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Hey everybody, Had to reinstal Vista x64 Premium on my computer, and I am having a reoccuring error during installation. -"The computer restarted unexpectedly or has encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click OK to restart your computer and then restart installation." -The computer acctually restarts during the -completing installation- step of installing the 32 bit Vista Premium, there is a second CD that I put in later on to upgrade it to 64 bit. When I got my computer a year ago it came with Vista x64 bit preinstalled and I havn't tweaked any settings like volatge, or anything like that. Would this be caused by a corrupt CD? What else could I try to fix this issue? Thanks in advance, Daniel -- VistaCompUser |
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You can not upgrade directly from Vista32 bit to Vista 64 bit. You must
boot from the 64bit installation DVD and either do a replacement install on top of Vista 32 bit or a completely clean install by reformatting the partiton you want to install into. "VistaCompUser" wrote in message ... Hey everybody, Had to reinstal Vista x64 Premium on my computer, and I am having a reoccuring error during installation. -"The computer restarted unexpectedly or has encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click OK to restart your computer and then restart installation." -The computer acctually restarts during the -completing installation- step of installing the 32 bit Vista Premium, there is a second CD that I put in later on to upgrade it to 64 bit. When I got my computer a year ago it came with Vista x64 bit preinstalled and I havn't tweaked any settings like volatge, or anything like that. Would this be caused by a corrupt CD? What else could I try to fix this issue? Thanks in advance, Daniel -- VistaCompUser |
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You can not upgrade directly from Vista32 bit to Vista 64 bit. You must boot from the 64bit installation DVD and either do a replacement install on top of Vista 32 bit or a completely clean install by reformatting the partiton you want to install into. "VistaCompUser" wrote in message ... Hey everybody, Had to reinstal Vista x64 Premium on my computer, and I am having a reoccuring error during installation. -"The computer restarted unexpectedly or has encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click OK to restart your computer and then restart installation." -The computer acctually restarts during the -completing installation- step of installing the 32 bit Vista Premium, there is a second CD that I put in later on to upgrade it to 64 bit. When I got my computer a year ago it came with Vista x64 bit preinstalled and I havn't tweaked any settings like volatge, or anything like that. Would this be caused by a corrupt CD? What else could I try to fix this issue? Thanks in advance, Daniel -- VistaCompUser |
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Try a full clean & full format. 1) Boot DVD. 2) Press Shift+F10 (for command prompt) Type in command line DISKPART LIST DISK SELECT DISK # (win HD) CLEAN ALL CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 ACTIVE FORMAT=NTFS ASSIGN EXIT EXIT +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Capture5.JPG | |Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19224| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- theog |
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"theog" wrote: [OP asked for help because of problems when attempting to install 64-bit Vista on a disk containing a corrupt 32-bit installation] Try a full clean & full format. 1) Boot DVD. 2) Press Shift+F10 (for command prompt) Use the SHIFT+F10 invocation at the partition selection dialog. You could do it earlier but waiting for the dialog to appear ensures that you can repeat the process and get predictable results. Type in command line DISKPART A word of warning: Microsoft wrote DISKPART to issue no "ARE YOU SURE?" requests for confirmation of commands before executing them. LIST DISK SELECT DISK # (win HD) Probably disk 0, but not always. Note that disk numbers start at zero while partiton numbers start at one. CLEAN ALL BE CAREFUL! If you have a brand-name computer as opposed to one that was built from individual components (by the OP or a screwdriver shop) there may be a "diagnostic partition" on the disk (no drive letter assigned) that contains hardware test programs and maybe a recovery image. The CLEAN command will destroy this partition. The diagnostic partition is NOT required to run any OS, but it can be very useful in chasing down hardware problems. You can see the partitions on the currently-selected disk by entering the command: LIST PART If there's only one partition use the CLEAN command; if more than one partition is present, select the one containing the C-disk: SELECT PARTITION # and destroy it: DELETE PARTITION If you use the CLEAN command the ALL option should not be necessary. Its function is to overwrite every sector on the disk with zeros; that's good for security but should be unnecessary for typical installations. CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 If you use the CLEAN command this causes no harm, but the SELECT command isn't necessary. The CREATE command automatically selects the new partition. If you have more than one partition on the disk and used the DELETE PARTITION command, your C-disk may have a different partition number. Just skip this command. ACTIVE FORMAT=NTFS Use something like FORMAT FS=NTFS If you're confident of the condition of the disk you can speed things up by adding the QUICK option. It's not necessary but I would also recommend assigning a label to the disk, so you might use: FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL=VISTA_C QUICK In most situations NTFS is the default file system, although for documentation purposes I recommend using the "FS=NTFS" parameter in the FORMAT command. ASSIGN As a safety net I would instead use ASSIGN LETTER=C which for most situations would have the same effect. Explicitly demanding the use of the letter "C" ensures that the system will use that letter for the system disk. Conflicts typically arise when you are installing to a disk that wasn't formatted when you booted the Microsoft DVD; rebooting the DVD and repeating the DISKPART commands will usually fix this problem. EXIT (exits DISKPART) EXIT (exits the command prompt and returns to the partition selection dialog of the setup program) Press F5 to refresh the information on the partition list (the C-disk should show a difference of 0.1 GB between total size and free space). Make sure that the C-disk is selected and click NEXT to start the installation. Joe Morris |
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"theog" wrote: [OP asked for help because of problems when attempting to install 64-bit Vista on a disk containing a corrupt 32-bit installation] Try a full clean & full format. 1) Boot DVD. 2) Press Shift+F10 (for command prompt) Use the SHIFT+F10 invocation at the partition selection dialog. You could do it earlier but waiting for the dialog to appear ensures that you can repeat the process and get predictable results. Type in command line DISKPART A word of warning: Microsoft wrote DISKPART to issue no "ARE YOU SURE?" requests for confirmation of commands before executing them. LIST DISK SELECT DISK # (win HD) Probably disk 0, but not always. Note that disk numbers start at zero while partiton numbers start at one. CLEAN ALL BE CAREFUL! If you have a brand-name computer as opposed to one that was built from individual components (by the OP or a screwdriver shop) there may be a "diagnostic partition" on the disk (no drive letter assigned) that contains hardware test programs and maybe a recovery image. The CLEAN command will destroy this partition. The diagnostic partition is NOT required to run any OS, but it can be very useful in chasing down hardware problems. You can see the partitions on the currently-selected disk by entering the command: LIST PART If there's only one partition use the CLEAN command; if more than one partition is present, select the one containing the C-disk: SELECT PARTITION # and destroy it: DELETE PARTITION If you use the CLEAN command the ALL option should not be necessary. Its function is to overwrite every sector on the disk with zeros; that's good for security but should be unnecessary for typical installations. CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 If you use the CLEAN command this causes no harm, but the SELECT command isn't necessary. The CREATE command automatically selects the new partition. If you have more than one partition on the disk and used the DELETE PARTITION command, your C-disk may have a different partition number. Just skip this command. ACTIVE FORMAT=NTFS Use something like FORMAT FS=NTFS If you're confident of the condition of the disk you can speed things up by adding the QUICK option. It's not necessary but I would also recommend assigning a label to the disk, so you might use: FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL=VISTA_C QUICK In most situations NTFS is the default file system, although for documentation purposes I recommend using the "FS=NTFS" parameter in the FORMAT command. ASSIGN As a safety net I would instead use ASSIGN LETTER=C which for most situations would have the same effect. Explicitly demanding the use of the letter "C" ensures that the system will use that letter for the system disk. Conflicts typically arise when you are installing to a disk that wasn't formatted when you booted the Microsoft DVD; rebooting the DVD and repeating the DISKPART commands will usually fix this problem. EXIT (exits DISKPART) EXIT (exits the command prompt and returns to the partition selection dialog of the setup program) Press F5 to refresh the information on the partition list (the C-disk should show a difference of 0.1 GB between total size and free space). Make sure that the C-disk is selected and click NEXT to start the installation. Joe Morris |
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Huge thanks to Theog, and Joe Morris for taking the time to reply (and in some detail, huge thanks). I was able to get onto the tech guy that installed windows on my machine originally (took a while to get in contact because of public holidays), he mentioned to only use the 64 bit support disk. Why they also gave me a 32 bit windows disk is a mistery to me. Everything is pretty much straight forward from there. So if your installing 32 bit vista on a 64 bit machine and it fails at the completing installation step, if there is any reference to a 64 bit support disk, it could be that. Appologies for the confusion, I really appreciate the feedback on the issue, and will be using this advice it to partition my HD in the future. -- VistaCompUser |
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Installation issues
Huge thanks to Theog, and Joe Morris for taking the time to reply (and in some detail, huge thanks). I was able to get onto the tech guy that installed windows on my machine originally (took a while to get in contact because of public holidays), he mentioned to only use the 64 bit support disk. Why they also gave me a 32 bit windows disk is a mistery to me. Everything is pretty much straight forward from there. So if your installing 32 bit vista on a 64 bit machine and it fails at the completing installation step, if there is any reference to a 64 bit support disk, it could be that. Appologies for the confusion, I really appreciate the feedback on the issue, and will be using this advice it to partition my HD in the future. -- VistaCompUser |
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