I suspect its just an incompatibility with Windows Vista and the device when
using this method. I would file a report on the issue and contact the
manufacturer of the device about Vista support.
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"Saurabh Nandu" <saurabh@noreply.mastercsharp.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Zack,
>
> Thanks for the response, I have tried installing WinXp/Win2003 couple of
> times through this same drive on the same machine using USB - never once
> has it been slower or sluggish install.
>
> I do understand the point you are trying to bring out, so I waited 30
> mins.. i think anything over that for the setup to load is totally un
> acceptable.
>
> If I put the files in some folder then I will have to first boot to MS Dos
> and then may be try to invoke the installer, why should I not be just
> using the bootable DVD ?
>
> Regards,
> Saurabh Nandu
>
> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%234xZ0$mgGHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Now, I'm prepared to be quite wrong on this... an internal DVD drive goes
>> pretty much straight into the motherboard - very fast. If it has to go
>> through a USB 1.2 port, this is lower bandwidth to the motherboard... so
>> in theory, it'd be slower running a DVD from a USB external than an
>> internal drive.
>>
>> Does that make sense.. and am I wrong about that? Try running the setup
>> from a network share or an internal drive if you can. Also, setup's
>> always go faster if you have the setup files in a folder actually on the
>> disk you're installing to.
>>
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>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
>> that up!
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>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ucqVwSmgGHA.3572@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> That is strange. Could be the disk speed, I would try burning the ISO
>>> the lowest possible speed, also, I would try another method instead of
>>> USB based external drive. Does the Tablet have a built in DVD optical
>>> drive you can boot from?
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>>> "Saurabh Nandu" <saurabh@noreply.mastercsharp.com> wrote in message
>>> news:FA340AB6-79DB-4318-A2CF-1C4B82384877@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am testing the latest Vista Beta2 build, I downloaded the ISO and
>>>> burned a DVD (at 4x). Since I wanted to perform a clean install I
>>>> connected my Toshiba M200 Tablet PC to an external DVD Drive via USB
>>>> 2.0 and booted off the DVD. The boot process started with a DOS screen
>>>> showing me that Vista files were being loaded there was activity on the
>>>> DVD Drive but the HDD light was not blinking.
>>>>
>>>> It seemed like it was loading some files into RAM creating virtual
>>>> disks but this process was taking eternity. I waited for 30 mins and
>>>> still the progress bar was half way. I though something was amiss so I
>>>> rebooted. Plugged the DVD drive in another port and start the
>>>> installation. Still the same thing it took more than 30 mins to get
>>>> half way through the progress bar, then the screen blanked out. The dvd
>>>> drive was spinning but nothing on the screen. Ultimately I was forced
>>>> to reboot into WinXp Tablet PC edition and load the installer from
>>>> there. I worked perfectly fine from there.
>>>>
>>>> So my question is, is there a problem installing from DVD using a USB
>>>> Drive? Since 30 mins and more for just loading the installer is plain
>>>> unacceptable.
>>>>
>>>> Machine Config
>>>> Toshiba M200 Tablet PC
>>>> 1.5 Ghz Centrino processor, 512 MB Ram,
>>>> 40 GB Hdd.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Saurabh Nandu
>>>> Microsoft C# MVP
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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