An error occurred whilst ensuring that your computer's machine-spe

[Guest]

I've been unable to install Vista; one of
very many as I've discovered, since browsing this discussion group.
Couldn't do an upgrade from XP because it ws installed on FAT32. Surely
many, many users will be on FAT32, so why not allow an upgrade from this file
system?
Since a clean install was the only option, I tried this but got the error:

'An error occurred whilst ensuring that your computer's machine-specific
settings have been inititialised'

I have a very simple P4 setup on a Gigabyte 875P motherboard. My HD is a 36
Gb Western Digital Raptor, SATA and I had all my external devices except
keyboard and mouse detached. So..............anyone know what the problem is
here?

 

[Guest]

Install it on another partition and keep XP on a dual boot. To do this start
xp and install from there. Don't Upgrade!! Use the other option which
escapes me right now

 

[Guest]

Have tried doing a clean install on a blank partition, but when I do I get
the above error PuTzZ.
I surprised no-one else has had this problem.
Martin.