michiganbuckeye

I was having the same problem with only one DVD drive. I tried the same thing
and also was able to get past the first boot by taking the DVD/CD out of the
drive before the system when through with the boot process. I can't believe
the solution was so simple! I'm glad I found this solution. It is installing
normally now.

"thomas" wrote:

> Not sure whether this is a general problem that others have experienced.
> After downloading Vista (both 5600 as well as 5728) and burning the iso
> image, I tried to upgrade my existing version of Vista. I have a dual boot
> system with XP SP2 on drive c and vista on d. My primary dvd drive is a DVD
> ROM, whereas my secondary is a DVD Rewritable drive.
>
> The installation was started from my secondary DVD drive. After the
> installation reboots (believe this happens during the "expanding files"
> stage), the installation hangs. The only option I have at that point is to
> power off the system...
>
> Vista then tries to roll back the installation. This fails and continually
> reboots and tries to roll back...the existing Vista no longer boots either.
>
> The same happens with a clean install.
>
> After multiple attempts, I found a way around this: As the installation
> reboots, remove the DVD from the drive and the installation completes
> successfully.
>
> I think there is a problem when installing/upgrading Vista from a secondary
> DVD drive.
>
> Note that I did not face this issue with the initial beta 2 release.