Vista RC1 instalation unsuccessful ??

FuNsTeR · Sep 10, 2006, 12:51 AM

yet on the vista site .... it said my pc specs we're fine

Dyre Straits · Sep 10, 2006, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuNsTeR

yet on the vista site .... it said my pc specs we're fine

More information, please.

Exactly what kind of error did you get? Or, in what way was it unsuccessful?

FuNsTeR · Sep 10, 2006, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

More information, please.

Exactly what kind of error did you get? Or, in what way was it unsuccessful?

when i tried to upgrade via Xp that was the message i recieved "Installation Unsuccessful" then when i formarted and tried a clean install i would get to near the end of the instal (last reeboot then a blue screen of death would appear then disappear before i had the chance to see what is wrong .... if this is what Vista will be like ... i aint going to buy it if it will not install on my Pc

EcPercy · Sep 10, 2006, 10:18 AM

Did you look to see if there was an MD5 hash and verify that the download was not corrupt?

Hope this helps:

[COLOR=Black]X86[/COLOR]
CRC: 0xB3519FCA
SHA: 0xE00B4EBBC81FB420CF047973B95A9CFB7CDF51B7

vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x86fre_client-LR1CFRE_EN_DVD.iso

[COLOR=Black]X64[/COLOR]

CRC: 0x59C867D0
SHA: 0x8E4DE7A72C828A3543FF1663243EB0836DA07EEA

vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x64fre_client-LR1CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso

Dyre Straits · Sep 10, 2006, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuNsTeR

when i tried to upgrade via Xp that was the message i recieved "Installation Unsuccessful" then when i formarted and tried a clean install i would get to near the end of the instal (last reeboot then a blue screen of death would appear then disappear before i had the chance to see what is wrong .... if this is what Vista will be like ... i aint going to buy it if it will not install on my Pc

I didn't try to upgrade via XP at all. Rather, I burned the iso file to a DVD and then booted to the DVD and ran the installation from there.

I also didn't try to install it as an upgrade to XP. I put it on a different hard drive and am presently dual booting.

And, as EcPercy suggests: Make sure you have a good copy of the iso file.

How about providing your system specs here?

FuNsTeR · Sep 10, 2006, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

I didn't try to upgrade via XP at all. Rather, I burned the iso file to a DVD and then booted to the DVD and ran the installation from there.

I also didn't try to install it as an upgrade to XP. I put it on a different hard drive and am presently dual booting.

And, as EcPercy suggests: Make sure you have a good copy of the iso file.

How about providing your system specs here?

burned both isos to dvd 32 bit and 64 bit neither installed

Amd 64 3400 socket 754
Asus KV8 SE Deluxe
2 gig Corsair dual channel
X800 pro Agp
X-fi music
Ultra Xconnect 500 watt psu
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream
19" Neovo F-419 lcd

and i must add neither of the betas installed either

FuNsTeR · Sep 10, 2006, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EcPercy

Did you look to see if there was an MD5 hash and verify that the download was not corrupt?

Hope this helps:

[COLOR=black]X86[/COLOR]
CRC: 0xB3519FCA
SHA: 0xE00B4EBBC81FB420CF047973B95A9CFB7CDF51B7

vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x86fre_client-LR1CFRE_EN_DVD.iso

[COLOR=black]X64[/COLOR]

CRC: 0x59C867D0
SHA: 0x8E4DE7A72C828A3543FF1663243EB0836DA07EEA

vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x64fre_client-LR1CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso

how do you go about finding that out

anyways what is the chance that the previous attempts at installing the betas were also corrupt

PangingJr · Sep 10, 2006, 07:26 PM

google “Burn slower or risk data loss, warns Microsoft”
that could be your problem.

if you don't want to waste your time to find out, then within Windows XP you could try extracting the ISO to a folder on another partition, then quit your antivirus and all other running programs and disconnect your network connection if you want to. and then go to the folder and run the setup.exe, then choose the option "Custom (advanced) Install a clean copy of Windows....", and if the existing Windows is installed on a RAID drive, then you'll need to load your RAID drivers, and then select the existing partition of the XP, then since you chose to install a clean copy of Windows Vista, the Vista's setup program will copy the existing XP's files to a folder called Windows.old in drive C before it starts to install the Vista, then after the installation is done and Vista is running, then if you want to, you can completely remove the Windows.old folder.
note-- if you follow the above instruction you use it as your own risk... the Vista's setup program will not offer you, or configure your system for a dual-boot between the XP and Vista, it'll configure your system as a single boot system of the Vista only.

anyway, before you try that you might want to create a partition image of the existing Windows XP, so that you can go back to it...

for a better info on some parts of the above...

.....it'll configure your system as a single boot system of the Vista only. however, as mentioned earlier, i think i'll give you more information on this, since you chose to install Vista on the existing XP's partition, the setup program will detect that you have another Windows on the partition that you're about to use this same partition to install the Vista, it'll then offer you to copy the existing XP's files (in the XP partition only, not other partition that exists on the hard drives) and to keep these files in the Windows.old folder, and this is just in case that you want to use your old files at later time... you cannot refuse this offer, but to accept it (at least i've seen and been doing that on these few Vista's builds that i've tried, beta 2, 5536, 5600)... if you click cancel... the Vista will also quit the installation, and this will happen just like this on both 32-bit and x64 builds.

Alsajoso · Sep 10, 2006, 08:52 PM

This is true ^^^^ if I burned the iso at max speed I got corrupted installs, burn them at x1 speed and not a problem.....
Give it a go whatcha got to lose...
Also, backing your xp install up to another partition, or an external usb drive is a very prudent move. Me, I have mine to an ext usb drive but do not intend to re-install XP...I like Vista to much now and am waiting to hand MR Gates my hard earned cash when the retail release is out......

PangingJr · Sep 10, 2006, 09:02 PM

i think the problem is just too obvious, since he cannot successfully install any builds of Vista...

brutusmaximus · Sep 10, 2006, 10:17 PM

more than likely the ATI card. my brother couldnt get vista to install with his ATI card either. ATI really does suck lately.

Shuflie · Sep 11, 2006, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brutusmaximus

more than likely the ATI card. my brother couldnt get vista to install with his ATI card either. ATI really does suck lately.

Seems a bit unlikely, Beta 2 installed fine for me with the same ATI card. I haven't tried RC1 yet since my cable connection is down, and will be for the next week or so.

NeedleKnee · Sep 11, 2006, 12:55 PM

Vista should install fine with ATi cards, driver upgrades from ATi might cause problems however. I've installed different builds of Vista with no problems on both Mobility Radeon based laptops and Radeon based desktops.

Alsajoso · Sep 11, 2006, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeedleKnee

Vista should install fine with ATi cards, driver upgrades from ATi might cause problems however. I've installed different builds of Vista with no problems on both Mobility Radeon based laptops and Radeon based desktops.

Agreed, Vista installed fine on my wifes laptop which is powered by an ATI mobility x200 graphics chipset.

PangingJr · Sep 11, 2006, 02:38 PM

he's probably just kidding with me or the topic or someone in here...
ati is fine for the vista installs, ati beta drivers is another story...

Judas · Sep 11, 2006, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brutusmaximus

more than likely the ATI card. my brother couldnt get vista to install with his ATI card either. ATI really does suck lately.

Which ati card is it?

i've been able to successfully install both the beta/pre-rc1 and RC1 version on all the ATI cards i've got, (before installing the Catalyst drivers)..

all of which have completed the installation freshly within 10-30 minutes

PangingJr · Sep 11, 2006, 08:55 PM

probably millions of ati users out there too.
now everyone wants want to get to the bottom of this.

Dyre Straits · Sep 11, 2006, 09:20 PM

Pre-RC1 and RC1 have both installed fine on my system with X800 XL ATI card.

The RC1 ATI Drivers actually install. But, they cause problems. So, I'm using the MS drivers for now.

FuNsTeR · Sep 12, 2006, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alsajoso

This is true ^^^^ if I burned the iso at max speed I got corrupted installs, burn them at x1 speed and not a problem.....
Give it a go whatcha got to lose...
Also, backing your xp install up to another partition, or an external usb drive is a very prudent move. Me, I have mine to an ext usb drive but do not intend to re-install XP...I like Vista to much now and am waiting to hand MR Gates my hard earned cash when the retail release is out......

i did burn them at 8x speed i have re downloaded the iso's the lowest burn speed nero allows is 2 x speed i will try to install it this week some time when i have more time on my hand

oh and thanks for all the feedback on the thread lads

FuNsTeR · Sep 24, 2006, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brutusmaximus

more than likely the ATI card. my brother couldnt get vista to install with his ATI card either. ATI really does suck lately.

i extracted the Iso 32 bit to my hard drive and iam still recieving the same error messages ..... frankly if the problem is with my Ati card then it must be Microsofts problem ...... they are obviously going back to when software vendors we're writing code to suit their prefered hardware manufacturers .... i hope this is not the case because i will be not pleased if that is the case

PangingJr · Sep 24, 2006, 01:06 PM

if you haven't tried this, you might want to try what Hapatingjaky's suggests in this http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-vista-forum/118776-installing-vista-x64-setup-error.html

Gardinen · Sep 26, 2006, 12:07 AM

Well...I did manage to install Vista on my Dell E1405/640M laptop. However my AMD desktop comp. made BSOD at installation. Probably during install of the graphics drivers.

I'm having some mixed feelings about Windows Vista after I've tried it for a few hours. I kind of like the new Aero/glass theme but it also seems to be a major performance hog. And my harddrive is pretty much loading all the time.

I have "only" 1GB of RAM in my laptop and the GFX shares its videomemory with the RAM.

PangingJr · Sep 26, 2006, 12:14 AM

system with 1 GB and also shared will be too steep for vista.

Sep 10, 2006, 12:51 AM	#1
FuNsTeR Caledonian and Proud Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Darkest Ayrshire Posts: 1,268 Rep Power: 76 System Specs	Vista RC1 instalation unsuccessful ?? yet on the vista site .... it said my pc specs we're fine __________________ "They say when you play a Microsoft CD backwards you can hear satanic messages ..... but that's nothing, if you play it forward it will install Windows"

Sep 10, 2006, 07:26 PM	#8
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 69	google “Burn slower or risk data loss, warns Microsoft” that could be your problem. if you don't want to waste your time to find out, then within Windows XP you could try extracting the ISO to a folder on another partition, then quit your antivirus and all other running programs and disconnect your network connection if you want to. and then go to the folder and run the setup.exe, then choose the option "Custom (advanced) Install a clean copy of Windows....", and if the existing Windows is installed on a RAID drive, then you'll need to load your RAID drivers, and then select the existing partition of the XP, then since you chose to install a clean copy of Windows Vista, the Vista's setup program will copy the existing XP's files to a folder called Windows.old in drive C before it starts to install the Vista, then after the installation is done and Vista is running, then if you want to, you can completely remove the Windows.old folder. note-- if you follow the above instruction you use it as your own risk... the Vista's setup program will not offer you, or configure your system for a dual-boot between the XP and Vista, it'll configure your system as a single boot system of the Vista only. anyway, before you try that you might want to create a partition image of the existing Windows XP, so that you can go back to it... for a better info on some parts of the above... .....it'll configure your system as a single boot system of the Vista only. however, as mentioned earlier, i think i'll give you more information on this, since you chose to install Vista on the existing XP's partition, the setup program will detect that you have another Windows on the partition that you're about to use this same partition to install the Vista, it'll then offer you to copy the existing XP's files (in the XP partition only, not other partition that exists on the hard drives) and to keep these files in the Windows.old folder, and this is just in case that you want to use your old files at later time... you cannot refuse this offer, but to accept it (at least i've seen and been doing that on these few Vista's builds that i've tried, beta 2, 5536, 5600)... if you click cancel... the Vista will also quit the installation, and this will happen just like this on both 32-bit and x64 builds. Last edited by PangingJr; Sep 11, 2006 at 09:43 AM.

Sep 10, 2006, 08:52 PM	#9
Alsajoso DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dartford, Kent, UK Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	This is true ^^^^ if I burned the iso at max speed I got corrupted installs, burn them at x1 speed and not a problem..... Give it a go whatcha got to lose... Also, backing your xp install up to another partition, or an external usb drive is a very prudent move. Me, I have mine to an ext usb drive but do not intend to re-install XP...I like Vista to much now and am waiting to hand MR Gates my hard earned cash when the retail release is out...... __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 1GB PC3200 DDR DFI Lanparty Nforce4 ultra-d MOBO Nvidia 7600GT PCI-E 256MB GDDR3 SB Audigy 2zs Akasa EVO33 H/s fan Hiper Black label 580w PSU. MS media pro keyboard Logitech MX1000 laser mouse Windows Vista x86 RC1 (Build 5600)

Sep 10, 2006, 10:17 PM	#11
brutusmaximus DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 520 Rep Power: 74	more than likely the ATI card. my brother couldnt get vista to install with his ATI card either. ATI really does suck lately. __________________

Sep 10, 2006, 10:18 AM	#4
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 64	Did you look to see if there was an MD5 hash and verify that the download was not corrupt? Hope this helps: [COLOR=Black]X86[/COLOR] CRC: 0xB3519FCA SHA: 0xE00B4EBBC81FB420CF047973B95A9CFB7CDF51B7 vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x86fre_client-LR1CFRE_EN_DVD.iso [COLOR=Black]X64[/COLOR] CRC: 0x59C867D0 SHA: 0x8E4DE7A72C828A3543FF1663243EB0836DA07EEA vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x64fre_client-LR1CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso

Sep 10, 2006, 09:02 PM	#10
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 69	i think the problem is just too obvious, since he cannot successfully install any builds of Vista...

Sep 11, 2006, 12:55 PM	#13
NeedleKnee DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Vista should install fine with ATi cards, driver upgrades from ATi might cause problems however. I've installed different builds of Vista with no problems on both Mobility Radeon based laptops and Radeon based desktops.

Sep 11, 2006, 02:38 PM	#15
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 69	he's probably just kidding with me or the topic or someone in here... ati is fine for the vista installs, ati beta drivers is another story...

Sep 11, 2006, 08:55 PM	#17
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 69	probably millions of ati users out there too. now everyone wants want to get to the bottom of this.

Sep 24, 2006, 01:06 PM	#21
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 69	if you haven't tried this, you might want to try what Hapatingjaky's suggests in this http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-vista-forum/118776-installing-vista-x64-setup-error.html

Sep 26, 2006, 12:07 AM	#22
Gardinen DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Trollhättan, Sweden Posts: 512 Rep Power: 0	Well...I did manage to install Vista on my Dell E1405/640M laptop. However my AMD desktop comp. made BSOD at installation. Probably during install of the graphics drivers. I'm having some mixed feelings about Windows Vista after I've tried it for a few hours. I kind of like the new Aero/glass theme but it also seems to be a major performance hog. And my harddrive is pretty much loading all the time. I have "only" 1GB of RAM in my laptop and the GFX shares its videomemory with the RAM.

Sep 26, 2006, 12:14 AM	#23
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 69	system with 1 GB and also shared will be too steep for vista.