Re: Vista Installation
- From: "Curious" <spammenot@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:57:04 -0700
If you can boot an XP installation CD and cannot boot from a Vista installation DVD then I suspect that the problem may be with DVD head in the combo CD/DVD drive.
"mattyc" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1181dd1886bab3ce319db80438695d94@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mattyc;1146527 Wrote:> Colin Barnhorst;1145972 Wrote:
> "mattyc" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:75427a88066b0f11da97a13667ecd585@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >
> > >
> > > Hello, I am having a bit of a problem upgrading from xp to vista. I
> > > currently have windows xp media center and am trying to upgrade to
> > vista
> > > home premium using the upgrade version. Basically whenever I get to
> > 27%
> > > of the 'expanding files' process on the installation i get a > > > message
> > > which says 'windows cannot prepare the computer to boot ino the > > > next
> > > phase of installation. to complete installation, please restart the
> > > wizard' or words to that effect.... I have tried opting for a clean
> > > install or an upgrade and get the same problems every time. I have
> > run
> > > the upgrade advisor and it says everything is fine apart from my
> > network
> > > card which needs the 'driver' (http://www.vistax64.com/#) updating
> > (even
> > > though it has the 'latest drivers' (http://www.vistax64.com/#) from
> > the
> > > belkin website.....).
> > >
> > > Can anybody suggest what might be causing this problem and how i
> > might
> > > be able to solve it please?
> > >
> > > I have also posted this is in the vista forums so apologies if you
> > ahve
> > > already seen this!!
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Matt
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > mattyc > > > >
>
> You are entitled to free support from Microsoft for retail copies
> of Windows
> (upgrade or full editions) and can find the appropriate 800 number
> in the
> box. That would be your best solution. MS support will get you up
> and
> running.
>
> The 27% issue is something I recall from some time ago and I
> believe there
> are KB articles giving the resolution. It has nothing to do with
> faulty
> hardware. IIRC it is caused by bad OS files (in this case in XP).
>
> It may be faster to call MS than search the KB. If you don't want
> to do
> that, at least run a repair installation of XP. That should also
> address
> the problem.> >
Thanks for all the advice. I have run chkdsk again and on bootup it
said that chkdsk could not be run because the system volume if RAW. It
seems my hard drive has somehow changed from ntfs to raw without me
knowing!! I have done a bit of research and it does not look like a
simple thing to repair so I think I will reinstall a clean version of
xp doing a complete format of the drive at the same time. then i will
try to upgrade vista over the top of this. Unless anyone has a simpler
way of repairing my hard drive........?
Thanks again
Matt
I have tried it in another PC and it boots from the DVD. I have also
tried removing all surplus hardware, trying another HDD, remove some
RAM, but still all i get when I try to boot from the DVD is a blank
screen with a flashing underscore!! I have also been able to boot from
my old xp disk so there is no problem with the DVD drive. The only thing
I have not been able to test is the motherboard so I'm guessing this is
where my problem lies!! Any ideas....?
--
mattyc
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