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System restore process takes a long time
Last week i need to format my pc, and reinstall the same vista. But now, i'm not able to install the media restore pack. Anytime i start the media player installer for xp, it start and after some seconds the application window just close. In Vista problems report and solutions, i've seen i've got an entry for each

can't boot into XP after attempted Vista install
There seems to be no clue as to which drive has the Vista installation so that I can choose the other one to format and install XP. (Installing XP after Vista can really mess things up. Take the master drive out of the computer (with Vista), make the slave drive a master. Install XP on it.

Does this dual-boot installation plan work?
How will they solve this without making users completely re-install Vista again? Luckily I have other computers in the house. charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <OTC412BcIHA.2...@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsupdate NNTP-Posting-Host:

Install/startup problem: Vista on Intel RAID controller (ICH8R etc
Thanks for replying even so long after the original post. "~Deo" wrote: Hi, While installing it make a right click on the Istaller file and run as administrator after wards on the game icon make a right click -> compatibility tab -> check run as administrator. it should work fine as had same issue with Vista with

IE7 CRASHES
Start a new install with Vista, when it takes you to the screen with a few install options, there should be a button for either "Advanced" or "Other Options" or something similar on, I believe, the lower right of the screen. Click that and you will see options to delete partitions, create new ones and format.

Zero Configuration missing in services and regedit
I have been having trouble installing Itunes and other installation files that come in the .msi format. I am attempting to install the latest version of Itunes (7.6.1.9) and I get this error message right after I double click on the setup file, " This installation package could not be opened.

Vista install fails after 1st restart
When you have successfully installed Vista, you can then use disk management to further partition and format your RAID array. Dwarf "chefjay" wrote: I stumbled on the fix for this by unplugging the other SATA hdd's that were connected. Vista loaded just fine after that. I reconnected them and formatted thema nd now

Computer Management & Event Viewer consoles dont open after SP
Use Disk Management to identify, assign a drive letter, rename, and format (NTFS)a partition for Vista. I used "S-1 V Vista Ultimate (V)". Follow the installation prompts. At the end of the Vista installation procedure it will install updates and ask to restart Vista. Restart. After Vista restarts verify Vista

Activating Vista Home Premium
Here are other programs that I have learned are not compatible and should be uninstalled: a) Uninstall your Adobe Flash Player before the upgrade and when reinstalling it into Vista after the upgrade is completed, install the stand-alone version. b) Uninstall the Adobe Acrobat program if you have it, Adobe Bridge

Drive letters in XP and Vista both indicate C:\
mikeyhsd mikey...@sport.rr.com microsoft public windows vista general installing xp after vista is installed damages the vista boot loader. requiring almost first and prep the hard drive. create partitions format and such. install XP, then install vista. proper dual boot set up for you during the vista install.

after vista install, pc won't boot
Stephen Petrowski bsa2...@adelphia.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup go to the disk manager and change the drive letters in vista then format .... A 'repair startup' after making the Vista partition active using the install DVD should work fine. Some times it has to be run more than one time.

Vista install fails after 1st restart
I always get this error when I use the Vista setup to format the drive. It comes up during the first step after selecting the drive. The only instruction is to try again. I did find SWISSKNIFE, and used that to format the drive with NTFS. When I tried the Vista install afterwards, it almost worked.

Partition Magic
Thing is, on the disk i wanted to install Vista to, i had a failing Vista beta 2 before, with tons of undeletable files. My guess is that some of your NTFS streams are locked up, and Vista setup cannot access them. Solutions: - install on another drive that never had any previous Vista (betas, RCs) - try to format

VISTA HOME BASIC INSTALL DVD FOR AN 8 PC NETWORK SETUP
Mac Stephen Petrowski" wrote: go to the disk manager and change the drive letters in vista then format the empty drive simple as that "Mac (Croatia)" copy boot loader which is now on E partition to partition C which is empty after I have deleted XP and there is still Boot Manager from previous XP installation

[Rival] Silverlight Snubbed, Microsoft Already Screws WPF ...
Then boot from the Vista DVD and have it format the drive, then continue with the install. My other post gave more info but the above is the bottom line fix I've reformatted the drive used to install Vista after each attempt. I've checked all the manf sites for info and I haven't read about anyone else here not

Vista install failure. Now can't boot XP or anything. Please help
I was just upgrading my XP Pro using the Vista install wizard. I made a clean install instead of making a real upgrade where my settings are kept, so I really don't understand why You ave to format the drive after recovering and move the data back! Thanks for you help :-) "Richard Urban" wrote: I have no idea.

Vista Ultimate x86 or x64 will not install to SATA drives - ok ...
Exit and restart, it should load XP directly (the XP bootloader won't load Vista). You can then format the partition/volume that contains Vista from Windows Explorer After using it for a while I'm discovering many incompatibilities. WMP won't play divx files, mpc won't play at all. DesktopSidebar won't install.

Installing Vista Home Premium and Format
Hi All I have just tried to install vista ultimate 32bit rtm on a pc that I was able to successfully in the past install all the previous betas of vista fine I then format the hard drive (its sees the 80gb drive fine)etc to do a clean install not an upgrade. It then starts installing, uncompressing files etc.

Vista install fails after 1st restart
On@the,Bridge microsoft public windows vista general just install the driver from the manufacturer on top, you will always have the "rollback driver" of 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

After installing Vista Premium
If you boot Win2K, can you see and access the new Vista partition on the SATA drive? That would tell you the SATA drivers on the install DVD are working, at least. BTW, did you format the Vista partition from Win2K? You should let the Vista installer format its own partition in any case -- that's important.