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Error installing vista
Carey Frisch [MVP] cnfri...@nospamgmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Yes. Open the Dell BIOS and set the DVD drive as the first boot drive, then boot from the Vista DVD. Delete the current partition(s), create a new partition, format the new partition, install Vista on that new partition.

Installing Vista again, But with same Product key?
SATA and PCI-E are bad words for Vista and lead to most of it's failures. Thank God Microsoft released XP, 2000 and Windows 98 to handle the newer more modern hardware to address Vista's weaknesses as you find those OS versions all will install where Vista can't.

Installing Vista on SATA drive
But what is the better alternative, if any: enable the built-in administrator account and convert the administrator account that is created automatically when installing Vista to a standard one; or create a second, standard account alongside the administrator that is created when installing Vista, and leave the

Multiple fatal errors installing Vista x64 (and x32)
I have 2 S-ATA disks, the first one containing the XP installation and another data partition, and the second one that is destined to Vista (the two disks are respectively disk 0 and disk 1 under the two OS's). The problem is that I'm having strange issues when I try to install Windows Vista, by both using method

Second harddrive cannot be read after installing Vista
At POST, this image utility will be triggered by you pressing certain key(s). Below are few key steps in this process. 1) Install OS/Drivers 2) Install your Is it possible to do the same for installing Vista from a Formatted Fat32 HDD? The problem i have is that my laptops DVDRW has packed up and i don't want

Re-Installing Vista
"andy" wrote: On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:16:01 -0700, Michael Roed <michael.r...@gmail.com> wrote: I have just installed Vista on my computer with success. But I have a second harddrive (both are S-ATA) which I did not do anything to when installing Vista. And now when I click on this drive, the D-drive,

Cannot Install Vista on SATA Drive
vasu v...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup One more thing , if you install Vista from Booting, installers will be in their respective partitions, So it'll easy for removing any OS, if one doesn't want it later and all s/w installed with them will also continue working.

Is Microsoft’s New Operating System Worth The Five Year Wait? Find ...
Fred Dagg fredd...@dagg.com nz comp On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:12:43 +1300, Rob S <Here@home> exclaimed: http://www.techeblog.com/index. php/tech-gadget/how-not-to-install-window-vista Man, that's so CLEVAA!!! Chortle, teee heee... Seriously, though, everyone should watch this. It is a prime demonstration of the

How not to install Vista
... posted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwno Does it dual boot? -- ~~ With kind regards Roy S. Schestowitz | GPL'd 3-D Othello: http://othellomaster.com http://Schestowitz.com | RHAT GNU/Linux ¦ PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E run-level 5 Apr 14 23:12 last=S http://iuron.com - help build a non-profit search engine.

How not to install Vista
Question(s): How do I get rid of one of the duplicate 'Vista' entries in it's boot handler? How do I prevent the second boot window (the boot.ini one) from opening when I choose the "Earlier Version . . ." from the Vista boot handler? An aside - During the install I noted that all three drives were listed as

Can't install Vista - help!!
... Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Endowment Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot"s Medal. Alternately, you can boot into XP (or Vista, I suppose?) native if you want to set up the dual-boot environment that apple supports. OS-X never crashes,

If Your Down With VISTA
... DDR2-800 PC6400 RAM eVGA nVIDIA 7600 GT (256mb, dual DVI) Western Digital 80GB serial ata 3.0GB/s hard drive ~23 failed installs with multiple BSODs. Everything else works fine (XP/Linux), but Vista refuses to install. This is annoying and I feel like I wasted my money on a ****ty operating system.

Follow-up - Re: Vista Ultimate x86 or x64 will not install to SATA
p1n6w3n p1n6...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I tried to install Vista HP (upgrade) over a new install of XP. Is there a trick to getting Vista (once installed) to recognize the unused partition space(s)? It was easy with XP, 2000, 2003 - but I can't find any

Second harddrive cannot be read after installing Vista
But I have a second harddrive (both are S-ATA) which I did not do anything to when installing Vista. And now when I click on this drive, the D-drive, it says it needs to be formated. And in diskmanager it says it is RAW! What is this and how did it happen? Is this a major bug in the Vista installation?

Installing Vista again, But with same Product key?
I've reformatted the drive used to install Vista after each attempt. I've checked all the manf sites for info and I haven't read about anyone else here not being would just come up as an unknown device and press on, but then again. Any suggestions short of booting this thing into next week........;-) Thanks, Bob S.

Hardware upgrades after installing Vista
Anthony n...@000.com microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices After installing vista home premium ver. I get a blue screen error at shut down. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. And this message. ***STOP 0X0000000A (0X000000B0,0X00000002,0X00000000,0X81C11BAF) I contacted the guys at microsoft and they don’t know why

Cannot install software on Vista - random failures?
Randy Ra...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup hello will14, you want to install vista on sata hard disk, (Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM) and Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3400833AS

Vista installation drive letters
Tried many hardware configurations and ended up with the system barebones, mb, memory, video card, DVD, p/s, keyboard, mouse and one SATA drive connected. There is no work around, other than making certain that you physically disconnect the IDE drives "before" installing Vista on the SATA drive.

OT - Installing Vista - not
You can't install Vista drivers while operating XP, unless the drivers happen to be compatible with both operating systems. The driver download page will clearly indicate what operating system(s) the driver will work on. (In some cases, when operating Vista and no Vista driver is available for a certain device,

Upgrade Question(s)
This is prolly using an older logic based on BIOS Tried one more time.... booted up using the Vista DVD and then used the option in the Vista install to do the OS is forced to conclude that S-ATA access is required, and will prompt for drivers if it needs to, or at least know where to write back changes to the