Vista - Installation failure

I've just downloaded windows vista beta2 from microsoft site and i have some
problem when I try to install it

I have installed windows xp sp2 32bit on my pc and it works perfectly.

When i try to launch the setup program of windows vista b2 64bit i receive a
message that tell me that setup.exe is not a valid windows 32 bit
application. I think it's normal (or not??) because the operating system i'm
trying to install is 64bit.

So I have tried to boot up my pc (with cpu Athlon64) and appears the black
screen with a grey bar and the "windows is loading files" text. The bar
becomes white while charging the files but after my computer hang or restart
without doing anything else. Can anyone help me?

PS I have tried to install windows xp 64bit but i 've had similar problems.

Can you help me?

Thank's

Hi when you boot your PC does it go into windows XP ok with out error or
does windows fail to load


--
John S.
PRU


"Fla78" <Fla78@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5DCD9947-82BB-4F91-9D6B-C405B583EF62@microsoft.com...
> I've just downloaded windows vista beta2 from microsoft site and i have
> some
> problem when I try to install it
>
> I have installed windows xp sp2 32bit on my pc and it works perfectly.
>
> When i try to launch the setup program of windows vista b2 64bit i receive
> a
> message that tell me that setup.exe is not a valid windows 32 bit
> application. I think it's normal (or not??) because the operating system
> i'm
> trying to install is 64bit.
>
> So I have tried to boot up my pc (with cpu Athlon64) and appears the black
> screen with a grey bar and the "windows is loading files" text. The bar
> becomes white while charging the files but after my computer hang or
> restart
> without doing anything else. Can anyone help me?
>
> PS I have tried to install windows xp 64bit but i 've had similar
> problems.
>
> Can you help me?
>
> Thank's

You cannot install Vista x64 from an XP x86 desktop (although you can from
an XP Pro x64 desktop). You have to boot the system with the dvd to install
Vista x64 in your scenario.

"Fla78" <Fla78@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5DCD9947-82BB-4F91-9D6B-C405B583EF62@microsoft.com...
> I've just downloaded windows vista beta2 from microsoft site and i have
> some
> problem when I try to install it
>
> I have installed windows xp sp2 32bit on my pc and it works perfectly.
>
> When i try to launch the setup program of windows vista b2 64bit i receive
> a
> message that tell me that setup.exe is not a valid windows 32 bit
> application. I think it's normal (or not??) because the operating system
> i'm
> trying to install is 64bit.
>
> So I have tried to boot up my pc (with cpu Athlon64) and appears the black
> screen with a grey bar and the "windows is loading files" text. The bar
> becomes white while charging the files but after my computer hang or
> restart
> without doing anything else. Can anyone help me?
>
> PS I have tried to install windows xp 64bit but i 've had similar
> problems.
>
> Can you help me?
>
> Thank's

Wndows xp still works fine, the installation process booting from dvd hangs
at the point I'have told you, i think nothing is installed when I restart
the system boot normally with windows xp.

Maybe i have found a solution, pressing F8 during the initial loading of
files appears a menu with various choices, i have chosed "debug mode" and the
installation seems to start but yesterday i have'nt time to complete the
installation so i stopped it. This evening i retry and i return here to tell
you how it's gone

Thank you for your response.

"John Stubbs" wrote:

> Hi when you boot your PC does it go into windows XP ok with out error or
> does windows fail to load
>
>
> --
> John S.
> PRU
>
>
> "Fla78" <Fla78@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5DCD9947-82BB-4F91-9D6B-C405B583EF62@microsoft.com...
> > I've just downloaded windows vista beta2 from microsoft site and i have
> > some
> > problem when I try to install it
> >
> > I have installed windows xp sp2 32bit on my pc and it works perfectly.
> >
> > When i try to launch the setup program of windows vista b2 64bit i receive
> > a
> > message that tell me that setup.exe is not a valid windows 32 bit
> > application. I think it's normal (or not??) because the operating system
> > i'm
> > trying to install is 64bit.
> >
> > So I have tried to boot up my pc (with cpu Athlon64) and appears the black
> > screen with a grey bar and the "windows is loading files" text. The bar
> > becomes white while charging the files but after my computer hang or
> > restart
> > without doing anything else. Can anyone help me?
> >
> > PS I have tried to install windows xp 64bit but i 've had similar
> > problems.
> >
> > Can you help me?
> >
> > Thank's
>
>