Disk Read Error During Install

[Curious]

Not sure why you had to reformat I have done 2 XP to Vista upgrades without
reformatting and never had a problem and did not have to re-install any
applications. In any case you are up an running now so that is the good
news.

 

[Johnny]

I was following this thread because I have the same problem.
The solution mentioned by JCO however, did not work for me.
Here 's what happens:

Trying to install Vista Ultimate on following system: ASUS P5GC mobo,
500MB WD SATA HDD, 1 SATA DVD. Have reformatted the HDD because I did
not need to keep existing data.

Do you really mean 500MB?

 

[Bill Daggett]

Do you really mean 500MB?

The answer to that should have been obvious to you. Ain't no 500MB
SATA drives in existence.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Try disconnecting the ATA drive prior to install. Do not format or create
any installation volumes, let setup do that.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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[Johnny]

To Johnny: 500GB harddisk instead of 500MB.

To Rick: I have no ATA drive present, only SATA HDD and SATA DVD
I did not format nor did a create an installation volume. I let set up
take care of it, but it didn't help.

I don't know if this will help, because it applies to XP. I found it on
another forum.

Some motherboards require the SATA channel to be set to emulate IDE
before an XP install will work. It can be returned to SATA or raid later


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