Vista Installation - Boot from DVD

[NevadaSweat]

I've been trying to install Vista on system currently running on XP.
Apparently, the Hard Drive is bolixed up as the option to upgrade is disabled
and the full installation flakes out after 27% of "expand files" with a
message that system is unable to configure boot sector. I have emptied
program data directory but cannot get rid of it altogether. -- Therefore, I
am considering installing a replacement hard drive.

Will I be able to boot from the Windows Vista Home Premium DVD I purchased?
If not, how do I install to a virgin Hard Drive?

 

[Badger]

Open your DVD drive and install the Vista disk,
Then Reboot.
All the tools are there to install Vista.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Either:

a) Your antivirus solution is preventing changes to the boot sector or

b) Your system BIOS is preventing these changes.

Either way, the solution will be to disable the one that is. I'm guessing
that it's (b) and boot time protection in the BIOS needs to be disabled.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[John Barnes]

Are you installing from within XP or from the DVD. Do you have an upgrade
version of Vista or full version. If you have the full version, install
from the DVD and delete the partition, recreate and reformat it.