I'm trying to install Vista Home Premium on a Windows XP Pro machine
and after going through the initial set up process when the install
gets to the first reboot it hangs. When I restart the machine it just
goes to the install process again but gives an error screen and
reboots right away. I think the install messed up a few things
because when I choose the option to boot to an older version of
windows and go back to xp when I try and put in a CD or DVD in my
drive it won't read, and the entire system will hang. I've searched
online and I can only find people with the same problem and not many
solutions.

Specs:
Asus A8N-E MoBo
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
2GB Ram
WD 80gb (primary)
WD 74gb
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT

You might try uninstalling your DVD drive in device manager and rebooting.

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to install Vista Home Premium on a Windows XP Pro machine
> and after going through the initial set up process when the install
> gets to the first reboot it hangs. When I restart the machine it just
> goes to the install process again but gives an error screen and
> reboots right away. I think the install messed up a few things
> because when I choose the option to boot to an older version of
> windows and go back to xp when I try and put in a CD or DVD in my
> drive it won't read, and the entire system will hang. I've searched
> online and I can only find people with the same problem and not many
> solutions.
>
> Specs:
> Asus A8N-E MoBo
> AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
> 2GB Ram
> WD 80gb (primary)
> WD 74gb
> LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S
> Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT
>