Vista will Not Install

Darrel:
Here is the setupact.log content:
Info [0x0a000a] UI Autorun:Autorun core successfully initialized!!!
Info [0x0a000b] UI Autorun:Autorun UI successfully initialized!!!
Info UI Page with ID 2018 returned 0 for
CanPageBeActivated with choice 0
Info UI Page with ID 2002 returned 0 for
CanPageBeActivated with choice 0
Info UI Page with ID 1200 returned 1 for
CanPageBeActivated with choice 0
Info UI Page with ID 1200 returned 1 for
CanPageBeActivated with choice 0
Info [0x0a011c] UI WizardDialogPost::SetActive
Warning [0x0a0010] UI WM_KEYUP for 0 key on -1
Info [0x0a018e] UI Passing command line parameter ("/HideWelcome
/uilanguage:en-US /targetlanguage:en-US") to IBS.
Warning [0x0a0010] UI WM_KEYUP for 0 key on -1
Info [0x0a018e] UI Passing command line parameter ("/HideWelcome
/uilanguage:en-US /targetlanguage:en-US") to IBS.
Info [0x0a013b] UI Cancel rejected. Remaining on Page Install
Windows.

Also, to your question...I was running an UPGRADE from Windows

I've looked in the device manager, and it shows the computer being
'Standard'...so that is probably where the problem is.

I guess I'll boot from the DVD and do a clean install, as apparently I
neglected to set the previous Windows installation to ACPI (thought I had,
but apparently skipped it). The m/b is an ACPI board, and it has the latest
Bios.

Probably a clean install will be better anyway, as there won't be any
residual stuff left to slow things down.

Thanks for the response.

Jerry



--
Jerry


""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hello Jerry,
> Are you booting from the DVD or trying to upgrade?
> If you are trying to upgrade what is the computer type listed in Device
> Manager?
> I suspect the error is trying to telling you the machine is not ACPI
> compliant which may mean that you have to update your bios.
> Do you have a \panther\setupact.log file? Is there more information in
> that log file on the error message?
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
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> <The following error screen comes up following the system scan.
> <
> <I've run the upgrade adviser software (beta), and it continually keeps
> <saying that I can install ULTIMATE (recommended) and that no device
> drivers
> <or hardware needs to be upgraded.
> <
> <It shouldn't because I'm running the following:
> <Intel 930 Dual Core 3.0 ghz processor
> <1GB DDR2 667mhz ram
> <80GB HD
> <Video card with 128mb (ATI)
> <New Motherboard with latest update Bios
> <
> <Here is the error message:
> <
> < "You must make the following changes before installing Windows
> <Close Windows installation and contact the device manufacturer for updated
> <driver software for these devices:
> <Your computer is not compatible with Windows Vista, so Windows Vista
> cannot
> <be installed. "
> <
> <
> <Anyone have any ideas?
> <Thanks in advance
> <
> <
> <Jerry
> <
>
>

I was really looking forward to trying out Vista Beta 2. I downloaded it the
day after it was released. I happened to have a brand new 250 GB hard drive
on order from Newegg. When it arrived, I immediately started to setup Vista.
I formated the new drive and I was ready to create a dual boot setup.

The first hurdle I came to was when I attempted to boot from the Vista DVD.
Whenever I tried this, I would get a blue screen STOP error saying that I
should remove any newly installed hardware, run a memory test, etc. Well, the
only newly installed hardware is the new hard drive, which works fine. I did
a memory test. First with the one that appearently comes with the Vista
setup, and then MemTest86. My RAM is fine.

So, I tried running the install from XP. It took about five minutes to get
to where I could actually do something. It seemed frozen. Eventually it
started working. I entered all of the necessary info and got to the point
where it was "Copying Files". It finished with that and moved onto "Expanding
files". It was not long after that, that it rebooted for the first time, and
in my case, the last. After rebooting, I got a screen with the Vista
background, an hourglass, and the text, "Installing Windows". The mouse moved
once in a while and the DVD drive was spinning up in seemingly regular
intervals. I figured it was doing it's thing.

Well.... I came back an hour later and it was STILL on the same screen. It
didn't seem to have done anything. I didn't want to take a chance at messing
up the install so I just let it run. This was at about 8 PM. Later, at about
11 PM, something happened! the progress screen showed up and said it was
expanding files! I thought, "oh, it should be done before too long". It's now
2 AM.... Still expanding files. I went to bed. I got up at 10 AM. Guess
what.... STILL expanding files....

Needless to say, I restarted the PC and was greeted with the Vista boot menu
giving me the option to rollback the Vista install or boot an earlier version
of Windows. I chose to roll back and it did it's thing. I rebooted into XP
and all was normal.

The first try was a no'go. It sat there for a total of 14 hours and got
nowhere. The next day I tried again. I burned a new copy. I tried booting
from the DVD, just in case, for some strange reason, it might work. Of course
it didn't. I started the install from XP again. This time I did not feel like
staring at it for hours on end. I went to bed. The next morning it was on the
"Installing Windows" screen with the hour glass, nothing else. It didn't even
get as far as before!

I can't say I'm not dissapointed. I want to try Vista, see what all the talk
is about, and hopefuly provide some useful feedback. Does anyone have any
idea why Vista won't boot from the DVD? The problem seems to stem from Vista
booting without XP. Whenever Vista setup is running in XP it works fine but
as soon as it ventures out on it's own, after the first reboot, it hangs. Any
ideas?

Here are my detailed system specs:

CoolerMaster Centurion 2 Case
ASUS A7V333 Mother Board
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
768 MB PC2700 DDR Mushkin RAM
80 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital Ultra Hard Drive
250 GB 7200 RPM Seagate Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Leadtek GeForce 6600GT
NEC ND3550A DVD-RW
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
Sound Blaster Audigy ES
Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2)
Cable Internet Connection (uncapped)
Enlight 360 Watt Power Supply

Hello
it seems I to cant boot from vista's dvd to reformat and clean install. I
had XP Pro first. When I got the new vista I figure I put in the dvd and
reboot thinking it will load and ask me to reformat my HD after I answered to
Clean install. IT DID NOT!!

Fogetting how to reinstall I put in XP PRO from boot up reformatted the HD
then switching to vista didnt work. I had to go all the way and reinstall XP
PRO first then install VISTA.

How on earth does one do a CLEAN INSTALL from vista dvd if the dvd isnt
bootable?

I have Vista up and running now, got rid of the OLD windows file but want to
redo vista as a clean install NOT from xp. IF you can find answers please
forward them to me or at miketng@msn.com thanks



"Hi Ho" wrote:

> I was really looking forward to trying out Vista Beta 2. I downloaded it the
> day after it was released. I happened to have a brand new 250 GB hard drive
> on order from Newegg. When it arrived, I immediately started to setup Vista.
> I formated the new drive and I was ready to create a dual boot setup.
>
> The first hurdle I came to was when I attempted to boot from the Vista DVD.
> Whenever I tried this, I would get a blue screen STOP error saying that I
> should remove any newly installed hardware, run a memory test, etc. Well, the
> only newly installed hardware is the new hard drive, which works fine. I did
> a memory test. First with the one that appearently comes with the Vista
> setup, and then MemTest86. My RAM is fine.
>
> So, I tried running the install from XP. It took about five minutes to get
> to where I could actually do something. It seemed frozen. Eventually it
> started working. I entered all of the necessary info and got to the point
> where it was "Copying Files". It finished with that and moved onto "Expanding
> files". It was not long after that, that it rebooted for the first time, and
> in my case, the last. After rebooting, I got a screen with the Vista
> background, an hourglass, and the text, "Installing Windows". The mouse moved
> once in a while and the DVD drive was spinning up in seemingly regular
> intervals. I figured it was doing it's thing.
>
> Well.... I came back an hour later and it was STILL on the same screen. It
> didn't seem to have done anything. I didn't want to take a chance at messing
> up the install so I just let it run. This was at about 8 PM. Later, at about
> 11 PM, something happened! the progress screen showed up and said it was
> expanding files! I thought, "oh, it should be done before too long". It's now
> 2 AM.... Still expanding files. I went to bed. I got up at 10 AM. Guess
> what.... STILL expanding files....
>
> Needless to say, I restarted the PC and was greeted with the Vista boot menu
> giving me the option to rollback the Vista install or boot an earlier version
> of Windows. I chose to roll back and it did it's thing. I rebooted into XP
> and all was normal.
>
> The first try was a no'go. It sat there for a total of 14 hours and got
> nowhere. The next day I tried again. I burned a new copy. I tried booting
> from the DVD, just in case, for some strange reason, it might work. Of course
> it didn't. I started the install from XP again. This time I did not feel like
> staring at it for hours on end. I went to bed. The next morning it was on the
> "Installing Windows" screen with the hour glass, nothing else. It didn't even
> get as far as before!
>
> I can't say I'm not dissapointed. I want to try Vista, see what all the talk
> is about, and hopefuly provide some useful feedback. Does anyone have any
> idea why Vista won't boot from the DVD? The problem seems to stem from Vista
> booting without XP. Whenever Vista setup is running in XP it works fine but
> as soon as it ventures out on it's own, after the first reboot, it hangs. Any
> ideas?
>
> Here are my detailed system specs:
>
> CoolerMaster Centurion 2 Case
> ASUS A7V333 Mother Board
> AMD Athlon XP 1800+
> 768 MB PC2700 DDR Mushkin RAM
> 80 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital Ultra Hard Drive
> 250 GB 7200 RPM Seagate Ultra ATA Hard Drive
> Leadtek GeForce 6600GT
> NEC ND3550A DVD-RW
> Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
> Sound Blaster Audigy ES
> Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2)
> Cable Internet Connection (uncapped)
> Enlight 360 Watt Power Supply
>

I was really looking forward to trying out Vista Beta 2. I downloaded it the
day after it was released. I happened to have a brand new 250 GB hard drive
on order from Newegg. When it arrived, I immediately started to setup Vista.
I formated the new drive and I was ready to create a dual boot setup.

The first hurdle I came to was when I attempted to boot from the Vista DVD.
Whenever I tried this, I would get a blue screen STOP error saying that I
should remove any newly installed hardware, run a memory test, etc. Well, the
only newly installed hardware is the new hard drive, which works fine. I did
a memory test. First with the one that appearently comes with the Vista
setup, and then MemTest86. My RAM is fine.

So, I tried running the install from XP. It took about five minutes to get
to where I could actually do something. It seemed frozen. Eventually it
started working. I entered all of the necessary info and got to the point
where it was "Copying Files". It finished with that and moved onto "Expanding
files". It was not long after that, that it rebooted for the first time, and
in my case, the last. After rebooting, I got a screen with the Vista
background, an hourglass, and the text, "Installing Windows". The mouse moved
once in a while and the DVD drive was spinning up in seemingly regular
intervals. I figured it was doing it's thing.

Well.... I came back an hour later and it was STILL on the same screen. It
didn't seem to have done anything. I didn't want to take a chance at messing
up the install so I just let it run. This was at about 8 PM. Later, at about
11 PM, something happened! the progress screen showed up and said it was
expanding files! I thought, "oh, it should be done before too long". It's now
2 AM.... Still expanding files. I went to bed. I got up at 10 AM. Guess
what.... STILL expanding files....

Needless to say, I restarted the PC and was greeted with the Vista boot menu
giving me the option to rollback the Vista install or boot an earlier version
of Windows. I chose to roll back and it did it's thing. I rebooted into XP
and all was normal.

The first try was a no'go. It sat there for a total of 14 hours and got
nowhere. The next day I tried again. I burned a new copy. I tried booting
from the DVD, just in case, for some strange reason, it might work. Of course
it didn't. I started the install from XP again. This time I did not feel like
staring at it for hours on end. I went to bed. The next morning it was on the
"Installing Windows" screen with the hour glass, nothing else. It didn't even
get as far as before!

I can't say I'm not dissapointed. I want to try Vista, see what all the talk
is about, and hopefuly provide some useful feedback. Does anyone have any
idea why Vista won't boot from the DVD? The problem seems to stem from Vista
booting without XP. Whenever Vista setup is running in XP it works fine but
as soon as it ventures out on it's own, after the first reboot, it hangs. Any
ideas?

Here are my detailed system specs:

CoolerMaster Centurion 2 Case
ASUS A7V333 Mother Board
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
768 MB PC2700 DDR Mushkin RAM
80 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital Ultra Hard Drive
250 GB 7200 RPM Seagate Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Leadtek GeForce 6600GT
NEC ND3550A DVD-RW
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
Sound Blaster Audigy ES
Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2)
Cable Internet Connection (uncapped)
Enlight 360 Watt Power Supply

I was really looking forward to trying out Vista Beta 2. I downloaded it the
day after it was released. I happened to have a brand new 250 GB hard drive
on order from Newegg. When it arrived, I immediately started to setup Vista.
I formated the new drive and I was ready to create a dual boot setup.

The first hurdle I came to was when I attempted to boot from the Vista DVD.
Whenever I tried this, I would get a blue screen STOP error saying that I
should remove any newly installed hardware, run a memory test, etc. Well, the
only newly installed hardware is the new hard drive, which works fine. I did
a memory test. First with the one that appearently comes with the Vista
setup, and then MemTest86. My RAM is fine.

So, I tried running the install from XP. It took about five minutes to get
to where I could actually do something. It seemed frozen. Eventually it
started working. I entered all of the necessary info and got to the point
where it was "Copying Files". It finished with that and moved onto "Expanding
files". It was not long after that, that it rebooted for the first time, and
in my case, the last. After rebooting, I got a screen with the Vista
background, an hourglass, and the text, "Installing Windows". The mouse moved
once in a while and the DVD drive was spinning up in seemingly regular
intervals. I figured it was doing it's thing.

Well.... I came back an hour later and it was STILL on the same screen. It
didn't seem to have done anything. I didn't want to take a chance at messing
up the install so I just let it run. This was at about 8 PM. Later, at about
11 PM, something happened! the progress screen showed up and said it was
expanding files! I thought, "oh, it should be done before too long". It's now
2 AM.... Still expanding files. I went to bed. I got up at 10 AM. Guess
what.... STILL expanding files....

Needless to say, I restarted the PC and was greeted with the Vista boot menu
giving me the option to rollback the Vista install or boot an earlier version
of Windows. I chose to roll back and it did it's thing. I rebooted into XP
and all was normal.

The first try was a no'go. It sat there for a total of 14 hours and got
nowhere. The next day I tried again. I burned a new copy. I tried booting
from the DVD, just in case, for some strange reason, it might work. Of course
it didn't. I started the install from XP again. This time I did not feel like
staring at it for hours on end. I went to bed. The next morning it was on the
"Installing Windows" screen with the hour glass, nothing else. It didn't even
get as far as before!

I can't say I'm not dissapointed. I want to try Vista, see what all the talk
is about, and hopefuly provide some useful feedback. Does anyone have any
idea why Vista won't boot from the DVD? The problem seems to stem from Vista
booting without XP. Whenever Vista setup is running in XP it works fine but
as soon as it ventures out on it's own, after the first reboot, it hangs. Any
ideas?

Here are my detailed system specs:

CoolerMaster Centurion 2 Case
ASUS A7V333 Mother Board
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
768 MB PC2700 DDR Mushkin RAM
80 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital Ultra Hard Drive
250 GB 7200 RPM Seagate Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Leadtek GeForce 6600GT
NEC ND3550A DVD-RW
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
Sound Blaster Audigy ES
Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2)
Cable Internet Connection (uncapped)
Enlight 360 Watt Power Supply

I was really looking forward to trying out Vista Beta 2. I downloaded it the
day after it was released. I happened to have a brand new 250 GB hard drive
on order from Newegg. When it arrived, I immediately started to setup Vista.
I formated the new drive and I was ready to create a dual boot setup.

The first hurdle I came to was when I attempted to boot from the Vista DVD.
Whenever I tried this, I would get a blue screen STOP error saying that I
should remove any newly installed hardware, run a memory test, etc. Well, the
only newly installed hardware is the new hard drive, which works fine. I did
a memory test. First with the one that appearently comes with the Vista
setup, and then MemTest86. My RAM is fine.

So, I tried running the install from XP. It took about five minutes to get
to where I could actually do something. It seemed frozen. Eventually it
started working. I entered all of the necessary info and got to the point
where it was "Copying Files". It finished with that and moved onto "Expanding
files". It was not long after that, that it rebooted for the first time, and
in my case, the last. After rebooting, I got a screen with the Vista
background, an hourglass, and the text, "Installing Windows". The mouse moved
once in a while and the DVD drive was spinning up in seemingly regular
intervals. I figured it was doing it's thing.

Well.... I came back an hour later and it was STILL on the same screen. It
didn't seem to have done anything. I didn't want to take a chance at messing
up the install so I just let it run. This was at about 8 PM. Later, at about
11 PM, something happened! the progress screen showed up and said it was
expanding files! I thought, "oh, it should be done before too long". It's now
2 AM.... Still expanding files. I went to bed. I got up at 10 AM. Guess
what.... STILL expanding files....

Needless to say, I restarted the PC and was greeted with the Vista boot menu
giving me the option to rollback the Vista install or boot an earlier version
of Windows. I chose to roll back and it did it's thing. I rebooted into XP
and all was normal.

The first try was a no'go. It sat there for a total of 14 hours and got
nowhere. The next day I tried again. I burned a new copy. I tried booting
from the DVD, just in case, for some strange reason, it might work. Of course
it didn't. I started the install from XP again. This time I did not feel like
staring at it for hours on end. I went to bed. The next morning it was on the
"Installing Windows" screen with the hour glass, nothing else. It didn't even
get as far as before!

I can't say I'm not dissapointed. I want to try Vista, see what all the talk
is about, and hopefuly provide some useful feedback. Does anyone have any
idea why Vista won't boot from the DVD? The problem seems to stem from Vista
booting without XP. Whenever Vista setup is running in XP it works fine but
as soon as it ventures out on it's own, after the first reboot, it hangs. Any
ideas?

Here are my detailed system specs:

CoolerMaster Centurion 2 Case
ASUS A7V333 Mother Board
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
768 MB PC2700 DDR Mushkin RAM
80 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital Ultra Hard Drive
250 GB 7200 RPM Seagate Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Leadtek GeForce 6600GT
NEC ND3550A DVD-RW
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
Sound Blaster Audigy ES
Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2)
Cable Internet Connection (uncapped)
Enlight 360 Watt Power Supply

I have got vista RC1 and i have a high spec system but it will just not
install.
It gets through the setup until it reaches the completing setup stage where
it just stays, stuck.



i uninstalled nero which clashed with it but it still did not work

Are you upgrading
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Associate Expert
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from another operating system or are you doing a clean install?

"oliver" <oliver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have got vista RC1 and i have a high spec system but it will just not
> install.
> It gets through the setup until it reaches the completing setup stage
> where
> it just stays, stuck.
>
>
>
> i uninstalled nero which clashed with it but it still did not work