problem with 'Vista ready' system

[Guest]

This may sound pretty strange...

I was able to install Vista 32-bit on an older Pentium 4 system with 512MB
of memory on an IDE drive. No problem with the installation, had it blue
screen on me twice when working with it to a degree, but that’s
understandable.

Here’s what’s not understandable...

After success, I wanted to try it with my ‘Vista ready’ board. This is a new
custom system, but Windows Vista Update Advisor doesn't seem to have a
problem except maybe drivers with a capture card and my audio card, but
otherwise fine. I only have SATA hard drives on this system. When I try to
install the 64-bit version, it loads the files (the gray bar at the bottom),
but when it comes up with the boot screen (the 6 green bars going from right
to left), it eventually blue-screens with a fatal error that says it shuts
down the system and the hard drives turn off. When I try to install the
32-bit version, it says it the file C:\Windows\System32\Boot\winload.exe is
either missing or corrupt and to insert the setup disc to fix the problem.
The problem is though, that windows hasn't even been installed yet, and that
sorry message came from the setup disc itself! I’ve tried a few different
configurations, but nothing changed and I gave up.

Any suggestions for this bizarre event?
-ALH

 

[Richard Urban]

To my way of thinking, a Vista Ready system can only be sold by a
manufacturer who has put together the computer, has chosen correct
additional hardware, has installed all the requisite "working" drivers and
has loaded Windows Vista (64 bit) on the system and has found everything to
work. Then they can sell the computer in the store as Vista Ready.

Just having a Vista Ready board is no guarantee at all. It is now up to the
board manufacturer to supply the purchaser with Vista 64 bit drivers to go
with the boards chipset. If they don't do that, the board is not Vista
Ready. Contact the M/B manufacturer.

--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Tom Lake]

When I try to install the

32-bit version, it says it the file C:\Windows\System32\Boot\winload.exe
is
either missing or corrupt and to insert the setup disc to fix the problem.
The problem is though, that windows hasn't even been installed yet, and
that
sorry message came from the setup disc itself! I've tried a few different
configurations, but nothing changed and I gave up.

If you have a hard drive over 300GB, go into BIOS and change the
configuration
for the drive from Auto to Large.

Tom Lake

 

[Guest]

You have big, but "I told you so" problem. If you read the instruction that
come with it, you'd see that was mentioned already. It is the same problem,
if you install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, on ...never mind.

Don't try to fix it. Get your hard drive out and copy all the files that you
want out. Re-format your drive, then do a fresh install. Reason: no matter
how great the OS is, the beginning loading of OS is always start with 16bit
for legacy bios, so far. Then 32 bit for drivers, and then 64 bit software.
Now, so far, I have not known or educated on any computer that start up with
64 bit bios yet.

Here's how it goes. this 16 and 32 bit instructions are start up the same,
everything seems nice and bright day. Then problems, M1 Abrum 64bit tanks
are trying to run across a 32 bit wooden bridge in the processor. Problem.
There's no 32bit tanks, the old M60s left in the garage. There were only M1.

Am I being to drama? I wasn't even sure if it's correct. ;P Anyway,
basically, you have 16bit and 32bit instructions left for 64bit OS. Your
computer do not recognize, nor except 16bit and 32bit instructions for 32bit
OS. It keep saying. We don't need repair. We Are Right, and you are wrong.

VR,
Watis

I may not be 100% right, but it's along that line. Reformat you drive, but
feel free to try other option.

 

[Guest]

I guess I never heard of installing drivers before the OS, unless it’s
firmware related. So I basically have a “Vista ready†board that’s not yet
ready for Vista. Or is that only the 64-bit Vista?

I have three hard drives, two are an SATA1 80GB Western Digital—one blank,
and one with my current-standing OS (Windows XP 32-bit). The current standing
drive with the OS will remain intact, I’m not going to change it. I also have
a SATA1 120GB Maxtor, but I took it out of the picture so I only have one
blank 80GB drive to install to. And when I say ‘blank,’ I mean I’ve tried it
partitioned and formatted with NTFS, and unpartitioned. I always install
fresh, including any system with everything preloaded.

The only thing I haven’t tried is installing it on an IDE hard drive as I
did with my Pentium 4 system. Think I should try that?
-ALH

 

[Guest]

I guess I never heard of installing drivers before the OS, unless it’s
firmware related. So I basically have a “Vista ready†board that’s not yet
ready for Vista. Or is that only the 64-bit Vista?
-ALH

 

[Guest]

My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-945P-S3. I have three hard drives, two are an
SATA1 80GB Western Digital—one blank,
and one with my current-standing OS (Windows XP 32-bit). The current standing
drive with the OS will remain intact, I’m not going to change it. I also have
a SATA1 120GB Maxtor, but I took it out of the picture so I only have one
blank 80GB drive to install to. And when I say ‘blank,’ I mean I’ve tried it
partitioned and formatted with NTFS, and unpartitioned. I always install
fresh, including any system with everything preloaded.

 

[Guest]

Well, there's information missing here. Have you try install winXP64 onto
this system yet? If not try it, then see how that goes. Then change it to
Vista 64. This Vista is a trial version don't expect it to work nicely like
release version. Load XP64 first, use it as a gap filler if there's
something missing. Also check your BIOS make sure that you are running
64-bit version too.