installing 64 vista home premium

I have a question.
I have xp on my computer and i bought vist 64 home premium.
I cant even boot up the cd at all,I have tried booting from the cd using the f11 key
Can anyone give me some advise on how I should setup?
I bought the 64bit because the guy that sold it to me said there wasnt much of a difference between 64 and 32

Vista comes on a DVD. Do you a DVD drive or CD drive on your machine?

yes I have a dvd drive

OK..I only asked because you called it a CD. Hoping for the obvious solution.
I just went from XP to Vista64 without a hitch. As long as you're set up to boot from your DVD drive, it should start.
32 or 64 shouldn't make a difference.

I'm going to have to hand this off to the local experts, sorry.

I meant to say that I have both

You can not install Vista 64 on a 32 bit cpu system.
Are you sure that your system has a 64bit cpu? If yes what make/model cpu
is it?
Did you buy the OEM only version of Vista 64? If yes and you do not have a
64 bit CPU make the store take it back.
If you did not buy the OEM only version of Vista Home Premium what version
did you buy?
"skudder" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Here is what i curently have. thanks for your reply
Refresh screen [IMG]hcp://system/sysinfo/Graphics/system.GIF[/IMG] Specifications PCCHIPS System Model:A15GBIOS Version:Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version:5.1.2600 Service Pack:3.0 Location:C:\WINDOWSPID:55285-010-1339973-21298Hot Fix:KB958644[IMG]hcp://system/sysinfo/Graphics/chip.GIF[/IMG] Memory (RAM) Capacity:4 GB[IMG]hcp://system/sysinfo/Graphics/chip.GIF[/IMG] Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ Version:x86 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2 Speed:2216 MHz
oem version with service pack one on it.

Since you have an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200 then you do
have a 64 bit CPU.
"skudder" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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The normal installation procedure would call for you to set your DVD as the
1st Boot device in the BIOS.
Insert the Vista DVD and restart the system....watch for the message "push
any key to start from DVD"
do so and the Vista installation screen should appear.
Be aware that Vista 64 needs to be clean installed.....it cannot upgrade a
32 bit installation...it can and will wipe it and then
install itself.
Be sure to find 64 bit drivers for all of the hardware on your system.
pk

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"skudder" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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I finally found out that waiting about five minutes the install screen does appear.
booting from dvd does work after all,just a little impaitient on my part.
kind regards,