hello im new on here i have been working with pcs for quite a while now but i have never been as frustrated as i have been the last few hours. i have gone into my bios setup set my dvd rom as first boot device and hdd as second, put my xp cd in as i have before on my old computer, and i get a black screen that says please insert media into drive press any key. but when i put my vista cd in there the process starts and goes into the installation it gets to the point where i have to restart when vista is done installing to my hdd then when it restarts it goes back into the install windows vista again and im like wtf i just installed it and i cannot get into my desktop at all, i think my xp cd is bad but i can deal with vista both hdd's are brand new i had them formated in the vista cd utility and still nothing happens when vista is installed. all the jumpers on my hdd's are in correctly master and slave my mother board and ram are vista ready. im just running out of sanity here any advice would help greatly i did not have a floppy installed in my new case when i bought all my parts so thats out of the question.
Unable to install xp or vista on my newly hand built pc
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kirock said:
:-( i cannot get into safe mode after vista installs i got into bios and set it back to boot from my hdd and it just went back to black screen again im about to call a comp shop around here and ask how much it would be to have it installed or ask a friend of mine
i have a problem also regarding to my installation of OS..why after copying all files from windows xp to my hard disk and when the setup started when you can put a serial of xp, the country and the computer name..after that if 20-15 minutes left to complete the setup its hanging up..why?why its hanging up at this point?help me plz
johnhenry said:
both of my hdd's are ide but my mother board has sata ports on it, its just frustrating i spent all this money on these new parts to get my comp working again and i cannot install my os on it, i have done it severl times in the past, i finally broke down and re installed xp on my laptop, and ill have to use this still untill i get my desktop running again
im not sure what else i can try to be honest with everyone. the vista cd im using has home basic on it i can upgrade it or install it totally. so i know its a good copy i have the cd key and stuff.
ravisunny2
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ravisunny2
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You would need the drivers. Maybe there is a patch.
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greggy28 said:
You might want to start a new thread.
ok did somemore checking with the command prompt that you can access when you put the windows vista cd in i looked in my hdd and sure enough vista is on the drive but the darn os still wont boot and go to the desktop and stuff. is there a program that can scan when it boots up to find errors. i have the option of using a usb drive for drivers and what not, just not sure what to try to help get it to work. im about to put my desktop on ebay and use that money to just buy a desktop from walmart or something.
ravisunny2
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This is the holiday season.
Wait till Nodsu gets to you.
He is the best.
Wait till Nodsu gets to you.
He is the best.
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