[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

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

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

[boroboi]

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

Originally Posted by darthlinux

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

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

not yet no

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Originally Posted by boroboi

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

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

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by darthlinux

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

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

Originally Posted by Druchii

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

what do you mean sorry

[damien c]

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?

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

[damien c]

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.

I only have the one samsung HD

samsung stung me recently lol

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

[Dai]

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