Windows Vista Installation Problem (ongoing)

Sedar

Sedar

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Hello,

I have a PC with windows XP at the moment,

I have a OEM Original of Vista 64 Premium.

I cannot not install Vista no matter what i have tried.

Install from CD > Not working
Install from Booting > Not working
Install from Format > Not working
Install in another partition > Not Working

Every single time the install stops at the first splash screen with the first reboot, the screen freezes, I have tried waiting 20-40minutes, but nothing has happened,

If i check closely (Move my face right up to monitor) i can see the windows xp/vista "loading" bar at the bottom, very very dimly, and its frozen.

system specs as follows.

Processor (CPU)
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6600 (2 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5W DH DELUXE: DDR2, x16 slot, 975X chipset, 2 PCI
Operating System
MICROSOFT WINDOWS® XP HOME (inc. Genuine CD & license) (£59)
Vista Upgrade
Upgrade voucher to Vista Basic/Premium with purchase of XP Home
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
160GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
18x +/- DVD WRITER (8x +/- Dual Lyr) (Lightscribe) (40x CD-RW) (£20)
2nd CD/DVD Drive
18x +/- DVD WRITER (8x +/- Dual Lyr) (Lightscribe) (40x CD-RW) (£20)
Graphics Card
768MB GEFORCE 8800GTX PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
INTEGRATED 8 CHANNEL (7.1 SURROUND) HIGH DEF. AUDIO
Modem
56KBPS INTERNAL V92 MODEM
Network Facilities
Onboard Wireless 54 Mbps LAN (802.11g) & 2 x Gigabit LAN Ports
Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB - 3.5" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & Case Cooling
600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU incl Case Fan & CPU Cooler (£69)
Firewire & Video Editing
ONBOARD 1394 FIREWIRE PORT
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all my drivers for everything are up to date (as far as i know)

if anyone could please help me with this i would be immensley greatfull, I really want vista :(

Thanks.

P.s please state if any more information required,

Regards,

Sedar
 
First reboot after install? F8 to boot up in safe mode?

Have you tried disabling the floppy drive in the BIOS? FDD controller or something similar.

If it still doesn't work, try disabling everything that is not essential. Firewire e.t.c.

Then reinstall.
 
eXor said:
First reboot after install? F8 to boot up in safe mode?

Have you tried disabling the floppy drive in the BIOS? FDD controller or something similar.

If it still doesn't work, try disabling everything that is not essential. Firewire e.t.c.

Then reinstall.
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Its the first reboot during the installation process, should i go into bios and disable near every but cd drives?

Thank you for trying to help.

sir_snookie said:
Have you tried unplugging your card reader???
I had a system that would not let me install windows with it plugged in.
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I'm not quite sure where this is even in my computer :(

thank you for any more information you can provide
 
Hi again, Tried what you guys suggested,

I think it may be my GFX Card or my HDD.

dont know what else to do :(

any other suggestions?

PS didnt turn anything off in bios as i didnt know what the hell was what, but i disconnected stuff i dont use from motherboard etc.
 
Nanobot said:
Try and look at the log files explained here and see whats logged in setupact and setuperr. Sometimes you can press Shift+F10 during install to open a dos window to have a look through files.
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Hi there, I cant do that command because it freezes during the first booting sequence,

also, not sure if this is helpful, the only way i can get back onto windows xp is to place the cd in, and repiar the windows xp boot sector, so along the installation the boot sector seems to be getting corrupt, anyone else able to further this along please?

would a new HDD / GFX card help?

what if i were to get a new hdd and install it onto the hdd via a friends pc and then switch the hdd into my pc, would everything still be okay that way?

thanks again,

Sedar
 
I had a PC do this while re-installing XP.

Rest the BIOS to defaults, then just made the CD/DVD Drive the first boot device, and it worked fine.
 
swinnie said:
I had a PC do this while re-installing XP.

Rest the BIOS to defaults, then just made the CD/DVD Drive the first boot device, and it worked fine.
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reset my bios?

is that a good idea? will it screw anything up? is it safe? :o

and im guessing that it can be done via the bios menu?

Thanks for the help,

Regards,
Sedar
 
I'd try updating the BIOS before you do anything else :)
Early versions had issues with the Vista install (Stuck in 256 colors), and while this isn't directly what you're experiencing, this looks a good bet.

Cheers

-Leezer-
 
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