Tried installing Vista Home Premium upgrade to my WinXP Pro system. Vista
Upgrade Advisor said system fine for upgrade - custom-built Scan 3XS with
Asus P5WDH Deluxe MoBo, Core2Duo 6700 CPU, 2Gb RAM, GeForce 7950 GX2, WD
Raptor 80Gb HDD (2 partitions) & 500Gb Seagate HDD, et al - Advisor said
should be no problems upgrading with this hardware. However, when I tried to
do a clean install on a second 40Gb partition, keeping XP Pro on first
partition (am I glad I did?!) hoping to dual-boot - clean install is the only
option for upgrading XP Pro to Vista HP - it all went haywire! When Vista
Setup did its first reboot, it went into a loop and continuously rebooted
until I grabbed the 'Previous Version of Windows' option on the dual-boot
screen. I've been through every troubleshooting option I can find on the MS
support site - uninstalling AV & every possible hardware item that could
conflict, but nothing seems to get past this loop. Now I've given up and
want to revert back to WinXP, but I still can't get past the dual-boot
screen, which insists that it is still trying to 'Setup' Vista. Any advice
from you experienced Vista installers would be much appreciated - either to
get my Vista installation right, or to get rid of it and back to old XP
single-boot - I'm at the end of my tether! Thanks.

"No Earthly Use" <No Earthly (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A0E0124D-2AAA-4FC5-8BF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Tried installing Vista Home Premium upgrade to my WinXP Pro system. Vista
> Upgrade Advisor said system fine for upgrade - custom-built Scan 3XS with
> Asus P5WDH Deluxe MoBo, Core2Duo 6700 CPU, 2Gb RAM, GeForce 7950 GX2, WD
> Raptor 80Gb HDD (2 partitions) & 500Gb Seagate HDD, et al - Advisor said
> should be no problems upgrading with this hardware. However, when I tried
> to
> do a clean install on a second 40Gb partition, keeping XP Pro on first
> partition (am I glad I did?!) hoping to dual-boot - clean install is the
> only
> option for upgrading XP Pro to Vista HP - it all went haywire! When Vista
> Setup did its first reboot, it went into a loop and continuously rebooted
> until I grabbed the 'Previous Version of Windows' option on the dual-boot
> screen. I've been through every troubleshooting option I can find on the MS
> support site - uninstalling AV & every possible hardware item that could
> conflict, but nothing seems to get past this loop. Now I've given up and
> want to revert back to WinXP, but I still can't get past the dual-boot
> screen, which insists that it is still trying to 'Setup' Vista. Any advice
> from you experienced Vista installers would be much appreciated - either to
> get my Vista installation right, or to get rid of it and back to old XP
> single-boot - I'm at the end of my tether! Thanks.


If you will repost this monster with short, concise paragraphs, I will be more
than happy to respond more helpfully.

--
Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
------------------------------------------------------

Sorry! It's my first time here, and I didn't realise things would look as
broken up as that.

I've tried installing Vista Home Premium upgrade to my WinXP Pro system.
Vista Upgrade Advisor said that my system was okay for upgrade.

It's a custom-built Scan 3XS with an Asus P5WDH Deluxe MoBo, Core2Duo 6700
CPU, 2Gb RAM, GeForce 7950 GX2, WD Raptor 80Gb HDD (with 2 equal partitions -
C: & D & a 500Gb Seagate SATA HDD, plus all the usual gubbins.

Vista Advisor said that there should be no problems upgrading with this
hardware, although it did mention a few drivers and software that I'd need to
update after installing Vista.

However, when I tried to do a clean install (the only option offered) on the
second 40Gb Raptor partition, keeping XP Pro on first partition (which I'm
really glad I did?!) hoping to dual-boot XP & Vista - it all went haywire!

When Vista Setup did its first reboot, it went into a loop and continuously
rebooted until I was able to select the 'Previous Version of Windows' option
on the dual-boot screen.

I've been through every troubleshooting option I can find on the MS support
site - uninstalling AV & every possible hardware item that could conflict,
but nothing seems to get past this loop.

Now I've given up (almost) and want to revert back to WinXP, but I still
can't get past the dual-boot screen, which insists that it is still trying to
'Setup' Vista.

Any advice from you experienced Vista installers would be greatly
appreciated - either to get my Vista installation setup correctly, or to get
rid of it and go back to my old faithful (and working) XP single-boot option.

Do I need to say it again? "I'm at the end of my tether!"

Hope that comes across better this time. Thanks.
"Donald McDaniel" wrote:

> "No Earthly Use" <No Earthly (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A0E0124D-2AAA-4FC5-8BF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Tried installing Vista Home Premium upgrade to my WinXP Pro system. Vista
> > Upgrade Advisor said system fine for upgrade - custom-built Scan 3XS with
> > Asus P5WDH Deluxe MoBo, Core2Duo 6700 CPU, 2Gb RAM, GeForce 7950 GX2, WD
> > Raptor 80Gb HDD (2 partitions) & 500Gb Seagate HDD, et al - Advisor said
> > should be no problems upgrading with this hardware. However, when I tried
> > to
> > do a clean install on a second 40Gb partition, keeping XP Pro on first
> > partition (am I glad I did?!) hoping to dual-boot - clean install is the
> > only
> > option for upgrading XP Pro to Vista HP - it all went haywire! When Vista
> > Setup did its first reboot, it went into a loop and continuously rebooted
> > until I grabbed the 'Previous Version of Windows' option on the dual-boot
> > screen. I've been through every troubleshooting option I can find on the MS
> > support site - uninstalling AV & every possible hardware item that could
> > conflict, but nothing seems to get past this loop. Now I've given up and
> > want to revert back to WinXP, but I still can't get past the dual-boot
> > screen, which insists that it is still trying to 'Setup' Vista. Any advice
> > from you experienced Vista installers would be much appreciated - either to
> > get my Vista installation right, or to get rid of it and back to old XP
> > single-boot - I'm at the end of my tether! Thanks.
>
>
> If you will repost this monster with short, concise paragraphs, I will be more
> than happy to respond more helpfully.
>
> --
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:43:02 -0800, No Earthly Use
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Sorry! It's my first time here, and I didn't realise things would look as
>broken up as that.
>
>I've tried installing Vista Home Premium upgrade to my WinXP Pro system.
>Vista Upgrade Advisor said that my system was okay for upgrade.
>
>It's a custom-built Scan 3XS with an Asus P5WDH Deluxe MoBo, Core2Duo 6700
>CPU, 2Gb RAM, GeForce 7950 GX2, WD Raptor 80Gb HDD (with 2 equal partitions -
>C: & D & a 500Gb Seagate SATA HDD, plus all the usual gubbins.
>
>Vista Advisor said that there should be no problems upgrading with this
>hardware, although it did mention a few drivers and software that I'd need to
>update after installing Vista.
>
>However, when I tried to do a clean install (the only option offered) on the
>second 40Gb Raptor partition, keeping XP Pro on first partition (which I'm
>really glad I did?!) hoping to dual-boot XP & Vista - it all went haywire!
>
>When Vista Setup did its first reboot, it went into a loop and continuously
>rebooted until I was able to select the 'Previous Version of Windows' option
>on the dual-boot screen.
>
>I've been through every troubleshooting option I can find on the MS support
>site - uninstalling AV & every possible hardware item that could conflict,
>but nothing seems to get past this loop.
>
>Now I've given up (almost) and want to revert back to WinXP, but I still
>can't get past the dual-boot screen, which insists that it is still trying to
>'Setup' Vista.
>
>Any advice from you experienced Vista installers would be greatly
>appreciated - either to get my Vista installation setup correctly, or to get
>rid of it and go back to my old faithful (and working) XP single-boot option.
>
>Do I need to say it again? "I'm at the end of my tether!"
>
>Hope that comes across better this time. Thanks.
>"Donald McDaniel" wrote:
>
>> "No Earthly Use" <No Earthly (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:A0E0124D-2AAA-4FC5-8BF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Tried installing Vista Home Premium upgrade to my WinXP Pro system. Vista
>> > Upgrade Advisor said system fine for upgrade - custom-built Scan 3XS with
>> > Asus P5WDH Deluxe MoBo, Core2Duo 6700 CPU, 2Gb RAM, GeForce 7950 GX2, WD
>> > Raptor 80Gb HDD (2 partitions) & 500Gb Seagate HDD, et al - Advisor said
>> > should be no problems upgrading with this hardware. However, when I tried
>> > to
>> > do a clean install on a second 40Gb partition, keeping XP Pro on first
>> > partition (am I glad I did?!) hoping to dual-boot - clean install is the
>> > only
>> > option for upgrading XP Pro to Vista HP - it all went haywire! When Vista
>> > Setup did its first reboot, it went into a loop and continuously rebooted
>> > until I grabbed the 'Previous Version of Windows' option on the dual-boot
>> > screen. I've been through every troubleshooting option I can find on the MS
>> > support site - uninstalling AV & every possible hardware item that could
>> > conflict, but nothing seems to get past this loop. Now I've given up and
>> > want to revert back to WinXP, but I still can't get past the dual-boot
>> > screen, which insists that it is still trying to 'Setup' Vista. Any advice
>> > from you experienced Vista installers would be much appreciated - either to
>> > get my Vista installation right, or to get rid of it and back to old XP
>> > single-boot - I'm at the end of my tether! Thanks.
>>
>>
>> If you will repost this monster with short, concise paragraphs, I will be more
>> than happy to respond more helpfully.
>>
>> --
>> Donald L McDaniel
>> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>

NEU- I have the same problem as you.

My Vista advisor, and some other stuff says that an upgrade is fine.

When I try either an upgrade or a clean install, I reach a point (which
varies each time) that loops back to the window that wants my Serial Number.
or if I am lucky, and catch the reboot on time, lets me rollback the setup or
boot my old windows.

I am not sure why the other posters are not responding helpfully?

I was lucky, and made both an Acronis True Image BU, and a Reptrospect BU
prior to this frustrating install process, along with Resue Disks!!!!

Certainly, there is a MS guru that can address this in a more direct manner
than the useless posts I have seen so far?.

"No Earthly Use" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AA815346-A495-477F-9BD6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sorry! It's my first time here, and I didn't realise things would look as
> broken up as that.
>
> I've tried installing Vista Home Premium upgrade to my WinXP Pro system.
> Vista Upgrade Advisor said that my system was okay for upgrade.
>
> It's a custom-built Scan 3XS with an Asus P5WDH Deluxe MoBo, Core2Duo 6700
> CPU, 2Gb RAM, GeForce 7950 GX2, WD Raptor 80Gb HDD (with 2 equal
> partitions -
> C: & D & a 500Gb Seagate SATA HDD, plus all the usual gubbins.
>
> Vista Advisor said that there should be no problems upgrading with this
> hardware, although it did mention a few drivers and software that I'd need
> to
> update after installing Vista.
>
> However, when I tried to do a clean install (the only option offered) on the
> second 40Gb Raptor partition, keeping XP Pro on first partition (which I'm
> really glad I did?!) hoping to dual-boot XP & Vista - it all went haywire!
>
> When Vista Setup did its first reboot, it went into a loop and continuously
> rebooted until I was able to select the 'Previous Version of Windows' option
> on the dual-boot screen.
>
> I've been through every troubleshooting option I can find on the MS support
> site - uninstalling AV & every possible hardware item that could conflict,
> but nothing seems to get past this loop.
>
> Now I've given up (almost) and want to revert back to WinXP, but I still
> can't get past the dual-boot screen, which insists that it is still trying
> to
> 'Setup' Vista.
>
> Any advice from you experienced Vista installers would be greatly
> appreciated - either to get my Vista installation setup correctly, or to get
> rid of it and go back to my old faithful (and working) XP single-boot
> option.
>
> Do I need to say it again? "I'm at the end of my tether!"
>

That was much easier to follow, my friend. Thank you. These old eyes have
difficulty distinguishing thoughts in tightly-packed statements.


I'm sorry I have no "useful" answer at the minute, my friend.
Perhaps you could tell us which drivers the Vista Upgrade Advisor told you to
replace?

Also, a rather "foolish-sounding" question: Did you actually delete,
recreate, then format the partition you tried installing Vista on?

I really would like to help you install Vista, since it is a great OS.
I did not use an upgrade license to install Vista on my Dell. Didn't want to
wait for the next two months for Dell to get off the pot and send them out.
Instead, I purchased a System Builder Kit, wiped the drive, and created
partitions and installed Vista (with absolutely no problems at all.)

It is possible that some of the drivers (especially HD drivers and Video
drivers) are causing the failure to finish the install. It's also possible
that the drive you are attempting to install on has a few bad sectors.

Try wiping the drive next time you attempt to install Vista on it, after doing
a chkdsk /f on it.

BTW, I can't stand GeForce cards. I use ATI cards exclusively.

I'm also learning that the Upgrade Advisor is not always as critical as it
should be in its estimation of one's ability to upgrade with little trouble.
Personally, I've never been very successful in setting up an upgrade in such a
way that it would be stable afterward.

There is a big difference between the statements "should be able to" and
"will be able to", as I'm sure you know.

By the way, is your HD controller card a combined "SATA/PATA" card? Many have
been having problems with such cards.

Also, what's the date of your BIOS (and who makes it)?

--
Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks for those ideas, Donald, I'll see if anything you've suggested will
help.

To answer your questions:

My first install attempt was to my Raptor D: partition (38Gb free) which had
a few files on it, but Setup said it would put these in a 'windows.old' file,
so I went ahead. On later attempts, I did wipe/reformat the partition, but
no change to the end-result. I will check the drive for errors and see what
that does - thanks.

The drivers that Advisor identified were a couple of Realtek audio drivers
(audio is onboard the mobo) but, as it said I could update these after
installing Vista, I went ahead. On later attempts, I disabled all the audio
and graphics drivers (setting them back to their default WIndows settings),
but no change.

I'm not quite sure what my HD controller card is. My Intel mobo has what it
calls a Serial ATA controller, but there is also a Marvel controller
mentioned in System Devices - there's no mention of PATA anywhere, so I don't
think it's got one, but I'm not that technical to know, sorry!

I think that I'll keep trying for a while - Vista does sound great, but it's
just a shame to have such a flaky introduction to it with this upgrade
process. Thnaks for your help.

"Donald McDaniel" wrote:

> "No Earthly Use" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AA815346-A495-477F-9BD6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Sorry! It's my first time here, and I didn't realise things would look as
> > broken up as that.
> >
> > I've tried installing Vista Home Premium upgrade to my WinXP Pro system.
> > Vista Upgrade Advisor said that my system was okay for upgrade.
> >
> > It's a custom-built Scan 3XS with an Asus P5WDH Deluxe MoBo, Core2Duo 6700
> > CPU, 2Gb RAM, GeForce 7950 GX2, WD Raptor 80Gb HDD (with 2 equal
> > partitions -
> > C: & D & a 500Gb Seagate SATA HDD, plus all the usual gubbins.
> >
> > Vista Advisor said that there should be no problems upgrading with this
> > hardware, although it did mention a few drivers and software that I'd need
> > to
> > update after installing Vista.
> >
> > However, when I tried to do a clean install (the only option offered) on the
> > second 40Gb Raptor partition, keeping XP Pro on first partition (which I'm
> > really glad I did?!) hoping to dual-boot XP & Vista - it all went haywire!
> >
> > When Vista Setup did its first reboot, it went into a loop and continuously
> > rebooted until I was able to select the 'Previous Version of Windows' option
> > on the dual-boot screen.
> >
> > I've been through every troubleshooting option I can find on the MS support
> > site - uninstalling AV & every possible hardware item that could conflict,
> > but nothing seems to get past this loop.
> >
> > Now I've given up (almost) and want to revert back to WinXP, but I still
> > can't get past the dual-boot screen, which insists that it is still trying
> > to
> > 'Setup' Vista.
> >
> > Any advice from you experienced Vista installers would be greatly
> > appreciated - either to get my Vista installation setup correctly, or to get
> > rid of it and go back to my old faithful (and working) XP single-boot
> > option.
> >
> > Do I need to say it again? "I'm at the end of my tether!"
> >
>
> That was much easier to follow, my friend. Thank you. These old eyes have
> difficulty distinguishing thoughts in tightly-packed statements.
>
>
> I'm sorry I have no "useful" answer at the minute, my friend.
> Perhaps you could tell us which drivers the Vista Upgrade Advisor told you to
> replace?
>
> Also, a rather "foolish-sounding" question: Did you actually delete,
> recreate, then format the partition you tried installing Vista on?
>
> I really would like to help you install Vista, since it is a great OS.
> I did not use an upgrade license to install Vista on my Dell. Didn't want to
> wait for the next two months for Dell to get off the pot and send them out.
> Instead, I purchased a System Builder Kit, wiped the drive, and created
> partitions and installed Vista (with absolutely no problems at all.)
>
> It is possible that some of the drivers (especially HD drivers and Video
> drivers) are causing the failure to finish the install. It's also possible
> that the drive you are attempting to install on has a few bad sectors.
>
> Try wiping the drive next time you attempt to install Vista on it, after doing
> a chkdsk /f on it.
>
> BTW, I can't stand GeForce cards. I use ATI cards exclusively.
>
> I'm also learning that the Upgrade Advisor is not always as critical as it
> should be in its estimation of one's ability to upgrade with little trouble.
> Personally, I've never been very successful in setting up an upgrade in such a
> way that it would be stable afterward.
>
> There is a big difference between the statements "should be able to" and
> "will be able to", as I'm sure you know.
>
> By the way, is your HD controller card a combined "SATA/PATA" card? Many have
> been having problems with such cards.
>
> Also, what's the date of your BIOS (and who makes it)?
>
> --
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>

Thanks for your support, Bob, and sorry that you've had similar problems.

To be honest, I'm desperate enough to accept help from anyone, no matter how
useless their posts may appear! It's just nice to know that you're not on
your own sometimes.

Thanks

"BobT" wrote:

> NEU- I have the same problem as you.
>
> My Vista advisor, and some other stuff says that an upgrade is fine.
>
> When I try either an upgrade or a clean install, I reach a point (which
> varies each time) that loops back to the window that wants my Serial Number.
> or if I am lucky, and catch the reboot on time, lets me rollback the setup or
> boot my old windows.
>
> I am not sure why the other posters are not responding helpfully?
>
> I was lucky, and made both an Acronis True Image BU, and a Reptrospect BU
> prior to this frustrating install process, along with Resue Disks!!!!
>
> Certainly, there is a MS guru that can address this in a more direct manner
> than the useless posts I have seen so far?.
>
>

"BobT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote

> NEU- I have the same problem as you.
>
> My Vista advisor, and some other stuff says that an upgrade is fine.
>
> When I try either an upgrade or a clean install, I reach a point (which
> varies each time) that loops back to the window that wants my Serial
> Number.
> or if I am lucky, and catch the reboot on time, lets me rollback the setup
> or
> boot my old windows.
>
> I am not sure why the other posters are not responding helpfully?
>
> I was lucky, and made both an Acronis True Image BU, and a Reptrospect BU
> prior to this frustrating install process, along with Resue Disks!!!!
>
> Certainly, there is a MS guru that can address this in a more direct
> manner
> than the useless posts I have seen so far?.

This is a peer to peer newsgroup, not official MS support. There are a
huge number of posts here many of which are very helpful with
troubleshooting tips and help. Search through them for a start.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"No Earthly Use" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A7318A88-CCBA-4999-9FBD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for those ideas, Donald, I'll see if anything you've suggested will
> help.
>
> To answer your questions:
>
> My first install attempt was to my Raptor D: partition (38Gb free) which had
> a few files on it, but Setup said it would put these in a 'windows.old'
> file,
> so I went ahead. On later attempts, I did wipe/reformat the partition, but
> no change to the end-result. I will check the drive for errors and see what
> that does - thanks.
>
> The drivers that Advisor identified were a couple of Realtek audio drivers
> (audio is onboard the mobo) but, as it said I could update these after
> installing Vista, I went ahead. On later attempts, I disabled all the audio
> and graphics drivers (setting them back to their default WIndows settings),
> but no change.
>
> I'm not quite sure what my HD controller card is. My Intel mobo has what it
> calls a Serial ATA controller, but there is also a Marvel controller
> mentioned in System Devices - there's no mention of PATA anywhere, so I
> don't
> think it's got one, but I'm not that technical to know, sorry!
>
> I think that I'll keep trying for a while - Vista does sound great, but it's
> just a shame to have such a flaky introduction to it with this upgrade
> process. Thnaks for your help.
>
> "Donald McDaniel" wrote:
>
>> "No Earthly Use" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:AA815346-A495-477F-9BD6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Sorry! It's my first time here, and I didn't realise things would look
>> > as
>> > broken up as that.
>> >
>> > I've tried installing Vista Home Premium upgrade to my WinXP Pro system.
>> > Vista Upgrade Advisor said that my system was okay for upgrade.
>> >
>> > It's a custom-built Scan 3XS with an Asus P5WDH Deluxe MoBo, Core2Duo
>> > 6700
>> > CPU, 2Gb RAM, GeForce 7950 GX2, WD Raptor 80Gb HDD (with 2 equal
>> > partitions -
>> > C: & D & a 500Gb Seagate SATA HDD, plus all the usual gubbins.
>> >
>> > Vista Advisor said that there should be no problems upgrading with this
>> > hardware, although it did mention a few drivers and software that I'd
>> > need
>> > to
>> > update after installing Vista.
>> >
>> > However, when I tried to do a clean install (the only option offered) on
>> > the
>> > second 40Gb Raptor partition, keeping XP Pro on first partition (which
>> > I'm
>> > really glad I did?!) hoping to dual-boot XP & Vista - it all went
>> > haywire!
>> >
>> > When Vista Setup did its first reboot, it went into a loop and
>> > continuously
>> > rebooted until I was able to select the 'Previous Version of Windows'
>> > option
>> > on the dual-boot screen.
>> >
>> > I've been through every troubleshooting option I can find on the MS
>> > support
>> > site - uninstalling AV & every possible hardware item that could
>> > conflict,
>> > but nothing seems to get past this loop.
>> >
>> > Now I've given up (almost) and want to revert back to WinXP, but I still
>> > can't get past the dual-boot screen, which insists that it is still
>> > trying
>> > to
>> > 'Setup' Vista.
>> >
>> > Any advice from you experienced Vista installers would be greatly
>> > appreciated - either to get my Vista installation setup correctly, or to
>> > get
>> > rid of it and go back to my old faithful (and working) XP single-boot
>> > option.
>> >
>> > Do I need to say it again? "I'm at the end of my tether!"
>> >
>>
>> That was much easier to follow, my friend. Thank you. These old eyes have
>> difficulty distinguishing thoughts in tightly-packed statements.
>>
>>
>> I'm sorry I have no "useful" answer at the minute, my friend.
>> Perhaps you could tell us which drivers the Vista Upgrade Advisor told you
>> to
>> replace?
>>
>> Also, a rather "foolish-sounding" question: Did you actually delete,
>> recreate, then format the partition you tried installing Vista on?
>>
>> I really would like to help you install Vista, since it is a great OS.
>> I did not use an upgrade license to install Vista on my Dell. Didn't want
>> to
>> wait for the next two months for Dell to get off the pot and send them out.
>> Instead, I purchased a System Builder Kit, wiped the drive, and created
>> partitions and installed Vista (with absolutely no problems at all.)
>>
>> It is possible that some of the drivers (especially HD drivers and Video
>> drivers) are causing the failure to finish the install. It's also possible
>> that the drive you are attempting to install on has a few bad sectors.
>>
>> Try wiping the drive next time you attempt to install Vista on it, after
>> doing
>> a chkdsk /f on it.
>>
>> BTW, I can't stand GeForce cards. I use ATI cards exclusively.
>>
>> I'm also learning that the Upgrade Advisor is not always as critical as it
>> should be in its estimation of one's ability to upgrade with little
>> trouble.
>> Personally, I've never been very successful in setting up an upgrade in
>> such a
>> way that it would be stable afterward.
>>
>> There is a big difference between the statements "should be able to" and
>> "will be able to", as I'm sure you know.
>>
>> By the way, is your HD controller card a combined "SATA/PATA" card? Many
>> have
>> been having problems with such cards.
>>
>> Also, what's the date of your BIOS (and who makes it)?
>>
>> --
>> Donald L McDaniel
>> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>


I'm sorry I couldn't help you any more (or at all), my friend. Hopefully,
someone will chip in some more useful information for you.

--
Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread.
------------------------------------------------------