Vista Reinstall Hangs - SATA?

> Hi,.
>
> After a few software issues I decided to reinstall Vista. Thinking that
> this
> was previously the easiest OS I had ever installed I thought I’d just
> start
> from scratch. I booted up XP Pro off a secondary HDD, and formatted the
> entire HDD that Vista was on (NTFS).
>
> Now ready for the reinstall, I unplugged the XP drive, changed the BIOS to
> load from CD and crossed my fingers. Unfortunately the installation of
> Vista
> Home Premium on the completely formatted HDD stalls. I have tried at least
> 8
> times and it hangs at different places. The closest I got was creating a
> user
> profile before it stopped.
>
> Vista was previously installed with no problems at all and was running
> fine
> for a few months. I didn’t have to provide drivers, it just worked fine
> the
> first time. I have not changed any hardware since then, and only changed a
> few setting in BIOS whilst trying to sort out a Zonealarm problem. Changes
> included the boot order (CD, HDD etc), and at one stage I disabled all the
> HDD trying to boot only from CD.
>
> Previous posts mention SATA drivers, would this be the problem here seeing
> as it stalls at different places, and I had previously got up to creating
> a
> user profile?
>
> So prior to launching the computer through the window…does anyone have any
> suggestions?
>
> Pentium 4 3.0G, 1.2G RAM, nVidia 7600GT, 2xSATA HDD, Gigabyte MOBO…at work
> atm can’t remember model

> Hi, Computer_Rage.
>
> Please tell us if your Vista Home Premium is x86 or x64, and if it is a full
> retail package, the update version or an OEM version. It might not matter,
> but then, it might.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "Computer_Rage" <Computer_Rage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0F2DF678-6B37-4E57-9BD1-7BA122CE42AB@microsoft.com...

> > Hi,.
> >
> > After a few software issues I decided to reinstall Vista. Thinking that
> > this
> > was previously the easiest OS I had ever installed I thought I’d just
> > start
> > from scratch. I booted up XP Pro off a secondary HDD, and formatted the
> > entire HDD that Vista was on (NTFS).
> >
> > Now ready for the reinstall, I unplugged the XP drive, changed the BIOS to
> > load from CD and crossed my fingers. Unfortunately the installation of
> > Vista
> > Home Premium on the completely formatted HDD stalls. I have tried at least
> > 8
> > times and it hangs at different places. The closest I got was creating a
> > user
> > profile before it stopped.
> >
> > Vista was previously installed with no problems at all and was running
> > fine
> > for a few months. I didn’t have to provide drivers, it just worked fine
> > the
> > first time. I have not changed any hardware since then, and only changed a
> > few setting in BIOS whilst trying to sort out a Zonealarm problem. Changes
> > included the boot order (CD, HDD etc), and at one stage I disabled all the
> > HDD trying to boot only from CD.
> >
> > Previous posts mention SATA drivers, would this be the problem here seeing
> > as it stalls at different places, and I had previously got up to creating
> > a
> > user profile?
> >
> > So prior to launching the computer through the window…does anyone have any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Pentium 4 3.0G, 1.2G RAM, nVidia 7600GT, 2xSATA HDD, Gigabyte MOBO…at work
> > atm can’t remember model

>

> Hi, the version is x86 I think. It's an OEM version.
>
> Also the MOBO is a Gigabyte GA-8I915P-G. The SATA drive was brand new on
> initial installation.
>
> "R. C. White" wrote:
>

> > Hi, Computer_Rage.
> >
> > Please tell us if your Vista Home Premium is x86 or x64, and if it is a full
> > retail package, the update version or an OEM version. It might not matter,
> > but then, it might.
> >
> > RC
> > --
> > R. C. White, CPA
> > San Marcos, TX
> > rc@grandecom.net
> > Microsoft Windows MVP
> > (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
> >
> > "Computer_Rage" <Computer_Rage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:0F2DF678-6B37-4E57-9BD1-7BA122CE42AB@microsoft.com...

> > > Hi,.
> > >
> > > After a few software issues I decided to reinstall Vista. Thinking that
> > > this
> > > was previously the easiest OS I had ever installed I thought I’d just
> > > start
> > > from scratch. I booted up XP Pro off a secondary HDD, and formatted the
> > > entire HDD that Vista was on (NTFS).
> > >
> > > Now ready for the reinstall, I unplugged the XP drive, changed the BIOS to
> > > load from CD and crossed my fingers. Unfortunately the installation of
> > > Vista
> > > Home Premium on the completely formatted HDD stalls. I have tried at least
> > > 8
> > > times and it hangs at different places. The closest I got was creating a
> > > user
> > > profile before it stopped.
> > >
> > > Vista was previously installed with no problems at all and was running
> > > fine
> > > for a few months. I didn’t have to provide drivers, it just worked fine
> > > the
> > > first time. I have not changed any hardware since then, and only changed a
> > > few setting in BIOS whilst trying to sort out a Zonealarm problem. Changes
> > > included the boot order (CD, HDD etc), and at one stage I disabled all the
> > > HDD trying to boot only from CD.
> > >
> > > Previous posts mention SATA drivers, would this be the problem here seeing
> > > as it stalls at different places, and I had previously got up to creating
> > > a
> > > user profile?
> > >
> > > So prior to launching the computer through the window…does anyone have any
> > > suggestions?
> > >
> > > Pentium 4 3.0G, 1.2G RAM, nVidia 7600GT, 2xSATA HDD, Gigabyte MOBO…at work
> > > atm can’t remember model

> >

>Apparently computers work on 1's nd 0's....logic and all that stuff. Seems
>to be a lot of 0.5's in all that.

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> Hi,.
>
> After a few software issues I decided to reinstall Vista. Thinking that
> this
> was previously the easiest OS I had ever installed I thought I’d just
> start
> from scratch. I booted up XP Pro off a secondary HDD, and formatted the
> entire HDD that Vista was on (NTFS).
>
> Now ready for the reinstall, I unplugged the XP drive, changed the BIOS to
> load from CD and crossed my fingers. Unfortunately the installation of
> Vista
> Home Premium on the completely formatted HDD stalls. I have tried at least
> 8
> times and it hangs at different places. The closest I got was creating a
> user
> profile before it stopped.
>
> Vista was previously installed with no problems at all and was running
> fine
> for a few months. I didn’t have to provide drivers, it just worked fine
> the
> first time. I have not changed any hardware since then, and only changed a
> few setting in BIOS whilst trying to sort out a Zonealarm problem. Changes
> included the boot order (CD, HDD etc), and at one stage I disabled all the
> HDD trying to boot only from CD.
>
> Previous posts mention SATA drivers, would this be the problem here seeing
> as it stalls at different places, and I had previously got up to creating
> a
> user profile?
>
> So prior to launching the computer through the window…does anyone have any
> suggestions?
>
> Pentium 4 3.0G, 1.2G RAM, nVidia 7600GT, 2xSATA HDD, Gigabyte MOBO…at work
> atm can’t remember model
>