[Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

I recently brought the three items below and since then my pc freezes and wont install Vista XP is fine and I am really getting annoyed am I supposed to have sata drivers for my HD and DVD if so can you point me in the right direction I am confused as to what it could be.

Any help would be great

hopefully Zingle you can fix it lol



Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, 4x SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors

Samsung SpinPoint HD501LJ 500GB SATAII Hard Drive 16MB Cache - OEM

Optiarc AD-7201S 20X DVD±RW/RAM LightScribe SATA Black Bare Drive - Boxed With 2 LightScribe Disks & Nero

cheers DL

Re: PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

event viewer? possible hard drive problem? check bios and make sure sata boot rom os enabled if available? check sata is set to ide mode not raid

Re: PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Is that all in the bios apart from event viewer is where is that zingle I need to check when I get home but cheers zingle

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What exactly happens? Does it hard lock? How far through the install do you get?

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That will do for a start :)have you run memtest on the system?

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not yet no

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I get the please wait b4 you choose which hd to install the os on and then it freezes and wont go any further

Re: PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Remove tha Hard Disks that vista will not be installed on, if there are any. Try again afterwards.

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what do you mean sorry

Re: PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

basically only have the hard drive that you want to install vista on to, just disconnect the leads i have had this sometimes but only with once installed getting it to boot.

also has anything come loose when you put the samsung hdd in?

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disconnect the leads? sorry I am I been dumbed but I have no idea what you too mean

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how many hard drives are inside your computer?

example i have 3 a western digital a samsun and a hitachi.

i use the hitachi for my vista install so what i do is:

1 open case
2 unplug sata power cable from psu to hdd on w/d and samsung
3 unplug sata cable from hdd but leave it connected to the motherboard on w/d and samsung
4 i then install windows on to the hitachi.

as you bought the hdd and psu etc im assuming you have fitted them in the pc yourself?
if so then all you do is the cables you plugged in to the samsung hdd you, just unplug them again and then install windows unless, you are installing windows on to the new hdd and have spare one's in your, pc then they would be the one's you unplug.

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I only have the one samsung HD

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samsung stung me recently lol

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I might just put my IDE drive back in as the master and use the samsung as storage

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Does the BIOS see the sata drive when you power on?

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how would I check that?

XP Installs Fine but Vista wont
 

Ok I have asked this question before but the thread got lost so if a Mod wants to merge please feel welcome but I really need some help

So here I go

I brought a Samsung spinpoint SATA II HD and I can get XP to install great but Vista wont I have tryed loads of different Vista disc's and nothing, I have checked that my PC can handle Vista and it can easily.

What happens I can get to the part where the files expand when doing a fresh install and then nothing, if I install it over XP it freezes right at the end.

Any ideas would be great

Re: XP Installs Fine but Vista wont
 

Darth it is possibly your downloaded Vista burned to disks?

Re: XP Installs Fine but Vista wont
 

darth seriously were u get your disks i got mine from torrents (i have key so in my eyes not illegal) if u want i could give link to microsoft vista sp1 integrated msdn disk md4 and sha1 matched maybe bad disk integrated eth0 crap

Re: XP Installs Fine but Vista wont
 

Any OS install bombing out is normally one of two things...

One the disk is corrupt,scratched,dodgy
or
There's a problem with a device driver (I had this one when my GFX card wasn;t seated properly in it's AGP slot)

Check the log as it should point out to what's the problem...

Kymmy

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Re: XP Installs Fine but Vista wont
 

I dont see why that would cause a problem considering I can install XP

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Burn the DVD on the slowest possible setting and try again. I have problems for some reason reading DVD's that are burnt faster than 2.4x

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anyone got any ideas I tryed today and I got to 7% expanding files and that took 45 minutes

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Don't know what hardware you've got but try stripping it to minimum. One stick ram, optical drive and harddisk plus graphics card.
Try an install with the absolute minimum of hardware first then add any extras later.

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not sure if this has been said but it could be a heat problem if it gets so far then crashes but also it then wouldn't install xp fine would it oh i'm, an idiot as suggested above take everything out that is not needed for windows to install and also what is the whole spec of the machine.

Re: XP Installs Fine but Vista wont
 

There was an OR in that general statement ;)

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

is it an sata dvd you are using?

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

YEP matey its a sata dvd drive

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still not working darth

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For arguments sake, try an IDE drive.

I've heard of loads of problems with SATA optical drives

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

That will need to be my next move just annoyed as my pc was upgraded and is now really powerful and I cant get bloody Vista on it

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

darth u did try my way right?

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Yeah and unfortually it didnt work but cheers buddy

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hmm can u post a list of hardware in your pc i feel sorry for ya lol using those disks and my pc lol installed in around 20 minutes and my pc isn't all that great ther must be conflcit in hardware somewhere.

done some googleing ide drive theory ruled out people have already tried it

darth are u formatting the drive or dual booting

i suggest you click advanced then delete the drive then install

as again people say its the disk bad which is not the case as i have personally tried those disks and they are legit msdn hmm another thing got your jumper set correctly on sata and dvd drive?

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I will get those point looked at jon and post back mate

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

When I installed vista on a system with SATA Spinpoints it wouldn't recognise the drives to install. I installed a very basic XP build and then installed Vista without any problems.

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

I tryed install XP and then Vista over the top and it install fine until the end and the installation just crashed and failed

any ideas?

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

darth can we a have a list of hardware pls maybe something is not compatible

btw tell us exactly what happens like detailed at what point etc

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I have Gigabit MSI Mobo,Samsung spinpoint sata 2 HD GFX Nvida 7300GS not sure what dvd drive I have its a lightscribe sata one.

The problem is simple when I do a fresh install of vista is gets to expanding files and doesnt go any further

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hmm just googleing that drive does give people errors during vista installer

maybe this have some use no harm in trying

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/do...isp_nm=HD501LJ

some sort of software maybe drivers not sure check it out

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btw does you mobo support ata-300 if it only supports 150 i think u can set it to that maybe thats the problem

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Have you deleted the partition and created a new one?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927520

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933171

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Yeah I have deleted the drive and then created a new partition

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Remove all RAM and start with minimum of 512 mb if you have that sized stick.Just so you can try another install?

Did you run the compatability wizard?

Boot from Vista DVD and choose command prompt.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...torial147.html

Command line is format d: /q /fs:ntfs

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

I have tryed it with one stick which was 1 gig stick memory

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darth do you not have a spare hd lying around its dam worth a try after you have been through all this

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I got a 160gb ide drive lying around somewhere might try that soon to be fair mate

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

hows it go u tried yet?

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not yet been kinda busy will try soon enough

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Ok update I have a new WD HD and when I try and install Vista its gets to expanding files and just gets 1% after 1/2hr anyone know how long it should last expanding the files?

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Mine took about 3-4 minutes.

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

could be a problem with the optical drive or the media maybe?

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Have you tried replacing the sata dvd drive with an ide one just untill the install is done?
Try that as i've seen a very similar problem with an older sata motherboard and vista.

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I havent got spare opital drive can anyone recommend a cheap but good sata or ide dvd drive?

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

optiaric or pioneer from svp less than 20 quid by a margin

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

I have left my pc on today trying to install vista so from 11.00 - 21.30 so might have a nice vista install when I get home lol aint holding my breath tho

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lol i'd rule out the hdd now and i'd get a cheap dvd drive and if that doesn't sort it aslong as you have the cd key for vista (legit dont break copyright laws) then you could always try downloading a copy of vista.

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

What vendor is your mobo from?

Sorry its been a while since i read this thread and i don't have time to re-read.

I know ASUS boards have compatability issues with SATA optical drives, escpecially the nForce 6 series and below.

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

I have MSI Gigabit Mobo, I have tryed burning a XP iso and that worked perfect

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Do you have the exact model number? For example MSI K9N Neo 3.

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I am at work atm so I dont know the model number sorry I am just confused as to what is causing the problem, as I said earlier I have left it on installing today, so when I get home @ 9pm see what the status is

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Just spoke to my sister and she said its got finishing install and the installation has just froze anyone got any ideas?

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if i was you i would get some dvd's not cheap ones then download a copy of vista and then try that if that works then you will know it is the disc, but this is a strange problem as you say xp installs fine but if crashes when installing vista got me stumped id try a new vista disc if possible.

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Will do mate

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update for some unknown reason a very old copy of vista works but its causing me hassle but atleast it installed took all night tho

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All i can say is, Vista is a nightmare full stop. Btw Darth I am having the same probs installing Vista. It either freezes, or it took seven hours to eventaully install. Really considering if i can get a refund by taking it back hahaha.
Even at work the network manager refuses to have anything to do with it, I quote "it burns me it burms me" he shouts if he looks at a picture of vista :)
Once it was up and running I soon wanted Xp Pro back on. Or linux on my works pc, that still works a dream :))))))

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congrats on your bronze star btw Darth :)

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I am dam sure gonna get it up and running smooth it took this long Vista is staying on my PC until I am that annoyed I might just get a laptop lol.

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Thank you zing, god dam cnt call you anything but zingle it would seem strange calling you david lol

Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
 

Glad you finally got it sorted. I've never had problems with that ever, even for my customers... but i only use IDE optical drives and not SATA, which is where i still think the problem is tbh.