Were you trying to install as a dual-boot? Or an upgrade?
If not, set bios to boot from CD/DVD with Vista DVD in the Drive, reboot,
DELETE the existing partition, which will be XP, format the hard drive, and
install vista on its own.
"ChrisGunton" wrote:
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> I tried to install Vista but the install failed. Now when my PC boots I have
> to jump through some hoops to get it working. Help!
>
> When booting it presents me the following options:
> * An earlier version of Windows
> * Windows Setup Rollback
>
> It automatically chooses the second option which fails, but gives me a
> chance to go back to the previous menu and choose to load an earlier version
> of Windows (which works fine)
>
> Here is a video of the boot process:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqBr_XqdKQY
>
> I've given up on installing Vista for now. But would love to remove these
> option screens so that I can boot normally again.
>
> --
> - Chris