installation nightmare

[Guest]

hope u guys can help ive tried about ten times now installing vista i have my
hdd partitioned correctly and when i install booting from dvd it goes to the
aurora splash screen which then should start th install but after 10 mins
like this it reboots like nothing had happened straight into xp if i try
installing through xp it gets to the installing files then it unpacks them
till bout 27 % then it reboots into aurora screen says installing windows or
files then reboots saying installation failed no error number just goes into
rollback i tried installing on a clean hdd with no partitions and no copy of
xp installed it went in fine with no probs i would have kept it but i cant
get onto net with my adsl setup i have at the moment so i need a dual boot
system any help would b great

 

[Guest]

Hi! I'm experiencing the same problem, but I'm installing directly from DVD,
not through WinXP. After the "Installing updates" step has completed, setup
tries to restart the PC but fails. I get following error message: "An error
occured while preparing Windows Setup to boot into the next stage of Setup".
I was installing Vista on a correctly partitioned hdd like you, nesskwik. I
was trying to get help, too... but without any solution yet.
I hope we will find a way, I'm courious about using Vista. Greets

 

[Guest]

Did you two download 32 or 64 bit os?
Whats your guys system specs?

 

[Guest]

mines the 32 bit version im on a
p4 3ghz
2mb ram
240 gig hdd
7900gtx graphics
ive had windows vista up and running but only when no xp install was present
i was well impressed just couldnt get on net which is as much use as a slap
in the chops wi a wet fish

 

[Guest]

I downloaded Vista 32bit-edition.
Specs:
- Two hdds, the first with data (Disk0), the other (Disk1) for the system
(WInXP) with two partitions, one for the existing xp (Part0), the other for
the new vista (Part1), both hdds are IDE connected
- Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-7VM400MF
- AMD AthlonXP 2800+
- 1024 MB RAM

Thanks vm for any help!

PS. I read in this help section that somebody had the same problem, and that
he then tried to install vista on a hdd with only one partition, and it
worked fine... Do you think i have to do the same? Cause i don0t really wanna
lose my xp, since i don't know how complete and compatible vista is. I also
runed UpgradeAdvisor, and it told me that i can run vista without any
problem. Thanks for helping!

 

[Guest]

sorry nesskwik, i didn't understand that "get on the net" thing. So you too
can install vista if no xp is present on the same hdd. I guess i have to move
my xp . Thanks for helping!

 

[Guest]

i might try installing on a clean hd then plugging back in my hd which has
windows xp installed anyone know if this would work n should i make the vista
drive the master or the slave after i refit the xp one im freakin out i know
my dvd is good as had it running but it was from a boot on a clean hd no
partition no os on it anything else i seem to get a failed install

 

[Guest]

Hi! Since I have two hard disks, I simply tried to install Vista one that one
which hasn't WinXp installed on itself. Installation worked fine, I'm
actually writing from Vista: it's pretty cool! You have to try Greetings