Hi Andre,
The same disk installs fine when I install through WinXP, so disk burning
speed should not be a problem.
Also the same disk works at proper speed through USB when I install through
WinXP. It's just when I install from direct DVD there is a problem.
The Tablet does not have internal optical drive to save weight
Hence I thought there was some problem with the fresh start using USB
Drives. I have tried to install WinXP using this same method couple of times
an its always as fast as installation through a normal internal drive.
Regards,
Saurabh Nandu
www.AksTech.com
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> That is strange. Could be the disk speed, I would try burning the ISO the
> lowest possible speed, also, I would try another method instead of USB
> based external drive. Does the Tablet have a built in DVD optical drive
> you can boot from?
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> "Saurabh Nandu" <saurabh@noreply.mastercsharp.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I am testing the latest Vista Beta2 build, I downloaded the ISO and
>> burned a DVD (at 4x). Since I wanted to perform a clean install I
>> connected my Toshiba M200 Tablet PC to an external DVD Drive via USB 2.0
>> and booted off the DVD. The boot process started with a DOS screen
>> showing me that Vista files were being loaded there was activity on the
>> DVD Drive but the HDD light was not blinking.
>>
>> It seemed like it was loading some files into RAM creating virtual disks
>> but this process was taking eternity. I waited for 30 mins and still the
>> progress bar was half way. I though something was amiss so I rebooted.
>> Plugged the DVD drive in another port and start the installation. Still
>> the same thing it took more than 30 mins to get half way through the
>> progress bar, then the screen blanked out. The dvd drive was spinning but
>> nothing on the screen. Ultimately I was forced to reboot into WinXp
>> Tablet PC edition and load the installer from there. I worked perfectly
>> fine from there.
>>
>> So my question is, is there a problem installing from DVD using a USB
>> Drive? Since 30 mins and more for just loading the installer is plain
>> unacceptable.
>>
>> Machine Config
>> Toshiba M200 Tablet PC
>> 1.5 Ghz Centrino processor, 512 MB Ram,
>> 40 GB Hdd.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Saurabh Nandu
>> Microsoft C# MVP
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