This is the Vista I downloaded and burned on to a DVD. Nothing happens when I restart, other then the normal Windows XP boot. My BIOS looks at floppy and both CD and DVD Drives but does not see the Vista DVD? What am I doing wrong? -- an old - old guy who tries to keep up!

well i put the disk in boot from it get to were it says insatll drivers what drivers and were do i get them from i dont get past collecting info please help

I have the same problem with an ATI x1300 512mb, using the ATI beta drivers, I just see black screen after logging in. BUT I tried pressing the start button and up a few times like 30-45 sec after login and hitting enter and waiting and the desktop CAME UP! turned out to be the welcome screen and I have done it every time and it has worked 80% of the time, sometimes coming up instanlly,...

I read an article from a tech website that said users that have RC1 may not be able to buy the upgrade version of the final release. That we'll have to get the full version, which is significantly more expensive. Is there any veracity to this?

As so MANY have posted before me... Trying to install Longhorn Aug CTP.... Clean install, hard disks have been wiped. After it boots from the DVD without a problem and starts the install, THEN it claims it needs a DVD/CD device driver. Funny. For reference I am using a Toshiba SD-M1401 drive. Anyone have info on where I can get this "driver"? It's sitting on a PERC 3Di and I tried giving...

I used Acronis Disk Director v10 to create a new 40GB partition. I then installed Windows XP Home onto that partition and when I ran the Vista program, the Upgrade option was disabled. I tried doing a clean install but the partition wasn't listed. Any ideas on why Upgrade wasn't available and why the partition wasn't listed?

I start the upgrade from b2 to RC1 (5600) and all goes well until the Completing upgrade stage. When it gets there it takes FOREVER! going . then ... then ..., finnally it finishes and it restarts and then a couple seconds after the loading windows screen comes up, the moving bar near the bottom freeses and the Blue Screen of Death flashes on for a second then the computer restarts. did this...

I tried to install Vista RC1 on my PC and after the Product Key window I receive the following error message: Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\Install.wim is missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Errorcode: 0x80070570, I tried re-downloading , re-burning and also burning as slow as I can and I keep getting the same...

I am a PC salesman and want to get feel for Vista before I am expected to start selling Vista based systems. I want a dual boot so I can use my existing XP home system (fully updated) when I am not ‘playing’ with Vista. I tried – and failed – any advice – help appreciated. – it’s a long story. I downloaded RC1 and burned a DVD and backed up my system I used Partition manager to...

I am installing Windows Vista RC1 build 5600. While setup was "Completing Installation", my computer restarted. After the background loaded, I got an error message saying "Installation was unable to complete because of an unexpected restart. Please restart installation." I have disconnected all usb devices and removed everything in my PCI slots except for my graphics card. I even...

The MS program states my PC is ok for vista. I try to load on the c drive (20gb free) but it states "We can not verify your PC is ok etc" and it will not load vista. I have a slave drive devided into 5 part each with 50GB but one has some info on it. If i make this slave the master will the partisions be seen by vista and load on the first part or will i end up with a clean HD? Current OS XP...

I have 2 HDD in my system. Drive 1 is XP Pro and Drive 2 is Vista. The only way I was able to install vista was to unplug drive 1 from the motherboard and setup 2 as the first drive. I would like to be able to multi-boot between the two OS. How can I modify the Boot.ini to achieve this?

Just upgraded last night. Took 1 hour and 40 minutes. Only issue was with the driver for the Mass Storage Controller. Did not find appropriate driver. Still not resolved as of today, but no impact on operations. Flawless except for that one minor issue. And am very pleased with 5728. Thanks, Microsoft! --

In an update to XP, failed with a report that it could not write to partition. What could cause this?

I want a multi-boot system - existing XP-home - and Vista just to have a look at it (I'm a PC salesman and will no doubt have to sell PCs with Vista early next year) I tried and failed - any advice on how to create this, or what went wrong please. I shuffled by partitions and created an empty 50GB primary partition (Drive G:), using partition manager under XP home, (fully updated).

Hi, I hope that someone can help me I keep getting an error message that says the files are corrupt and I have downloaded and burned the files iso images to a dvd I ended up using like 7 Dvd's but it still says the same thing and I don't even get the option to upgrade. Any help would be great

Folks, here is what MSFT is saying: "Windows Vista: Now available for test drive Did you miss the last opportunity to try Windows Vista? Now is your chance. If you're tech-savvy and comfortable running beta software, we invite you to try Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1), the latest pre-release version of Windows Vista." I don't think this sounds like MSFT is trying to discourage us...

Hi. I was going to have a multiboot system with one hard drive, so I UPGRADED to vista, shrunk the drive space, and was going to install XP again, but now XP setup has dulled out "Install Windows XP". What should I do?

What version of Vista 64bit or 32bit? If you are going to use the 64 bit and you have a realtek sound card, you can goto hp and search for 64bit drivers for the ac97' sp30305 worked for me. You have to also disable your UAC and disable your driver signing. That may work for you, Good luck. "GamefreQ" wrote: i got the same problem but i clean install how do i get the no audio output

Hi all , i just thought that i would share my Vista RC1 experience with you so far installation was perfect completed in about 30 -45 minutes i was very suprised to see that Vista actually searched & installed every driver automatically , exactly what did it do ??? i dont really know , if it actually downloaded them or copied them over from