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Vista Boot Loop
  1. #1


    M. May Guest

    Vista Boot Loop

    Vista will not start. Once it gets to the windows loading screen it shuts
    down and restarts. I have it installed on a USB 2.0 Harddrive. My system
    definately meets specs:

    P4 3.0ghz
    1.5gb ram
    nVidia Geforce 7800GT (256mb)
    Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS



      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  2. #2


    Andre Da Costa [Extended64] Guest

    Re: Vista Boot Loop

    Vista does not support external hard disk, try installing on an internal
    SATA or IDE drive.
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    "M. May" <MMay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:8DDCD422-0E69-4013-BAE1-0FCD99E4F035@microsoft.com...
    > Vista will not start. Once it gets to the windows loading screen it shuts
    > down and restarts. I have it installed on a USB 2.0 Harddrive. My system
    > definately meets specs:
    >
    > P4 3.0ghz
    > 1.5gb ram
    > nVidia Geforce 7800GT (256mb)
    > Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS




      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    M. May Guest

    Re: Vista Boot Loop

    MMM...that's annoying...wish I knew that before I wiped the drive...

    "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

    > Vista does not support external hard disk, try installing on an internal
    > SATA or IDE drive.
    > --
    > --
    > Andre
    > Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
    > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
    > Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
    > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
    >
    > "M. May" <MMay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:8DDCD422-0E69-4013-BAE1-0FCD99E4F035@microsoft.com...
    > > Vista will not start. Once it gets to the windows loading screen it shuts
    > > down and restarts. I have it installed on a USB 2.0 Harddrive. My system
    > > definately meets specs:
    > >
    > > P4 3.0ghz
    > > 1.5gb ram
    > > nVidia Geforce 7800GT (256mb)
    > > Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

    >
    >
    >


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    JacKSProuT Guest

    RE: Vista Boot Loop

    I had a similar problem with my SATA drives. I had to low level format them
    in order to get everything to install properly.

    "M. May" wrote:

    > Vista will not start. Once it gets to the windows loading screen it shuts
    > down and restarts. I have it installed on a USB 2.0 Harddrive. My system
    > definately meets specs:
    >
    > P4 3.0ghz
    > 1.5gb ram
    > nVidia Geforce 7800GT (256mb)
    > Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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