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Allan/Janice - A Question
Colin Barnhorst c.barnho...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices As long as the optical drive is ahead of the hard drive in the boot order in your BIOS you should be able to boot the computer with the dvd. Can you do that? If you attempt to boot with the dvd and you only get Windows,

iBook G4 running really slowly
Added openSUSE - dual boot, so I can use both. `---- http://www.networkworld. com/community/?q=node/14993 Vista Upgrade: Stuck in the Middle of Nowhere If you are in a rush, see the following post for details on downloading the | WMV file (so you do not need to install Moonlight from source on Linux).

Myst Compilation Set
If you wish to renew access to the Vista partition I suggest you reboot with the Vista DVD and do a "startup repair". After following someone's instruction (http://www.istartedsomething. com/20060622/installing-and-uninstall-vista-beta-2-for-dual-boot-with-xp/), reboot, and now I can not access any data on my D

Frankly, Win95 performed better
CHORUS: You just format the drive , Clive Get a New Mac , Jack Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy Just get yourself free Boot from a *nix, Jix You don't need to discuss much Install XP, Lee And get yourself free "jasonh1234" <jasonh1234.35i...@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:jasonh1234.35isn0@no-mx.forums.net.

CD driver
You said that it is not possible to install unsigned drivers in vista 64, but I did, I did press “continue anyways”, it gives you the option. I really can’t do the upgrade installation you mentioned because I really want to keep XP as a dual boot in a seperate hard drive since many of my work programs are still

Switching from Vista Ultimate 64-bit to Home Premium 32-bit
Ran the application: Computer was started with the Windows Vista Recovery Disk (F12 and Selected from the CD/DVD), application installed the Windows files, I would just reinstall the Vista OS and extract what I need from the other drive but after installing the HD I get the same screen for the Boot Manager.

bootsect problem
If you need help installing an O/S, google it. 5) Now that my new virtual pc running Win98 was up and running, I simply inserted the Riven DVD into my optical drive, and installed Riven and Quicktime 3. --clip-- If you read the thread another guy chimes in below with another solution that runs directly in Vista,

Reply to Mike B. Part 2
What people are REALLY saying about Vista: http://www.microsplot. com/news/2007/12/anything_speechless_100_things_ people_are_really_saying_about_windows_vista 50 Ways to leave your Vista.... CHORUS: You just format the drive , Clive Get a New Mac , Jack Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy Just get yourself free Boot

Unable to complete upgrade process
The Vista install is on a raid volume. I googled a little bit and found some information about bootrec and tried to boot from the DVD and tried /fixboot, I then proceeded to load the driver for the raid controller, but still no installations are displayed... Is there a simple way to make a disk bootable for

Vista locks up frequently
CHORUS: You just format the drive , Clive Get a New Mac , Jack Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy Just get yourself free Boot from a *nix, Jix You don't need to Better graphics in video games (comparing 95 to vista), better hardware such as soundcards, video cards, dvd/cd burners, better software such as High

Vista won't boot up! Please read! HELP!
If you like it, then reboot, tell it to install as a dual-boot, or wipe your Windows and be done with Billy G. <http://wiki.linuxquestions. org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software> And it is all free, of course. -- -bts -Friends don't let friends drive Vista.

Installing SP1 -- need a little advice
He should have given you another CD/DVD that came with the machine, called Hardware Test or something similar. If you boot that it might detect something wrong with the hardware. (But it certainly isn't foolproof!) If you've got an external firewire (*not* USB) disk, try installing Leopard on there and booting from

Dual booting Vista Ultimate 64 bit with XP Pro
My Recovery Disc and Partition isn't worth a damn it doesn't fix this no boot. I have no XP CD" --and now it will be Vista DVD except apparently for Dell ..... This means anyone looking to do a fresh install for any reason will not be able to. Someone who is doing disaster recovery after a hard drive failure or a

VISTA (does not boot) get a BLUE SCREEN
To install your OS from the DVD you must go into your BIOS and set it to enable booting from the DVD drive. Exact steps to do this vary from machine to machine. with a newly installed hard drive says "No boot sector on hard disk" when turned on. I'm trying to install vista and it won't recognize the disk.

Increasing System Restore Point Size?
I ws going to say that now I can't write to my floppy drive and am looking for the setting in Vista that is preventing it. However, I have just spoken with tech support from the M/B manufacturer :MachSpeed MS945G-GLV and I won't need the floppies for a clean install of Vista. As I said, I don't want to have to do a

Cant boot of a dvd
Do you get an error message and if so, what is it? Suppose Vista that you're trying to run chkdsk on is on C:\--I have no idea what drive you have or have it on--so From Vista's desktop>Put in the Vista DVD>After the language screen, you should see the option live as a hyperlink to do an upgrade/repair install.

Problem installing Vista
ALL existing data will be erased) (do NOT make new partitions, Vista will do that for you) - remove ALL bootable media - install Vista from its bootable DVD If succesful 1. Creative X-Fi Fatality sound card, GeForce 8600 (512mb) video, WD 1.0 Terabyte HD, WD 500gb HD, Asus DVD-ROM, WriteMaster DVD Multi Drive.

Important : If your PC is stuck at "configuring updates x of x, 0 ...
So far all I can do is boot with the floppy. I did try to boot the win 98 install CD with the new CDROM drive without the floppy in it and it went no ware. I am beginning to wonder if the original DVD drive was OK and it is something else that also is not allowing the new CDROM to work. However with the old DVD

Can't write to floppy, can't 'repair' Vista
I have two partitions on my Dell laptop. C: is Win XP, and I have E: ready for Vista 5219. Instead of booting from the DVD, I copied the install files to the C: drive. I could then install it from the win xp partition to E: Running the setup from the HD, do you think I would encounter the same error?

Friggin 'puters! (OT) Long Rant
You have to go into BIOS and setup the boot menu so that it boots 1st from the CD/DVD drive, insert the vista 32bit disk, reboot. Follow instructions, and delete the existing Vista parition on your hard drive, then format, and install vista. You will have to install 32bit Drivers for your Hardware, as it came with