Hi Hyweee,
If you follow the instructions in my post 'Clean Install Windows Vista Using
Upgrade Media', also in this newsgroup, you should hopefully solve your
problem.
Dwarf
"Hyweee" wrote:
Quote:
> I should also add that both these attempts were upgrade installs launched in XP
>
> "Hyweee" wrote:
> Quote:
> > I posted this on the general discussion group by mistake so I'm posting here
> > just to make sure.
> >
> > Around about the 55% mark of the Completing Installation stage I get a blue
> > screen of death and cannot get any further, safe mode will load but if I
> > attempt to load normally to continue the install I just get the same error
> > screen and have to reboot. This has happened twice, both times at the same
> > stage.
> >
> > My specs are:
> >
> > AMD AM2 Athlon 5200+
> > Asus Crosshair mobo (I haven't updated the drivers or BIOS for this since I
> > bought it)
> > 2 Gb of GEIL RAM (GX22GB6400UDC dual channel kit)
> > 2x 200GB Maxtor HDD
> > GeForce 8800 GTS (with the latest XP drivers)
> > Asus DRW-1814BLT
> >
> > I've not been able to catch the exact error message but it was something like
> > "PAGE_INTO_NON_PAGED_AREA" and the more I read the more likely it seems to
> > me to be something to do with my out of date mobo drivers and BIOS.
> >
> > Any constructive comments and/or advice is welcome.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >