Supernova wrote:
> Supernova wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> I wonder if anyone can help me.
>> I have tried to install Vista on two different machines with no joy:
>>
>> 1) Machine one is my main PC which is getting on now but I believe is
>> more than capable of running vista it has the following: MSI KT6
>> Delta-FISR Motherboard, AMD Athlon XP-A 2100+ over clocked to 3200+,
>> 2Gb of DDR Ram, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics with 256MB. Running XP pro SP2.
>> I have tried to install the business, ultimate and enterprise
>> versions. I have tried the upgrade and the clean install paths with
>> each version. Every time the installation hangs after the first reboot
>> when the screen goes black with a blinking cursor at the top left hand
>> corner. Any ideas?
>>
>> 2) Machine two is an Asus W5000 laptop with Intel centrino chipset...
>> I can't remember the exact flavour though! I have tried to install the
>> business edition on it when the installation hang with the BSD and
>> some talk about the computer is being shut down to prevent damage. Now
>> I haven't tried to do a clean install on this Laptop, only upgrade.
>>
>> PS All the above windows are downloaded from TechNet Plus as image
>> files and burned to DVDs using Nero 7 premium
>> Thanks a lot for any advice / help 
> Just a Couple of corrections:
> My main Pc CPU is an athlon XP 2500+ and it has a 250GB IDE and 150GB HDD
The usual reason for this behavior is lack of correct hardware drivers
for the video card or the disk controller (esp. SATA) or both.
You didn't mention SATA, so my guess would be video drivers. You may
need to download Vista-compatible video drivers from the manufacturer.