RC1 Advisor taking too long?

[Guest]

Hi all

I have tried running the Vista Upgrade Advisor several times and each time I
have let it run for over 1/2 hour and it still doesn't produce any results.

Any ideas as to why it may be stuck?

Here is my setup:
MSI RS480-IL mobo
Award Bios 3.9
WinXP Pro SP2
AMD 64 3000
1G DDR 400
MSI 6600GT TD 128 running 91.31 drivers
WD 80G HD
Creative Audigy
DVD ROM
CDRW

Thanks

 

[Guest]

It's just an advisor, and it appears you have the basic components to run
Vista. From my own experience, if you burn the .iso file yourself, do it at
the lowest speed possible. Then, I highly recommend you install RC1 in a
dual-boot environment, and RC1 in its own partition. You CANNOT rollback to
any previous version. Also, boot up to XP, then insert the Vista DVD and do
the setup from within XP. Do an "advanced" or "custom" setup - NOT UPGRADE.
Also, be patient. My install(s) took over an hour. Start it - enter your
product key - then watch some TV or do those chores hanging on your
shoulders. If you don't adhere to these steps, you "could" seriously
jeopardize your current setup.

 

[Guest]

It's just an advisor, and it appears you have the basic components to run
Vista. From my own experience, if you burn the .iso file yourself, do it at
the lowest speed possible. Then, I highly recommend you install RC1 in a
dual-boot environment, and RC1 in its own partition. You CANNOT rollback to
any previous version. Also, boot up to XP, then insert the Vista DVD and do
the setup from within XP. Do an "advanced" or "custom" setup - NOT UPGRADE.
Also, be patient. My install(s) took over an hour. Start it - enter your
product key - then watch some TV or do those chores hanging on your
shoulders. If you don't adhere to these steps, you "could" seriously
jeopardize your current setup.

Thanks,

I am unable install either by booting from the DVD, as I get a corrupted
file error when trying to extract and when I try to install from within
WinXP, I get an ACPI compliant error, stating my system is not ACPI
compatbile.

Thanks