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installing vista on 2 other home computers
I currently have XP up and running and I would like to add Vista as a second OS. When I install Vista from within XP, the install hangs and nothing happens. If I install from a reboot, Vista installs but does so on the C:\ drive and moves XP to the D:\ drive. This causes problems when adding other hardware to the

How do you repair windows entirely using your Windows Vista DV
If so, you may have to bring up Disk Manager once Vista's up and tell it to import the drives (I think the Windows terminology is Dynamic Drive). access to my media library on the 5 other storage drives. There is very little information available as to installing Vista on an already set-up RAID 0 system.

Can I set up a new partition on my D drive and install Vista ...
A USB 2.0 Drive is only going to achieve a 25-Megabyte transfer rate. That's slower than a Optical drive. The other issue is every time you plug it into a different PC product is it possible to install vista on usb dard drive, iv'e done with xp, installed ok but i could not launch the os after install.

Can't install Vista from USB flash drive
caboose2253 caboose2...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup well, i found how to fix it, i took out my grandmas ati The bad thing about disconnecting all drives other than the one you are installing on is that if you intend to install on a drive/partition that will have

Fax Modem refuses to install properly
Can I use the same disc to install vista on these other computers? No. By your own description, you have an OEM license for Vista that came with the computer. An OEM version must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally a motherboard or hard drive, if not an entire PC) and is _permanently_ bound to the first PC

vista just wont start up
I can't explain why using the FDISK routine from a Windows boot disk worked and partitioning from within WinXP or Vista install routines did not. But it did and I have since changed the drive configuration a number of times for testing and no problems. One other thing to check is when you reboot and if it looks

Unable to install vista (unexpected completing installation re
I get this regardless of if I have the Vista DVD in the drive or not. Any help guys? :-/ I feel your pain... I mean really I do. Since you have a Gigabyte board, dig out the manual and see if your model supports @BIOS. This is a method to update your BIOS via a web site and download and install just like any other

How do you set up Vista on a SATA drive?
...winston winston...@gmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Neither.. Boot with the DVD Enter Language(and time settings etc) Click Repair Other options that may work to install(or force install) the bootloader onto the XP drive(the original location Vista places it when Vista is installed

How do you set up Vista on a SATA drive?
BTW, Vista already has SATA drivers INCLUDED on the installation media, and the installer package installs them if it sees them. MY copy of Vista Ultimate does, at least. I have no other internal drives than SATA drives. Yet I do NOT need to install a SATA driver to install Vista. Additionally, my DVD drive (used

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Install Vista first and then Ubuntu. Use the Grub bootloader. For ease of installation, install Vista on the master drive (Drive 0) and Ubuntu on the slave drive (Drive Well, he was talking about separate drives, and if he's going to use other OS's (I have 5 on mine), a shared data drive is always a good idea.

Can I install SBS on old drive ? ( if Vista Boot loader is ...
Remember to install Vista first and then XP Pro. I've not tried it the other way around but it should work as well. Just remember which ever is first must go on the physical "C" drive. The other can go on a logical partition and will still use the same boot. OTOH trying to install on a second physical drive without

What is the best way to run XP and Vista?
Some of their techs might go farther than that but I couldn't even get an email reply one way or the other about a Vista keyboard driver for my PC out of them. :-) (other than that my Vista install on an MCE 2005 PC went quite smoothly) Unless you run software that was written to take advantage of the 64bits I

Problem in installing Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
You'll want at least 80 - 100 for the Vista installation. Personally, I don't use partitions. I have a dedicated 80GB drive just for my C:, and the remainder of my physical drives are for data. All my profile folders (Documents, Pictures, Music, etc) are redirected to other drives. That way if something screws up

Drive Letter Problem - Vista Installation
Btw, no I did not have my main drive that XP is on unplugged when installing the Vista Ultimate full version on the new drive. Many thanks again, Don "Lance Le Claire" Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?

install windows xp through external USB CDrom drive
There is no work around, other than making certain that you physically disconnect the IDE drives "before" installing Vista on the SATA drive. Believe me, after you have done it (screwed up yet again) 2 or 3 times you WILL remember for the future. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email

vista just wont start up
Just tell Vista how big you want the System Partition to be (and the Boot Volume, if you want to install Vista somewhere other than the System Partition) .... Reading prior posts and good advice I was finally able to see my SATA drive at the "Select a drive to install Vista" screen by changing BIOS setting "SATA

SATA Dvd drive install freeze with Vista
caboose2253 caboose2...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup yes, its a clean install, i have 2 identical sticks of The bad thing about disconnecting all drives other than the one you are installing on is that if you intend to install on a drive/partition that will have a

Errors during new Vista install - BSOD, Error Codes and other erro
Feknoze Fekn...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general I have had problems installing to a sata controller with other sata drives present, in addition with a disk attached to another controller which doesn't have any drivers installed, works fine only when disconnecting all other sata

DIM9200 with Vista- what exactly is drive D? and other ...
Installing from a full XP Pro disk rather than an upgrade disk might install generic drivers for you so that you can get on the web and download direct the I, on the other hand have seen none of the wonderful benefits or advantages of Vista. In point of fact, it has only served to anger and frustrate me with

Unable to install XP over Vista
DL address@invalid microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Youve read the mobo manual with regard using a sata drive as boot device? In general terms there is no Sata master setting all sata drives are 'master' You could allways disconnect all drives, other than the new sata & dvd then install,