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Vista Boot Loop

Posted: 06-10-2006, 05:41 PM
M. May
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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
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Andre Da Costa [Extended64]
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Re: Vista Boot Loop
Posted: 06-10-2006, 06:00 PM
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
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> 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

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M. May
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Re: Vista Boot Loop
Posted: 06-10-2006, 06:31 PM
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.
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> Andre
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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
>
>
>
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JacKSProuT
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RE: Vista Boot Loop
Posted: 06-12-2006, 10:26 AM
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
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