I am having a problem installing windows vista ultimate 64 bit, these
are my system specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Quad-Core 2.83GHz Fan
Cooler Master Hyper TX X2 Motherboard ASUS
P5N-T Deluxe NVIDIA 780i Memory Corsair XMS2
Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz Storage Seagate
1TB (2x500GB) SATA 32MB cache Graphics 2 x NVIDIA
GeForce 9800GTX+ 512MB (SLI) Audio Creative Sound
Blaster X-Fi Titanium Optical Plextor PX-820SA 20X
DVD-writer SATA Chassis Cooler Master Cosmos 1000
Power Supply PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W Quad
It is a newly built system with no previous operating system, when I
first booted it up I followed all the instructions and made sure that
the dvd drive was first to boot and then I booted from cd/dvd,
everything was installing but then my computer restarts and so does the
installation. Although vista states that my computer will restart
numerous times during the installation, why does the install make me put
in my product key again and start the install from 0% after restarting
automatically. I was about to install over the previous installation but
then windows comes up with this message saying if you install over this
partition the previous windows files will be stored under windows.old
and I can see that the previous installation attempt has taken up some
space on one of my two hard drives, im basically not touching anything,
please help.


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m1ke905

Hi mike905,

Welcome to the forum

4gb RAM has been known to cause installation issues

You might try installing with just 2gb RAM - add the other 2gb after
installation.

To prevent the Windows.old option, select Drive Options ( advanced )
and format the partition before installing - see steps 10 and 11 of this
tutorial

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...ion-vista.html

Hope it helps

SIW2


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SIW2

Hi,

Is the BIOS check that the hard drive is listed in the bootable devices.
Yes, the optical drive needs to be first, but the hard drive must still be
listed.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"m1ke905" wrote in message
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I am having a problem installing windows vista ultimate 64 bit, these
are my system specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Quad-Core 2.83GHz Fan
Cooler Master Hyper TX X2 Motherboard ASUS
P5N-T Deluxe NVIDIA 780i Memory Corsair XMS2
Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz Storage Seagate
1TB (2x500GB) SATA 32MB cache Graphics 2 x NVIDIA
GeForce 9800GTX+ 512MB (SLI) Audio Creative Sound
Blaster X-Fi Titanium Optical Plextor PX-820SA 20X
DVD-writer SATA Chassis Cooler Master Cosmos 1000
Power Supply PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W Quad
It is a newly built system with no previous operating system, when I
first booted it up I followed all the instructions and made sure that
the dvd drive was first to boot and then I booted from cd/dvd,
everything was installing but then my computer restarts and so does the
installation. Although vista states that my computer will restart
numerous times during the installation, why does the install make me put
in my product key again and start the install from 0% after restarting
automatically. I was about to install over the previous installation but
then windows comes up with this message saying if you install over this
partition the previous windows files will be stored under windows.old
and I can see that the previous installation attempt has taken up some
space on one of my two hard drives, im basically not touching anything,
please help.


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m1ke905

I don't think this is the issue, as the poster is not getting a stop error,
but rather setup doesn't migrate to the partial installation on reboot. This
would indicate a transition problem where the partial install is not being
recognized for what it is.

In addition, that issue isn't with having 4GB of ram, but rather a timing
issue when all 4 ram slots in a motherboard are in use during installation.
Typically, many users would have 4 x 1GB sticks installed, so it was
mistakenly thought to be an issue with 4GB of ram. Note that this poster has
2 x 2GB sticks installed, and the P5N-T motherboard has 4 slots available.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"SIW2" wrote in message
...

Hi mike905,

Welcome to the forum

4gb RAM has been known to cause installation issues

You might try installing with just 2gb RAM - add the other 2gb after
installation.

To prevent the Windows.old option, select Drive Options ( advanced )
and format the partition before installing - see steps 10 and 11 of this
tutorial

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...ion-vista.html

Hope it helps

SIW2


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SIW2

Thanks for the heads up on the tutorial, I have another question
regarding my newly built system. Do I have to do any other BIOS related
functions other than setting the cd/dvd rom to boot first (for example,
updating the BIOS and the drivers, or is it a necessary procedure to
install my OS first then do all the driver updates after? Also, what are
the possible concequences of taking out 2 gigs of ram because my system
already recognized 4 gigs and installed them automatically when I first
booted it up. Before I proceed with any action I need to be totally
clear on everything in order to minimize the risk of any fatal hardware
failures. Thanks for the support.


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m1ke905

Hi,

Bios checks what's attached a soon as you start up - so should
immediately recognise you now have 2gb .

Usually , you would set the Bios to see the hdd as the first boot
device, disable things you don't have or aren't using e.g. floppy drive
and serial and parallel ports and usb legacy support . this will stop it
looking and loading drivers for things you aren't using.
However that's not necessary - it will work on default settings.

My Bios flash update (ASRock) is done from within Vista.

I would think about changing the mobo settings and check their website
for updates after installing. I take it you have a cd with drivers for
your mobo - there may be newer ones since then, but they should get you
started. Also, my mobo website warns not to update Bios if everything is
running fine - don't fix it if it ain't broke - see what yours says.

You might take a look at this

'BIOS settings demystified | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com'
(http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2668) Bios settings demystified

You may not need to go into setup to set cdrom to boot first, and then
go back to change it. You probably get an option almost straight after
startup - something like;
F2 for setup
F11 for boot menu ( depending on your Bios make , your F numbers may be
different )

Press F11 (or whatever yours is - you get a pop-up boot menu)

Arrow down to cdrom drive - put install dvd in drive- wait a few secs.,
press enter. It may ask again- "press any key to boot from cdrom" -
press enter again.

Hope that helps

SIW2


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SIW2