John wrote:
> 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
Thanks. I'll look at this.
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> "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.
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>> "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?
>>>>
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