Don wrote:
> 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.
>
Hi,
Thanks for the advice. I will download and install vista compatible
drivers for my graphics card and report back. Although I do not see how
that would solve the problem if the installation failed even when doing
a clean install.
And yes your guess was right, I do not have SATA drives in my system.