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YourNeibour
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O.P. Installation
Here is my problem. I just got a copy of Windows Vista Home Premium and I'm trying to install it from scratch and I am unable to. I tried doing it thry XP but it keeps crashing on me. When I try and do it bootable way I just get to the first screen when it gives me the language options and it freezes. My specs are
Intel Pentium 2.66GHZ processor
2 GB of ram
ATI Sapphire x1650
Sound Card
80gb HardDrive.
Wireless card
Any suggestions?
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04-27-2009 01:28 PM |
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Jarrod
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RE: Installation
install it in a virtual machine on the harddisk u want, then put the disk back into your computer, thats what i'd do
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04-27-2009 01:35 PM |
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YourNeibour
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O.P. RE: Installation
is my system upto snuff for VISTA and 7?
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04-27-2009 07:22 PM |
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Jesus
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RE: Installation
quote: Originally posted by Jarrod
install it in a virtual machine on the harddisk u want, then put the disk back into your computer, thats what i'd do
except that won't work most of the time because of the driver incompatibilities, specifically with the IDE/SATA controller drivers.
To make this work without problems, you'll have to make a sysprep file, which is quite a hassle for installing an OS.
YourNeibour: does the installer DVD work on other PCs or could it also be the DVD that is corrupt?
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04-27-2009 07:36 PM |
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Jarrod
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RE: Installation
quote: Originally posted by Jesus
quoteriginally posted by Jarrod
install it in a virtual machine on the harddisk u want, then put the disk back into your computer, thats what i'd do
except that won't work most of the time because of the driver incompatibilities, specifically with the IDE/SATA controller drivers.
To make this work without problems, you'll have to make a sysprep file, which is quite a hassle for installing an OS.
I've never done it on vista, I still use xp, can't you just install the drivers from exes(if you have them that is)?
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04-28-2009 03:57 AM |
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ShawnZ
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RE: Installation
quote: Originally posted by Jarrod
install it in a virtual machine on the harddisk u want, then put the disk back into your computer, thats what i'd do
and completely ignore the fact that there's a problem which shouldn't be there in the first place?
quote: Originally posted by Jesus
except that won't work most of the time because of the driver incompatibilities, specifically with the IDE/SATA controller drivers.
To make this work without problems, you'll have to make a sysprep file, which is quite a hassle for installing an OS.
i believe you mean "youll have to run sysprep in the vm," which really isn't that much of a hassle. but it doesn't matter, because you don't need to do that anymore with vista.
quote: Originally posted by Jarrod
I've never done it on vista, I still use xp, can't you just install the drivers from exes(if you have them that is)?
not if you're talking about the chipset driver, because the system wouldn't boot without the correct one. but again, this has changed in vista. quote: Originally posted by YourNeibour
When I try and do it bootable way I just get to the first screen when it gives me the language options and it freezes
is some of your RAM bad? have you tried just waiting 5min? last i remember, the vista install cd had problems with freezing when detecting installations.
This post was edited on 04-28-2009 at 04:06 AM by ShawnZ.
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04-28-2009 04:05 AM |
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Jesus
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RE: Installation
quote: Originally posted by ShawnZ
i believe you mean "youll have to run sysprep in the vm," which really isn't that much of a hassle.
that's what I meant, and most of the time you'll have to make (or at least customize) the sysprep file to do that. That's how it worked the last time I did this. Maybe it's possible to do this automatically by now.
Anyway, if you have a valid reason to do this it's not much of a hassle, but just to do a fresh install of an OS it's quite a hassle since that can be done in a much easier way.
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04-28-2009 12:40 PM |
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YourNeibour
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O.P. RE: Installation
do you think my PC is upto snuff though?
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04-28-2009 04:38 PM |
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ShawnZ
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RE: Installation
quote: Originally posted by Jesus
and most of the time you'll have to make (or at least customize) the sysprep file to do that.
what "sysprep file", it's just a program that you run before you image the computer...
and actually, now that i think about it, i don't even think sysprep prevents driver problems when imaging.
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04-28-2009 10:03 PM |
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Jesus
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RE: Installation
YourNeibour: Your system is good enough to run both Windows Vista and Windows 7.
ShawnZ: I suggest you take a read here (you could have googled it too).
The sysprep file is the configuration file for the conversion process and is (or was, not sure about Vista) almost always necessary to prevent driver issues.
This post was edited on 04-29-2009 at 12:59 AM by Jesus.
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04-29-2009 12:57 AM |
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