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Chris
[Vista 5308 CTP 64 bit English]
[Tyan s2895 MB, Nvidia NForce4 Pro 2200 chipset]
[Brand new Seagate 160 gig barracuda SATA hard drive]
[2 gigs ddr something ram]
[2x246 AMD Operton processors]
[Nvidia PCIE 6800 GT video card]
I have tried installing Vista with little success.
I downloaded the 5308 64 bit build of Vista and put it on a DVD so I can
install in on my computer, onto a new hard drive. Therefore I bought a new
Seagate 160 Gig SATA hard drive (HD) to install Vista on last Friday. I
installed the new unpartioned HD, booted up from a Seagate CD, and using
seagate utilities, partioned and formatted the HD to about 80 gigs a piece.
OK, cool.
// --++ ---------------------- Try #1 -------------------------++--
Inserted the Vista CD, and tried to install Vista by booting from the Vista
CD. I got to the MS boot screens, and the logo's and progress bars proceeded
tolerably well. Finally it BSOD'ed on me with a MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION, or
error 0x9C. I know that my machine is in fine condition, because with the
old SATA HD (WinXPx64) it has worked fabulously for almost a year. So that
is frustrating.
// --++ ---------------------- Try #2 -------------------------++--
Installed my copy of WinXPx64. Inserted the CD, and booted and installed
from the CD. (I could have just downloaded a suscribers copy of WinXPx64,
but I was in a hurry). That was completely successful. I then took the
motherboard manufactures CD and installed all the drivers and utilities that
I needed for my system. Very good. Networking and everything else was up and
running just fine.
Now I put in the Vista 64 bit DVD, and tried installing on top of WinXPx64.
Everything goes fine for a while: I enter in the 25 digit password, I then
tell it to overwrite my present OS. That is fine because I have absolutely
nothing on the system. So then it starts installing. A screen comes up with
a dialog message telling me something to the effect that the installation
will automaticly finish. Also a progress bar is displayed over the wavy
background display. So the installation begins and progresses slowly but
surely, until it stops, about over the letter 'D' in "installing windows"
label. It let the installation / progress bar sit or hover over that letter
'D' in immense frustration for about 10-20 minutes before I canceled the
installation. I would estimate it only got about 1 / 15th of the way toward
total completetion. I tried this 4 times trying various installation options
(i.e. do/don't connect to get updates etc...).
// --++ ---------------------- Try #3 -------------------------++--
I am going to try copying the contents of the DVD to the harddrive and
installing from there and see what success I get.
// --++ ---------------------- Addednum #1 -------------------------++--
Where do I get higher numbered builds than 5308? Are there more than one
level of subscription than just the one I have? i.e. My subscription is
given to me through my work (very very large software company), so I'm not
sure of all the details.
I hope Microsoft has some answers for this.
Chris Johnson
[Tyan s2895 MB, Nvidia NForce4 Pro 2200 chipset]
[Brand new Seagate 160 gig barracuda SATA hard drive]
[2 gigs ddr something ram]
[2x246 AMD Operton processors]
[Nvidia PCIE 6800 GT video card]
I have tried installing Vista with little success.
I downloaded the 5308 64 bit build of Vista and put it on a DVD so I can
install in on my computer, onto a new hard drive. Therefore I bought a new
Seagate 160 Gig SATA hard drive (HD) to install Vista on last Friday. I
installed the new unpartioned HD, booted up from a Seagate CD, and using
seagate utilities, partioned and formatted the HD to about 80 gigs a piece.
OK, cool.
// --++ ---------------------- Try #1 -------------------------++--
Inserted the Vista CD, and tried to install Vista by booting from the Vista
CD. I got to the MS boot screens, and the logo's and progress bars proceeded
tolerably well. Finally it BSOD'ed on me with a MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION, or
error 0x9C. I know that my machine is in fine condition, because with the
old SATA HD (WinXPx64) it has worked fabulously for almost a year. So that
is frustrating.
// --++ ---------------------- Try #2 -------------------------++--
Installed my copy of WinXPx64. Inserted the CD, and booted and installed
from the CD. (I could have just downloaded a suscribers copy of WinXPx64,
but I was in a hurry). That was completely successful. I then took the
motherboard manufactures CD and installed all the drivers and utilities that
I needed for my system. Very good. Networking and everything else was up and
running just fine.
Now I put in the Vista 64 bit DVD, and tried installing on top of WinXPx64.
Everything goes fine for a while: I enter in the 25 digit password, I then
tell it to overwrite my present OS. That is fine because I have absolutely
nothing on the system. So then it starts installing. A screen comes up with
a dialog message telling me something to the effect that the installation
will automaticly finish. Also a progress bar is displayed over the wavy
background display. So the installation begins and progresses slowly but
surely, until it stops, about over the letter 'D' in "installing windows"
label. It let the installation / progress bar sit or hover over that letter
'D' in immense frustration for about 10-20 minutes before I canceled the
installation. I would estimate it only got about 1 / 15th of the way toward
total completetion. I tried this 4 times trying various installation options
(i.e. do/don't connect to get updates etc...).
// --++ ---------------------- Try #3 -------------------------++--
I am going to try copying the contents of the DVD to the harddrive and
installing from there and see what success I get.
// --++ ---------------------- Addednum #1 -------------------------++--
Where do I get higher numbered builds than 5308? Are there more than one
level of subscription than just the one I have? i.e. My subscription is
given to me through my work (very very large software company), so I'm not
sure of all the details.
I hope Microsoft has some answers for this.
Chris Johnson