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Install hangs as well as startup repair
If you install XP and then XP is D:\ and you install Vista from a restart, Vista may become D:\. What makes me a bit uncertain is that small system partition you Only the C drive is FAT, and I'm not installing Vista or XP onto it. 4) I don't know what you are referencing when you say "quit Vista installation.

Vista installation
Before trying a second time I went to BIOS and just pretty much disabled everything not absolutely necessary to install the OS and disconnected or disabled all hard drives not needed and external devices, then my second attempt at install Vista was successful. The only remaing big issue is none of my SATA drives

Vista installation problems
My guess is that the previous OS has to be on the same HDD as Vista is being installed to. Anyone know for sure? I can install Win 2k on the HDD that I'm Important Do not remove the previous operating system before you start the Windows Vista installation. This is because Windows Vista Setup has to verify that

Can I install Windows Vista Ultimate edition on multiple ...
Nik Simpson n_simp...@bellsouth.net comp sys ibm pc hardware storage Arno Wagner wrote: Previously Jeff <J...@somewhere.com> wrote: Question for the experts, Can Vista be installed on a new drive while several other drives are already connected or does the install drive have to be alone during install?

Does this dual-boot installation plan work?
Jerry McBride mcbrid...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista security Walter Docherty wrote: I've been running Vista RC1/RC2 for several months without problems so decided to upgrade to the new release. I installed Vista Ultimate OEM on a new hard drive and everything proceeded smoothly.

Migration of Vista Upgrade installation to new drive
paco p...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Hi Don, Yes, when I start from Win2K, the other drives were indeed reconnected. And yes, the formatting was done in Win2K by means of the harddisk management. Thanks for your advise here, I will immediately try to install Vista

Drive Letter Problem - Vista Installation
I've never done a repair Vista install. Could anyone clue me in as to what happens. My understanding is that it installs another copy of Vista and migrates all settings, etc. I think I've heard that one before but it's beginning to look like this machine is a candidate for such an install.

SATA Drive & Vista Installation
Installation cannot proceed". I have checked with the BIOS setup utility and I defntiely have 1GB RAM installed, and my PC meets the minimum system requriements for Vista. Any ideas why Vista installation only thinks I have 256Mb RAM?? Thanks very much. I'd look into a bios update on dells web site.

Vista Installation Fails
What folders or data can be deleted after a successful upgrade for Windows XP Pro to Vista Home Premium? The "~QWindows" folder sounds like it might be a remnant from an improperly completed or abruptly terminated installation; it's not a normal part of the Vista installation. (There is, however, a 3rd party

Errors during new Vista install - BSOD, Error Codes and other erro
I did a Vista demo during a board meeting for my Executive staff that was interested in seeing Vista in action. The install froze during the final steps as most users have seen when "finalizing installation" is highlighted. Unfortunately the board members saw it as well and scrapped the whole Vista upgrade plan.

Vista Installation (Upgrade)
I'm having trouble getting Vista to install. I already have XP Pro SP2 installed on the first partition. I'm attempting to install and dual boot Vista on the other partition. When I try to install Vista, I get as far as far as the extracting files and restart portion to complete the install.

Vista install fails after 1st restart
I'm attempting to install and dual boot Vista on the other partition. When I try to install Vista, I get as far as far as the extracting files and restart portion to complete the install. Then when it restart,sI get as far as about 3 passes on the green progress bar. Then it just reboots. It continues to do this.

Vista Installation CD
I have tried installing Vista business on a fresh machine about 6 times. (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.) I seem to get through the initial part of the installation okay. It starts windows for the first time to a blank screen. I've let it sit for 2 hours and see

New Vista installation performing very slow
1) Drive letters flip if and when you install Vista from a restart. They would not change if you run the Vista setup from XP which is easy to do and Yes, Only the C drive is FAT, and I'm not installing Vista or XP onto it. 4) I don't know what you are referencing when you say "quit Vista installation.

Vista Installation Fails "Program Too Big..."
Nehmo nehm...@hotmail.com comp sys laptops microsoft public windows vista general I have a Presario V2000 which runs Windows XP Home SP2. I also have a Vista installation ISO (trial). The WindowsVistaUpgradeAdvisor.msi says Vista home basic is the best OS for my machine. I've got plenty of memory.

Vista installation hanging
Some weeks ago I installed Windows Vista as a new installation on drive D. I kept Windows XP on drive C: as a dual boot option until I had tried Windows XP. Later, when I had found Vista to be working ok on my system, I decided to install Vista as an upgrade on Drive C, so that I could use all my installed software

Vista installation
What they do is following charging your credit card (plus Sales Tax for your state if there is any), is to provide you with a new product key to use with your existing Vista installation disk. All Vista installation disks are the same -- it's the product key that determines which version of Vista you are installing

Turnpike and Vista installation questions
Ken Blake, MVP kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain microsoft public windowsxp general microsoft public windows 64bit general cyranodes...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone knows how to install Vista where the OS partition uses the D: Letter and not C: I normally install my OS as fallows: C: temp directory

Vista install failure. Now can't boot XP or anything. Please help
We can all hypothesize why Msft left the back door clean install approach for upgrade versions...though one would be hard pressed to convince any of us that a primary reason was for all Vista upgrade versions to follow that non-Msft-documented approach to effect a successful Vista installation. ...winston "Richard

Motion M1300 Vista Installation Successful
Now, Gary, if you must know (presumably you're primed to tell me why I *shouldn't* upgrade to Vista), I upgraded to Vista because I am a PC support professional, and I will soon be having clients using it, and I need to know about it. Also, I ran the upgrade rather than a clean install partly to save time,