On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:21:00 -0800, Murix Bob <Murix
Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I downloaded the upgrade advisor and it says my computer is compatiable with
>vista. So I installed it on my SATA drive, and when it boots up for the first
>time. I get an installation failed error. It only lets me rollback to XP pro.
>And in the whole process it screws up my lilo bootloader so I can no longer
>boot up in linux. My PC configuration is as follows: Custom Built PC. Abit
>KN8 Socket 939 mobo. with an AMD Althon 64bit 3800X2 processor, 1.5GB of
>PC3200 RAM, nvidia geforce 7600 GS, DVD burner, and 3 HDDs. Main HDD is
>IDE-133 120GB (1 NTFS Partition with XP Pro installed) Secondary is IDE-66
>20GB (3 Linux partitions) and my SATA HDD is 300GB with 2 (partitions one
>(200GB)is for data and the other is for Vista (100GB)).
>Any ideas as to why Vista is acting like a loser? (I was able to use the
>beta of Vista on this computer a couple of months ago in nov./ decem.)
>
There's a lot of anger all over the web concerning Vista and SATA
drives. If your MB uses a Intel ICH8R controller or similar they
recently released new SATA drivers that run on both XP and Vista.
If your MB vendor don't have them yet you can gamble and go to the
Intel site and see if you find something appropriate.
http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets...sb.htm#benefit
To be extra safe change BIOS to IDE mode until Vista is up and
running.