Vista - RE: Vista Ultimate Full Installation (going crazy here)

03-27-2007

My main HD is a Western Digital 250 Gig IDE. I format it during the
installation.

"Wheeler" wrote:

> I run the Upgrade Advisor and it says my hardware passed. All I have plugged
> in is video, hard drive, 1 rom, floppy, keyboard and mouse. After it says
> Windows Vista is going to run for the first time, I get a blue screen but it
> is gone so fast I can't read it. The computer restarts and I have the option
> to go into Safe Mode, Start Normal etc. Doesn't matter which one I choose it
> says Windows wasn't installed properly, run the installation from the cd/dvd
> again. I also bought new 1GB RAM to eliminate the possibility of the problem
> being my RAM. I have tried three different hard drives, Western Digital,
> Maxtor, Fujitsu with more than adequate space. What more can I try to make
> this work.
>
> My System
> ASUS P4P800 motherboard
> 3.0 GHz
> 1 GB Ram
> Radeon X1600 video
> Hard Drive
> Floppy
>
> Please help, a lot of money to just sit on shelf
>

03-27-2007

When I had this issue I could not get to the Format portion of the setup. I
had to format the drive clean then I reset the Bios to its default and then
the instalation went just fine.
Hope this helps
"Wheeler" wrote:

> My main HD is a Western Digital 250 Gig IDE. I format it during the
> installation.
>
> "Wheeler" wrote:
>
> > I run the Upgrade Advisor and it says my hardware passed. All I have plugged
> > in is video, hard drive, 1 rom, floppy, keyboard and mouse. After it says
> > Windows Vista is going to run for the first time, I get a blue screen but it
> > is gone so fast I can't read it. The computer restarts and I have the option
> > to go into Safe Mode, Start Normal etc. Doesn't matter which one I choose it
> > says Windows wasn't installed properly, run the installation from the cd/dvd
> > again. I also bought new 1GB RAM to eliminate the possibility of the problem
> > being my RAM. I have tried three different hard drives, Western Digital,
> > Maxtor, Fujitsu with more than adequate space. What more can I try to make
> > this work.
> >
> > My System
> > ASUS P4P800 motherboard
> > 3.0 GHz
> > 1 GB Ram
> > Radeon X1600 video
> > Hard Drive
> > Floppy
> >
> > Please help, a lot of money to just sit on shelf
> >

03-27-2007	#1 (permalink)
Wheeler n/a posts	RE: Vista Ultimate Full Installation (going crazy here) My main HD is a Western Digital 250 Gig IDE. I format it during the installation. "Wheeler" wrote: > I run the Upgrade Advisor and it says my hardware passed. All I have plugged > in is video, hard drive, 1 rom, floppy, keyboard and mouse. After it says > Windows Vista is going to run for the first time, I get a blue screen but it > is gone so fast I can't read it. The computer restarts and I have the option > to go into Safe Mode, Start Normal etc. Doesn't matter which one I choose it > says Windows wasn't installed properly, run the installation from the cd/dvd > again. I also bought new 1GB RAM to eliminate the possibility of the problem > being my RAM. I have tried three different hard drives, Western Digital, > Maxtor, Fujitsu with more than adequate space. What more can I try to make > this work. > > My System > ASUS P4P800 motherboard > 3.0 GHz > 1 GB Ram > Radeon X1600 video > Hard Drive > Floppy > > Please help, a lot of money to just sit on shelf >
My System Specs

03-27-2007	#2 (permalink)
Topher n/a posts	RE: Vista Ultimate Full Installation (going crazy here) When I had this issue I could not get to the Format portion of the setup. I had to format the drive clean then I reset the Bios to its default and then the instalation went just fine. Hope this helps "Wheeler" wrote: > My main HD is a Western Digital 250 Gig IDE. I format it during the > installation. > > "Wheeler" wrote: > > > I run the Upgrade Advisor and it says my hardware passed. All I have plugged > > in is video, hard drive, 1 rom, floppy, keyboard and mouse. After it says > > Windows Vista is going to run for the first time, I get a blue screen but it > > is gone so fast I can't read it. The computer restarts and I have the option > > to go into Safe Mode, Start Normal etc. Doesn't matter which one I choose it > > says Windows wasn't installed properly, run the installation from the cd/dvd > > again. I also bought new 1GB RAM to eliminate the possibility of the problem > > being my RAM. I have tried three different hard drives, Western Digital, > > Maxtor, Fujitsu with more than adequate space. What more can I try to make > > this work. > > > > My System > > ASUS P4P800 motherboard > > 3.0 GHz > > 1 GB Ram > > Radeon X1600 video > > Hard Drive > > Floppy > > > > Please help, a lot of money to just sit on shelf > >
My System Specs

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