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Vista install won't run under XP
Knobert Knob...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I am looking into buying a new laptop without an O/S pre-installed. I already have a desktop computer with XP installed, but I'd like to upgrade that to Vista. Can I then use my old copy of XP on my laptop once I have

HP laptop, got one? You need to read this.
I have the XP Pro cd from the old laptop so the XP OS is not a problem its just the other drivers I think. or should I make it a dual boot. Thanks r You can probably use the drivers on the Vista Install, save the Install on another disk first. If its like Acer, the only vista software are the Installers,

Vista installation will not complete!
So let me get this strait- I've got an HP laptop that came with 32bit VISTA Home Premium - I've got an AMD Turion 64bit X2 processor and I cannot upgrade If you have the 32bit version of Home Premium - you could upgrade to the x64 (64-bit) Vista Ultimate or Home Premium , but it would be a clean install so you

Help to install Windows on new laptop harddisk, Vista drivers ...
... copy the image to the laptop, and use an image utility on your laptop, to make a virtual dvd drive, mount the image, and run setup from windows, It would be very handy to be able to just copy the Vista installation files to a HDD and run the setup directly from the HDD Cheers I'm not totally convinced that

Vista Install
http://rockhopping.net/taxonomy/term/115 Installing Vista -> go back ,----[ Quote ] If it wouldn't have started after all this, I think I would have run down to the store and bought a mac laptop. I was almost sad when it fired up again and completed the last bit of the install in just under 30 minutes.

Vista Upgrade
Dina d...@discussion.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general After trying for almost an year,I am at a point considering to uninstall VISTA and go back to XP which is much easier to troubleshoot.Vista troubleshoot has limited options and i feel that my new laptop has become a Ginnypig of some other

Error message upgrading to Windows Vista Home Premium
Catriona Catri...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Thank you for all the advice. My laptop is less than a year old and meets I would like to try Vista but not if it isn't worth it. So all your comments are helpful. I would like to try to install it, but I'm afraid of having the

Vista Installation/Bios problems
I have Vista Ultimate on my laptop. I want to create a brand new install of Vista on my laptop. For my current account profile, I have backed up all the files to a backup external disk. I want to do a clean install. Now how do I create an install disk for Vista? In the old days, we would get an install CD along

Help vista install
Hi guys Trying to install Vista RTM on a clean partition on a Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop. I did an upgrade checker before I started and it said Vista would install. Basically, the install works okay, and then after the first reboot I get a "blue screen of death". I can't see anything that tells me what's going on,

What is the most cost-effective way to perform a clean re-install
Yesterday, I received a new laptop from work, did a fresh Vista install and attempted to install all my usual applications (Visual Studio 2005, some games, etc...). Wow, did microsoft drop the ball on this one. I could not install any, i repeat any, of my apps without error. Upon searching the net for solutions,

Vista installation has frozen my laptop
As I relayed earlier the first install on my AMD 64 X2 went well. Having said that, I was a little nervous the second one because it's my laptop. Microsoft's evaluator said my graphics (ATI 200M) wouldn't run Aero with acceptable performance. After some further checking I decided to try it anyway.

Install Vista FROM HDD instead of DVD?
The one in particular I'm having difficulty with is an install CD for Vista Beta 1. It spins but when I try to explore the disk, it tells me that there's no disk in the drive. However, my Sony DVD/RW does read the disk, and so does my DVD combo drive in my laptop. I thought maybe it was a problem with the fact that

Can not start Windows vista laptop
I can now access XP but not Vista. My Vista install is so buggy that I cannot install VistaBootPro. Vista is only stable in Safe mode for me. Last night I installed Vista on my Laptop, which has 1 HD and 2 partitions. XP on the first and loaded Vista to the 2nd. Everything worked fine and I have working dual

Vista Install/Uninstall?
lycos.com wrote: You have got a new computer (desktop or laptop) with Windows on it but you want to stop the install and EULA routine for some reason. You quickly make sure the bios will allow booting from a CD and insert a Knoppix or Ubuntu CD in the drive. At boot time, the Vista install ignores the bios and

2nd Windows Vista Install
HSS harry.simp...@phgt.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup So let me get this strait- I've got an HP laptop that came with 32bit VISTA Home Premium - I've got an AMD You're all right, I was trying to install the 64-bit version. The package I bought came with two versions, 32-bit and 64-bit.

Vista Installation Far Harder Than Linux Installation
Marcus mar...@idontwant.spam.org microsoft public windows vista general I'm going to buy a new laptop that sports a Windows Vista Home Premium edition I persoanlly dislike. The only worry is about a "repair install" capability. If OEM versions are suited for "clean" disks, how do you manage a repair install?

Warning Latest Vista Updates Faulty ?
Now I want to re-install the original XP, the recovery disks thinks my laptop is not a Satellite M30, and comes up with the eroor, "Wrong Machine" The name of the computer has changed from "Satellite M30" to "Laptop PC" I'm not sure if this happened during the Vista installation or Mandriva.

new xp partition on laptop with vista pre installed
alpit alf....@gmail.com comp sys laptops Few days ago I bought a brand new HP note book (HP 530 notebook core duo processor) and I'm still unable to install Windows Vista on its harddisk. During Win vista installation I always get an error that hard disk was not detected, however the harddisk is good because I

Vista Install Instructions
Mt hp laptop comes with a partition. C:\ for the main os and D:\ for the recovery drive. Well, D:\ is useless now and i wanted to delete the partition and reclaim it's wasted space. Do I now have to boot with my xp disc and format the drive and install xp again and then re upgrade it to vista?

Vista Installation Lesson's Learned
siliconglen.com> wrote: Hi I have a recently purchased Dell Latitude 820 which had XP SP2 Pro and has now been upgraded to Vista Business. Since doing so, the laptop speakers do not play any sound under Windows Media Player. I do get some system sounds but that's it. I have applied the latest patches from Dell,