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How should I proceed with the Vista installation, considering I ...
Richard G. Harper rghar...@email.com microsoft public windows vista general Vista no longer requires that supplemental disk drivers be on a floppy diskette - any USB device will do. Start the install and if you need the drivers you'll know because Vista won't find any hard drives. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP

Vista Installation with several HDD installed
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 and settings under Vista. In the boot manger menu I now have the option to choose between two version of Vista, but I need only the version on drive C. How

Vista installation on Toshiba M400
If yes, you may be limited depending upon the type of cd provided, install location etc since it will be an OEM cd. Proceed with caution and from an informed position, you do not want to damage your Vista installation or in some cases negatively impact your OEM warranty. "danka" <bork...@algonquincollege.com.

Vista Installation Fails "Program Too Big..."
Tried using BootIT to boot to this new partition to initiate setup (starting the Vista DVD first). In this case Vista can see the external USB drive partition's OK, but sees the main hard drive completely as unassigned space with no partitions. When I try to install, it asks for permission to create a System Volume

Vista Installation Fails "Program Too Big..."
<however when I did my first install of Vista (I did it from my WinXP <installation) Vista took the drive letter I had temporarily assigned <the partition Z:. My second attempt was booting to the setup disk but <Vista took the C: drive Letter and assigned the Primary Partition a <drive letter of D:.

Vista install
I have installed Vista on over 150 computers for different customers since November. They range from a new computer build to computers that are 4-5 years old. Each install has been a clean install. I do not deal in upgrades. I have had exactly one (1) problem and that was due to a faulty hard drive.

Help installing Vista 64 bit
One observation that might be a sign of something more serious being screwed/incompatible; during the Vista installation at several points the machine appears to lock-up for upto 3 minutes with no visual feedback of progress. (the mouse cursor still moves though) The freezes occur; 1) when the installation screen

Vista installation
Chris H. Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "AF" <A...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0156AB14-33E1-4B7B-BE61-2008FBA8D7B8@microsoft.com... Hello, I am trying to install Vista 5536 on my

Windows XP gone after Vista installation
Ron Hunter rphun...@charter.net mozilla support firefox PJK wrote: Hello, I have just upgraded my system from XP to Vista Business, and I'm trying to install Firefox 2.0.0.1. When I run the installer, a command window appears very briefly, with the message "Program to big to fit in memory" No installation takes

Question about Vista installation
Windows Vista does not support an upgrade installation from Windows 2000. If you have 2000 on a single hard drive system with a single partition you will have to wipe the drive and then install Vista. Of course, before doing this make sure you have a backup of your personal data on another location than the drive

How should I proceed with the Vista installation, considering ...
Nehmo wrote: 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. I wonder why the advisor doesn't suggest another version, like Ultimate?

Vista Installation incomplete...died halfway through installation
On top of my problems, CISCO does not provide VPN client for Vista and this prohibits me from connecting to my work network drives. If I cannot make dual boot work I may end up with waiting for Vista. I would like to get full Vista installation but I don't think I should be paying if I already purchased OEM version

Vista Installation Blue Screen on Inspiron 9300 and Different ...
I recently struggled to clone a single-disk Vista 64 onto a RAID array. (The original Vista installation did not include the Intel RAID drivers. The Vista startup repair did not install the RAID drivers, so that didn't work. I couldn't even get the Vista installation DVD to format the boot partition of the

Errors during new Vista install - BSOD, Error Codes and other erro
Still, when I replace a computer (3 in use here), then I am sure I will have Vista Premium on the new one. Might be a couple of years, though. I think I'll be moving to Linux on my next computer. If I do have to buy a new computer before moving to Linux, I'm just as likely to wipe Vista off and install XP or Win2K.

Cannot Complete Vista Installation
Vista didn't have drivers for the integrated SoundMax audio initially but brought them down from WinUpdate shortly after install. The only problem I have with the machine (which I seldom use at the moment) is a power-management/possible video driver issue where the monitor (set to sleep) will not "wake up" using

Question on using Vista upgrade version
Richard G. Harper rghar...@email.com microsoft public windows vista general You will need to do a clean install, not an upgrade. You can't upgrade a RC to a final, that needs to be a full install. "jszeghy" <jsze...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7F0F386A-A05E-4CE5-AEEF-A719C88573B5@microsoft.com.

Adding Windows XP to the existing Vista installation
jacob navia ja...@jacob.remcomp.fr microsoft public windows 64bit general Several weeks ago I tried to install the VISTA OS from the msdn CDs. I inserted the under windows XP, and the CD auto started. The first steps seemed to go OK, but then... I was confronted to a dialog box (after having rebooted) that asked me

Vista Dual Boot Installation Procedure
An upgrade installation is where you start setup from inside the current operating system and then replace the operating system. You also HAVE to install to a partition that is NTFS. It will not install to anything else. You do not need a current operating system at all to install Vista.

SATA Drive & Vista Installation
Martijn Saly mart...@thany.org microsoft public windows developer winfx general I'm trying to get Vista installed on a freshly created VMware machine. So here's my first batch of bugs: 1) The graphics are horrible! The installer should support VESA mode so it can look good on any machine. Vista doesn't have the

Vista Installation problem
The Vista upgrade advisor did not find any problems with the hardware components I installed Vista Home Premium on this, and the installation went through without any problems. However, after installation starting from the first time booting up, the system is extremely slow. It takes several minutes to get to the