really needed:
5b5e08c490ad16b59b1d9fab0def883a
I downloaded the files using different methods (browser, computer, ISP & physical location) multiple times, without luck.
Solution:
Finally I did a search for the checksum along with the word torrent and was introduced to the site burnbit.Burnbit takes download links and turns them into torrents.
http://burnbit.com/torrent/291051/9600_17050_WINBLUE_REFRESH_140317_1640_X64FRE_SERVER_EVAL_EN_US_IR3_SSS_X64FREE_EN_US_DV9_ISO
As you can see it has the same download link as the official MS site listed as a seed.
From there, I went through the download. I noticed that about 98%, my download crapped out!
I had to close and reopen my torrent client (qbtorrent) multiple times to get it to finally progress. Once finished, I ran a check through QBtorrent and it came back OK
Then I ran the md5 checker on the file downloaded through bittorrent and it was OK.
The issue seems to be on Microsoft's side - I think the download is puttering out in speed until it reaches 0kbps, at which point your browser says "DONE" when in actuality it's sitting at 98%!
So when your torrent does the same thing, just close and reopen it several times until it completes. I wouldn't even wait for it to get down to 1kbps, just close and reopen, it'll pop to full speed for a moment or two, get several 10th's of a percent and you'll be done!
In conclusion:
I'm going to add burnbit to my toolset.
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