Solved Can I install Vista on my computer?

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Hello everyone!


I have a home built computer with a gigabyte motherboard. When I try to install Windows Vista Home Premium on my computer it is very slow, and says that my AHCI hdd is not compatible. I believe this may be a problem with the driver because I could only find one for Windows XP. I have tried running SATA in IDE mode only to get errors later in the installation. Is there a way to get around this?


Here are my specs:


Ga-ep46-ud3r with latest bios
SATA maxtor hdd controlled with AHCI
2x4gb ram
Intel pentium quad core
Pny geforce gt 630 2gb graphics card
SAMSUNG DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL - OEM also controlled by AHCI
I am using a Windows Vista Ultimate DVD that I burned form the web.
 

My Computer

System One

During installation, try hitting F6 to install a driver necessary for a ACHI Sata setup.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
wither 3 said:
During installation, try hitting F6 to install a driver necessary for a ACHI Sata setup.
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Thanks for the reply. Although pressing F6 during the installation did not work because when it asked for a floppy I guess it could not recognize the one I made, probably a problem with the floppy drive, I have been able to at least install windows XP by slipstreaming drivers using nLite so all is solved. Thanks again for the help.
 

My Computer

System One

Well I didn't provide much help. However, I got thinking about it and I think that conventional wisdom is to install in RAID mode and then change the BIOS to ACHD.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
You can use vlite to slipstream a Vista install disk.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
I think if you change the BIOS from ACHI to RAID, as I mentioned above, before installing, you won't have this problem. You can always change to ACHI later.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
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