Vista Installation Freezes After First Restart

Joalta · 02-07-2009, 11:57 PM

I currently trying to quad-boot XP Pro, Vista Ultimate, OS X 86, and Ubuntu on my Laptop (I bought a 500 GB HD for this specific purpose). I got XP installed with very little problem (other than the SATA driver problem) & am not trying to install Vista. I got it to install all the way up to the point where it has to restart & it goes through the POST and everything and when it gets to the first screen where it trys to boot from the disc, I let that time out. But when it gets to the end of the time out, it stops loading. It stays at this screen with the blinking cursor at the end of the "Press any key to load from CD....._" messange. It doesn't respond to any button pushes except to turn the computer off and the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination. I've tried taking the disc out at bootup and I've tried reinstalling it and I've also tried a diffent image burned to the DVD and nothing seems to make a difference. I would really appreciate some help with this extremely frustrating problem.

**jcgriff2** · 02-08-2009, 04:40 AM

Hi -

You mentioned trying a different image burned to the DVD - are you using a genuine Vista Ultimate DVD? Is it OEM or full retail?

Regards. . .

jcgriff2

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Joalta · 02-08-2009, 05:51 AM

The first image I tried was an OEM version with Service Pack 1 integrated into it. When that didn't work, I tried using one of those "Black Edition" images. It also had SP1 in it. Before all this, I tried each one of these in VMware and they worked perfectly. I also tried one without SP1 and when I tried to install SP1 it said it wasn't available for my current "Language Pack".

**jcgriff2** · 02-10-2009, 09:00 AM

You need to purchase your own copy of Vista.

02-07-2009, 11:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Joalta Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: MI Posts: 5 OS: Vista Premium, XP Pro, OS x86 My System	Vista Installation Freezes After First Restart I currently trying to quad-boot XP Pro, Vista Ultimate, OS X 86, and Ubuntu on my Laptop (I bought a 500 GB HD for this specific purpose). I got XP installed with very little problem (other than the SATA driver problem) & am not trying to install Vista. I got it to install all the way up to the point where it has to restart & it goes through the POST and everything and when it gets to the first screen where it trys to boot from the disc, I let that time out. But when it gets to the end of the time out, it stops loading. It stays at this screen with the blinking cursor at the end of the "Press any key to load from CD....._" messange. It doesn't respond to any button pushes except to turn the computer off and the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination. I've tried taking the disc out at bootup and I've tried reinstalling it and I've also tried a diffent image burned to the DVD and nothing seems to make a difference. I would really appreciate some help with this extremely frustrating problem.

02-08-2009, 04:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
jcgriff2 Moderator, Microsoft Supp Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Great State of New Jersey - away from the gross corruption of the Riverside County, CA, SO office. SHAMEFUL ! Posts: 10,131 OS: Windows 7, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Vista Installation Freezes After First Restart Hi - You mentioned trying a different image burned to the DVD - are you using a genuine Vista Ultimate DVD? Is it OEM or full retail? Regards. . . jcgriff2 . __________________ . . . . . . . . BSOD Posting Instructions B Expecting a reply and waiting > 36 hours ? Send a PM to me containing a link to your thread Glad to be home in the Great State of New Jersey ! !

02-08-2009, 05:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Joalta Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: MI Posts: 5 OS: Vista Premium, XP Pro, OS x86 My System	Re: Vista Installation Freezes After First Restart The first image I tried was an OEM version with Service Pack 1 integrated into it. When that didn't work, I tried using one of those "Black Edition" images. It also had SP1 in it. Before all this, I tried each one of these in VMware and they worked perfectly. I also tried one without SP1 and when I tried to install SP1 it said it wasn't available for my current "Language Pack".

02-10-2009, 09:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
jcgriff2 Moderator, Microsoft Supp Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Great State of New Jersey - away from the gross corruption of the Riverside County, CA, SO office. SHAMEFUL ! Posts: 10,131 OS: Windows 7, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Vista Installation Freezes After First Restart You need to purchase your own copy of Vista. __________________ . . . . . . . . BSOD Posting Instructions B Expecting a reply and waiting > 36 hours ? Send a PM to me containing a link to your thread Glad to be home in the Great State of New Jersey ! !