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Old 25-06-2008, 22:24   #16
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Re: PC freezes and wont install Vista
how would I check that?
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Old 30-07-2008, 17:34   #17
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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
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Old 30-07-2008, 17:39   #18
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Re: XP Installs Fine but Vista wont
Darth it is possibly your downloaded Vista burned to disks?
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Old 30-07-2008, 18:31   #19
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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
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Old 30-07-2008, 18:51   #20
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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
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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...

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Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
Merged with original thread at OP's request
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Old 30-07-2008, 22:02   #22
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Re: XP Installs Fine but Vista wont
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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...

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I dont see why that would cause a problem considering I can install XP
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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
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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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Re: [Merged] PC freezes and wont install Vista
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.
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Re: XP Installs Fine but Vista wont
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I dont see why that would cause a problem considering I can install XP
There was an OR in that general statement
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is it an sata dvd you are using?
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Old 02-08-2008, 17:36   #29
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YEP matey its a sata dvd drive
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still not working darth
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