Don

Dick wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I purchased a new HP Computer at Christmas time, which entitles me to a free
> Vista Home Premium Express Upgrade. Once I started the upgrade process. I
> choose to do a Clean Install instead of an Upgrade Install.

I think that is a wise choice, but did you repartition and/or format the
disks, and if so, how did you do it?

> During the Clean Install everything was fine until the program was expanding
> files. Once it was at 27% the following error message came up.
> Windows could not prepare the computer to Boot into the next phase of
> installation....

I'd guess this is probably a driver problem

>
> I also used the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor which told me to remove my
> Norton Internet Security 2007, which I did remove, this program.
>
> I also used the HP Upgrade Assistant which said I needed to remove my
> printer driver, which I did....

Removing drivers from your XP partition won't make any difference if you
are doing a clean install to a separate partition.

> I have the following equipment;
>
> Intel Core 2 Duo Proc. E6600 2.4 GHz
> Windows XP Media Center
> 2 GB DDR2-667MHZ Dram (2x1024) Vista Capable
> 500GB RAIDO (2X250GB SATA HDDS)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This might be a candidate for your driver problem. What SATA controller
does your motherboard have, and have you checked to see if there are
Vista-compatible drivers for it?

As an aside: are you aware of all the implications of running RAID 0?

> Light scribe 16X DVD+/-R/RW SuperMultidrive
> 15-IN-1 MEMORYCARDREADER 3USB 1394, VIDEO
> Single NTSC TV Tuner W/PVR&FM Tuner Remote
> 256MB NVIDA GEFORCE 7600GT, HD, 2 DVI
> SoundBlaster AUDIGYX-FL, 24Bib XTREMEFID

You will want to disconnect/unplug/disable any devices you don't
absolutely need during the install, and reconnect them one by one
only after Vista is up and running. Drivers for gadgets are still
a source of problem during Vista installs.