Set up Failed

[Guest]

installation went fine until "Please wait......windows running for the first
time" screen. Then computer goes into loop of rebooting and loading. I ran
dionostics it said that there was a failure during setup. Also, i have one
80gig hard drive and it shows that i have an older version of windows, and
two seperate options for vista.
What went wrong

I have/had XP pro 32bit I'm tring to load Vista Rc1 64bit could that be the
cause of prob?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Daniel,

Were you trying to install 64-bit to the same partition as WinXP is/was
currently on? Any installation of Windows should never be installed to a
volume that already contains an installation, it should go on a volume of
its own unless you are doing a supported upgrade (XP 32 bit to Vista 64 bit
is not a supported upgrade).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

i formatted the hard drive and tried it agian, still same thing. It get
through most of the install and then it shows the "wait while windows is
prepared to run for the first time", then goes to the completing install and
fails. I tried several times and still same thing. I tried to load xp back on
but it too failed to install. Could hard drive have died? or did i just screw
somthing up?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

If XP fails to install as well, it's more likely a hardware issue. Either
the configuration/timing in the system BIOS is wrong, or the drive may be
faulty. There is also a potential problem with the ram. Things to check:

- make sure BIOS antivirus detection is disabled
- run a drive integrity check with a diagnostic tool from the manufacturer
- check timing settings, no overclocking
- run a ram software check with something like memtest or doc memory.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Thank for the advise. I read in another post that someone was have the same
problem and that his video card was the problem i have an Asus 7950 nvidia.
Im going to try loaded its drivers before install or useing another card.

Thanks for the help