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12-23-2007, 12:21 PM
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MENTOR HARDWARE TEAM
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Aussie in London
Posts: 2,399
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows XP Professional SP2, Mac OSX Leopard
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Re: Vista Ultimate hangs on completing installation
Borrow a dvd drive and try that. Make sure your IDE cables are firmly connected and try to set default settings in the bios by either clearing the cmos or resetin the default. Also switch off your machine and unplug it for 10 minutes or so.
good luck
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12-23-2007, 08:32 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 45
OS: XP SP3
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Re: Vista Ultimate hangs on completing installation
I've done all of that. Thanks though. I know this problem does not make any freakin' sense, but it is really what's happening. I will suck it up and just use XP for now.
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12-24-2007, 01:56 AM
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Manager, Hardware Forums
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: west australia
Posts: 39,508
OS: vista 32x ultimate retail
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Re: Vista Ultimate hangs on completing installation
each time you reinstall are you clearing the drive with dban first before trying the install again
if you have more than one h/drive disconnect the other[s] for the install
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12-26-2007, 07:00 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 45
OS: XP SP3
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Re: Vista Ultimate hangs on completing installation
No. Not before each time. There is only that one HD in my box. I did format the HD before I tried to reinstall each time though. I will try dban again before each scenario to see if that helps...
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12-26-2007, 06:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 7
OS: Vista
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Re: Vista Ultimate hangs on completing installation
I borrowed a vista 64 disc, it booted perfectly, I went out today and bought it.
Seems something in my system just didn't like vista 86 ultimate. I love giving Microsoft more money. |
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12-27-2007, 01:27 AM
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Manager, Hardware Forums
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: west australia
Posts: 39,508
OS: vista 32x ultimate retail
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Re: Vista Ultimate hangs on completing installation
if you bought ultimate
the 64x disk comes with it along with the 32x i think it's the only version with both included
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12-27-2007, 09:25 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 462
OS: Vista 32-bit Ultimate
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Re: Vista Ultimate hangs on completing installation
@ dai, yes the ultimate is the only version with both 32 & 64 bit included, but to my understanding they are both on the same disk, so there is some "switching" involved.
If a Basic Disk and a straight 64-bit disk install correctly, it seems to me the natural conclusion is that the media is bad. Have you inspected it closely for errors ? One option is to use good media burning software (like Nero) to make a copy of the disk and try to install from the copy. Sometimes these burning softwares can correct physical defects in the disk. If that fails, I'd research getting a replacement disk from MS, or as an alternative get a copy of the disk (from "somewhere") and use it with your legit PID. |
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06-29-2008, 10:41 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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OS: Vista Ultimate
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Re: Vista Ultimate hangs on completing installation
FOUND REAL SOLUTION AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY FIRST TIME. AS I WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. In bios go to sata operation and set it to ATA not AHCI. Also when you do that it will probably prompt you to change another setting before you can do that. Just change the setting it says to, i dont remember what it was but you only had one other option so there isnt any way to mess it up. I believe the other option it makes you change before changing SATA operation for ahci to ata is the flash cache module. something along them lines. hope this helps
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