I finally got Vista x64 going by installing WinXP Pro x64 first with nLite
(
http://www.nliteos.com/). I had to use nLite with Pro x64 becuase of
problems with the RAID drivers being replaced by older drivers when the XP
install rebooted. After installing Win XP Pro x64, I installed Vista x64
using this walk through:
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/vist...500dfd10ae7215
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> John wrote:
>
> > That is exactly what happens for me as well.
> >
> > I have eVGA's 133-K8-NF41-AX (nForce4 SLI chipset).
>
>
> My motherboard is a different one (MSI K8N Neo4) but it has the same
> chipset. The people I've been talking to about that I trust think it's an
> issue with the motherboard/chipset. I've also tried installing Vista from
> within Windows XP on a separate partition ins a dual-boot scenario, but that
> doesn't work either. Everything seemed to be going OK. It accepted the
> driver diskette, then gave me a message about a missing SCSI driver. Since I
> have no SCSI devices, I told it to go ahead anyway. It went through copying
> files, then rebooted.
> But rebooting resulted in a blue screen, which repeated when I tried
> rebooting again.
>
>
>
> If you, or anyone else here, has any other suggestions for me to try, I'm
> all ears.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
> > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> >
> >
> >> You may be having the problem I've been having (although I've been
> >> trying to install the 32-bit version). I boot from the DVD and I get
> >> to the Screen with "Install Windows" in the Title bar. In the middle
> >> of the screen it says Windows Vista
> >>
> >> Install now
> >>
> >> And on the bottom there are two choices:
> >>
> >> What to know bewfore installing Windows
> >>
> >> System recovery options.
> >>
> >> As soon as I click Install now, I get the message "Setup could not
> >> get information about the disks on your computer."
> >>
> >> May I ask what motherboard you have?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> >> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
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