Upgrade from XP to Vista 64 Bit - Not happy

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Butter

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Hi all,
I have been scanning this site to sole an upgrade problem and I would just like to confirm that I have wasted my time buying 64bit Vista unless I want to Start with a fresh install?

I just built a new PC and for some reasin it would not do the initial install from the Vista disk. This appears to have been a problem experienced by others with the same motherboard (Asus P5KPL-CM). SO I found a copy of XP S2 and installed that thinking that I could upgrade - apparently not which makes sense since I have read this forum.

Is there a solution to being able to get the PC to do a fresh install from the VIsta 64 disk?


Sorry but I am a newb at this operating system stuff.

Thanks

Butter
 

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What is the problem installing Vista, why does it fail?
What is the version of the BIOS on the motherboard?
What other hardware have you got connected to the motherboard?
To do a clean install of vista go into your BIOS and set the CD drive as the first in the boot priority.
Boot from the vista disk and install from there.
 

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HI Roy,
The error comes after the initial setup bit - Language auth key and so forth. It simply says it cant run the Install file
sorry not sure of BIos version I will find out.
Running 4g Ram, 6800GT vid card, Pentium E2200 Dual core processor

That is about it

Troy
 

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I couldnt install vista 32bit ,,,I just couldnt figure it out...
Made a remake fron VLITE with a few drivers for raid and so forth....Flawless install
 

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Hi Troy, Welcome to the Forum

Try doing the install with only 2gig RAM installed

I hope this helps

Pooch
 

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i dont think you can upgrade from a 32 bit to a 64 bit install you have to do a full format , is your version of XP 32 bit?
 

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archie123 said:
i dont think you can upgrade from a 32 bit to a 64 bit install you have to do a full format , is your version of XP 32 bit?
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??? have you read this post at all?
 

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pooch said:
archie123 said:
i dont think you can upgrade from a 32 bit to a 64 bit install you have to do a full format , is your version of XP 32 bit?
Click to expand...
??? have you read this post at all?
Click to expand...


obviously not well enough , but im so glad you found the time to point that out , cheers :rolleyes:
 

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lo Butter
just a thought, have you tried the asus site ?, i have a striker 2 and had the same problem, they said it was chipset limitation and i had to use an ide hdd to get it to work, hope you get it sorted as vista x64 is great.

lol archie123, im always doing that so i will have to remember that one, hehe.
 

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Stoney I have been all over the Asus web site and I do have a IDE HDD. I have the 64bit on my main computer which has plenty of grunt and it is really good, I have no problems at all. The computer I am having trouble with is a new one to go in the lounge as a media computer. I think I am going to be fairly well lazy and leave the XP on it as I cant be bothered formatting and going through the pain for a second computer. Except now I probably leave myself open for network problems?

Thanks to evryone for leaving ideas. May I just ask what is Vlite?
 

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Butter said:
Stoney I have been all over the Asus web site and I do have a IDE HDD. I have the 64bit on my main computer which has plenty of grunt and it is really good, I have no problems at all. The computer I am having trouble with is a new one to go in the lounge as a media computer. I think I am going to be fairly well lazy and leave the XP on it as I cant be bothered formatting and going through the pain for a second computer. Except now I probably leave myself open for network problems?

Thanks to evryone for leaving ideas. May I just ask what is Vlite?
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Hi Troy did you try the install with only 2gig RAM installed??
 

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    22" TFT-MONITOR WIDESCREEN mit VGA/DVI 17" Video7 TFT
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    Drive #1 - SAMSUNG HD252HJ (250 GB) Drive #2 - Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1000 GB) Drive #3 - SAMSUNG HD250HJ (250 GB) Drive #4 - SAMSUNG HD103UJ (1000 GB) External eSATA
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Hi Troy did you try the install with only 2gig RAM installed??
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MAte , no I havent as I would have to reformat the bloody thing and I am just a little over it. I will definately keep in mind though should I try to install again.

Thanks

Butter
 

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Butter said:
Hi Troy did you try the install with only 2gig RAM installed??
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MAte , no I havent as I would have to reformat the bloody thing and I am just a little over it. I will definately keep in mind though should I try to install again.

Thanks

Butter
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you dont have to reformat to remove 2gb ram.....:shock:
 

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