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need XP/Vista upgrade and dual boot advice
Tried one more time.... booted up using the Vista DVD and then used the option in the Vista install to do a quick format on that drive and proceeded with the install. It worked.....! I naturally went and tried all the previous installs I tried before - WinXP Pro, Vista x86 and x64 versions - they all loaded and ran

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Carmine, thanks for the suggestion, but after my clean Vista reinstallation, I didn't install any AV software before trying the mail. And I left all the Microsoft Security on default settings. I also tried looking for the pop3uidl file referred to in the link you kindly provided, but it seems to be an Outlook

Repartition HDisk - reinstall vista
Do not use the escape key technique to install Vista and you will have a boot options menu showing "Older Version of Windows" and "Microsoft Vista". If you run Vista setup from the XP desktop and simply select your desired partition for installation your disk drive lettering will align between the two systems.

Dell Vista upgrade won't Activate says key is already in use ...
In any case, there is no hard and fast rule about Vista not installing on ram greater than any particular amount. In fact I installed Vista Ultimate x64 on Hi, Install Vista with only 2 GB RAM present. Those BSOD's are a known issue with Vista installs on > 2 GB RAM. After you are done with the installation you

Cannot Install
The install on the EIDE drive works great and I had no problems installing Vista. Boot from the DVD and do a custom install (not an upgrade) on Vista On the first install of Vista - do not enter the product key. If you're doing a 64 bit version, you can only do a custom install and not an upgrade at this point.

UAC
Just tell Vista how big you want the System Partition to be (and the Boot Volume, if you want to install Vista somewhere other than the System Partition) and Setup will handle the rest. It sounds like you are hitting the common problem of trying to install Vista onto a hard drive without the proper drivers.

Even top officials struggled to make vista work!!!
So why would you want to install Vista to install backed up Vista? My suggestion is to spend $40 on a third party program such as Acronis True Image, In the event Master failure, unplug crashed Mater HD send it to trash can, apply the image onto clean partition without ever install Vista or apps. and now slave

Help Installing Vista Clean
John Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup You can just unplug the Vista X86 drive and you don't have to worry about losing anything. Install Vista with only the drive you are going to install hooked up and all your boot files will allow you to do the same boot time selection

Some things you need to know BEFORE and DURING Vista install
Finally, in frustration, I reinstalled Vista (clean install of Windows XP, then clean install of Vista). Without doing anything else, I set up my mail account, using exactly the settings which worked under XP/OE, and the problem remains. I'm feeling a bit lonely, because looking back through this newsgroup,

windows xp to vista on an hp pavilion
Asus announced some killer motherboards recently that are "Vista Optimized", 64 bit boards. Don't activate Vista until you are sure you like the config so you can go back to XP if you need to. Maybe buy a new hard drive and install Vista there. Also, do the trick if you plan to upgrade from XP.

IE7 crashes in Vista
Considering that the hardware specs haven't been released, yes you are. im thinking of all the thousands of computers that dont have 64 bit processors to run The hardware specs haven't been released and Vista won't be released until next year. To answer your question, you would install Vista after using the HP

boot stuck on black screen with cursor pointer
Now, what would be best way, to get it to just give me an option between Vista and XP upon booting? I sure don't want to scredw anything up, I can live with it like it is if I need to. Btw, no I did not have my main drive that XP is on unplugged when installing the Vista Ultimate full version on the new drive.

Zero Configuration missing in services and regedit
The problem was I had a usb cruser attached and pulled it out after I got hung up but my pc required a hard reboot in order to keep installing Vista. I should have known better than to have that in there during the upgrade... I have a brand new Dell Latitude D820 and am completely blown away at it's performance

VISTA HOME BASIC INSTALL DVD FOR AN 8 PC NETWORK SETUP
The ideal thing would be to simply do a fresh install of Vista from the XP desktop but I can understand that you might not want to do that. Do not use the escape key technique to install Vista and you will have a boot options menu showing "Older Version of Windows" and "Microsoft Vista". If you run Vista setup

error WindowsUpdate_80073712
Did you open Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer), right click on the install file on the CD and select "Run as administrator"? I have not. My laptop is my main computer and it's a work computer. Is it plausable that Norton (they have the laptop locked down) could be causing problems? If you don't have the

Takes days (almost a week) to install XP VPC on Vista Host
But Vista will not install drivers that are not digitally signed by Microsoft. I don't use Vista, so have no first hand experience. If so, did you install Vista x86 (32-bit) or Vista x64 (64-bit)? Well, if you get Windows XP x64 then you need different drivers than for Windows XP x86 (32-bit), and you run into

Ultimate: clean re-install, need some advice..
I'll do that just for peace of mind while I install Vista. Thanks for the info. When I get a bettter PC in a year or so, I may try the Virtual PC 2007. To be safe, I was definitely going to disconnect my XP drive before installing Vista on the other drive. One thing that I will do first is to upgrade with the

How many of you guys are in bed with Bill Gates?
Try disconnecting the hard drive that Vista won't be installed on (you can reconnect it after Vista is installed). If the message "Required cd/dvd drive device driver is missing" comes up again, interpret that as "Windows Install could not locate a storage device to install Windows Vista on.

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
(A very small number of ATIs are causing Black Screens or lockups, usually after Vista installation. If you have onboard video support, remove this card, reboot and then install Vista.) After flashing your BIOS, does it boot into XP okay? "Reyno" wrote: Hi~ I'm having a heck of a time installing Vista Ultimate.

vista 64 bit corrupt registry
Well, I don't know. I honestly haven't tried it...yet. This Lenovo is going to get a copy of XP, because I am so tired of Vista on it. When I do this, I will be sure to let you know what happens and what sort of utilities are available. It should be noted, however, that I usually don't install a lot of that "stuff"