Vista will not install on new hard drive

[Guest]

I installed vista Beta 2 on my system.
No problems at all. I received RC 1 and upgraded the system no problems.
My hard drive crashed so I got a new 80 gig Western Dig. hard drive.
I first installed XP Pro with NTFS file.
Now when I try to install the beta version on the new hard drive I get an
error message stating "Your computer is not compatible and you can not
install Vista.
So I tried to install the upgrade without the beta version first.
I get an error message stating "This comp. is not compliant with the Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface standard"
My computer is ACPI compliant.
I did the Vista scan to see what it could find and the Vista scan says my
computer
is compliant and will run vista.
I have tried numerous times but get the same errors.
I have downloaded and installed all available updates.
Can anyone help me with this problem?
Thank you

 

[Clark]

Did you update the XP install. Are you dual booting, and if not, why
did you reinstall XP? WD drives are a little different in the way you
set the master/slave jumper. How is yours set and is it on an IDE
channel by itself?

Clark

 

[Guest]

Hi Clark
Thank you for your response.
Yes I updated the XP Pro before trying to install Vista.
No, I am not duel booting. The only reason I installed XP first was that is
how I did it the first time. I installed over a XP Pro HD I had.
I have the hard drive set as master and there are no other hard drives on
the system. XP installed ok so I think I have it correct.
David

 

[Guest]

Hi Clark
After reading your message, I decided to clean install.
I formatted the hd and Vista started to install. I thought all was great
until the system re-booted after the list of chores were finished.
It never booted back up.
I tried several times but nothing. The monitor was blank and no indicator
lights were flashing. Hard drive and cd were off.
I waited about 5 minutes, maybe 6 and shut down.
Does this give you any usefull info?
Thanks
David

 

[Clark]

Well, just in case it might be a problem, if you do have the WD hard drive
on an IDE channel by itself, make sure and set it to single (not master),
unless you are using cable select, I suppose.

Clark

 

[Guest]

Ok, Sorry about that.
I went to a Maxtor hard drive. Also 80 gig.
I have the jumper on "Master".
My choice is DS (Master)
CS Enabled
Cap Limit

David

 

[Guest]

Hi Clark

Sorry about that...
I went to a "Maxtor" hard drive. Also an 80 gig.
I have the jumper on Master.
My choices are:
DS (Master)
CS Enabled
Cap Limit
Hope this helps

David