HELP!

[ktown]

i decided i wanted to start on a clean install of windows vista

i pop in my disk and i booted from it

i deleted all current partitions and created a new, 15 GB partition for
windows files ,leaving the other 95 GB as unallocated

everything goes smoothly until it gets to "completing install"
it will do this for a couple hours and then say windows cannot configure
some hardware or something

so now, i cant install an operating system, and my past operating system is
deleted

what can i do ?

 

[Peter Foldes]

****>and then say windows cannot configure some hardware or something

The above means that a single or some hardware is not compatible with your Windows Vista . Read which hardware is shown as incompatible or needs Updating

 

[ktown]

i ran the advisor and it said that my internal internet card is not compatible
so it just said to install the driver on to a disk (which i did) and install
it after windows loaded

i cant log into my system though

because the partition got deleted

 

[ktown]

after the first time i had the problem

i tried reinstalling on the full 110 GB of unallocated space

and i still get the s ame message

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Just as well. The minimum system requirements call for at least 20GB of
free space on a 40GB partition. You weren't ever going anywhere with 15GB.

Contact the lappy's mfg and get intructions for restoring your computer to
factory condition. Next time don't touch that 10GB partition. It is the
recovery software that you now need.

If you want more storage for a laptop, use an external drive. Dividing
program and data space by partitioning a system drive actually degrades
performance anyway.

Hope you get up and running again soon.

 

[Shane Nokes]

1. The minimum system requirements call for 15GB of free space on a 40GB
partition, not 20GB.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequirements.mspx

2. It's pointless if you're reformatting to leave that recovery partition
since it usually requires access to a special bootloader that's contained on
the Windows partition. Once you format the Windows partition that info is
bye-bye anyways.

3. Dividing the drive into partitions actually improves performance by
lessening fragmentation of the OS and programs be keeping them properly
segregated.

4. (This is for the "ktown") I'd recommend pulling that network card and
seeing if the install finishes and then putting it back in the PC. If you
can't actually remove it because it is integrated then I recommend turning
it off in the BIOS until the install is complete and then turning it back
on.


If you need more help let me know. You can probably guess my e-mail address