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A trip down memory lane..
To clarify, the time that I did get into SAFE MODE, it was when booting from the Vista Install DVD. After booting from the DVD, I tried to do a System Restore and it told me that there are errors on the C: drive. When I tried to repair the disk errors, it just stops without ever accessing the HD.

cd/dvd drive device driver missing at installation
philo ph...@privacy.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup "Steve Samson" <SteveSam...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Any ideas on how to do this without losing anything? You cannot change the letter to C: Unless you go back and re-install to that drive. However: it will not hurt

Reminder: Windows XP Runs Natively On Intel Macs
You will basically just be installing Vista without entering a product key on a formatted hard drive, then re-installing it entering the product key on top of the new installation as an upgrade . First Install: 1. Boot the computer from your Vista Upgrade DVD. NOTE: Make sure that the CD/DVD drive is selected first

Vista DVD boot stuck at loading bar
I'd expect any disk drive or other storage device which fully complies with the "USB Mass Storage" standard to work with Vista without modification, since both Vista AND the device should be compliant with FWIW: Vista exterminated both hardware & software when it came out. If I'd wanted [and I didn't] to install

Migration of Vista Upgrade installation to new drive
<Your tip in an earlier NG thread - about booting into WinXP, then accessing <the DVD drive and installing Vista from inside WinXP - helped a lot. My x32 configuration continued <> to <> <work without issue. I had partitioned my 160GB hard drive such that X32 <> had <> <40% and x64 had 60%.

FYI: Vista RC2 Install Probs
Your tip in an earlier NG thread - about booting into WinXP, then accessing the DVD drive and installing Vista from inside WinXP - helped a lot. As you said, this causes Vista My x32 configuration continued to <work without issue. I had partitioned my 160GB hard drive such that X32 had <40% and x64 had 60%.

Can I restore Windows 98 from an USB external CR-rom drive?
You run an in-place upgrade from the desktop by inserting the dvd in the drive and choosing Install Now from the splash screen. missing and with the Gropu Policy being all messed up, I guess that is what I will ahve to do unless someone knows how I can resolve these problems without doing a clean install.

Install Vista from SATA DVD drive?
Vista does not partition a hard drive without instructions from you. What is the make and model of your computer? Was Vista pre-installed on it? Step by step? Did you boot from the Vista DVD-ROM and run Setup from there? Did you tell Setup to create a new volume? Where did you re-install Office?

Vista instalation without DVD
Which drive did you install Vista to? Any other pertinent info that you think we may need to trouble shoot your problem. We can't see your computer - you can. -- Regards, Richard Urban MVP I have just installed Home Premium 64 and nomatter what i do I can get my machine to start without the dvd in the drive.

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
How can I install this software as administrator to allow full operation by all users without requiring administrator permission? Thanks in advance. Robert Right click the drive and drag to the desktop. Make shortcut, When clicking on the shrtcut the drive opens..... Guy.

Problem installing downloaded programs on Vista
I guess, if no restore points are available, there are only two options left: 1. Re-install Vista 2. Wait for Microsoft to come up with a silver bullet that does not require restore. Rock and hard place comes to mind. Son now learning how to use command line syntax to copy files to his external disk drive.

Vista will not boot - work around
I did try to boot the win 98 install CD with the new CDROM drive without the floppy in it and it went no ware. Above you are showing a lot of C prompt commands **** "C:\>" IS JUST I am beginning to wonder if the original DVD drive was OK and it is something else that also is not allowing the new CDROM to work.

VISTA HOME BASIC INSTALL DVD FOR AN 8 PC NETWORK SETUP
What I have tried: Formatted OS partition with XP CD, then retried Vista install Successfully installed XP, then tried the Vista DVD from within XP (both as upgrade and custom install) Removed 2 of 4 gig of memory, then tried to install Vista Reset BIOS to defaults, then tried to install Vista Replaced hard drive

Uninstall Vista, Reinstall XP
Bruce Chambers bchamb...@cable0ne.n3t microsoft public windows vista installation_setup ronnin426850 wrote: What I want: To install Vista x64 Ultimate What I DO have: Working XP x86 Pro SP2, Image file of the DVD(copied the dvd on one of my friends' PC) What I do NOT have: DVD drive(that's bad, I know:confused:),

Partitions recognized with different drive letters - x32 vs x64?
I initially tried to install vista ultimate on a msi 945neo motherboard, using a recent asus dvd driver and a new seagate sata 3 hard drive. I installed vista (yipee), downloaded the vista drivers, activated my product and then I rebooted my machine without the xp hard drive and BOOM!! the blue screen appears

If Linux is so Bad, Why is Microsoft so Interested?
LeeRoy Lee...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I installed Windows Vista Ultimate with my dvd drive on my previous computer without any problems. I have a normal DVD drive and a DVDwriter and both give the same problem. I really ran out of options now too :( "Brad Dodson"

Move Vista to different partition
So I now have an XP installation which is severely compromised and I cannot get Vista to install without screwing everything up. .... If you have a Vista DVD try Startup Repair. If that doesn't work, try SafeMode>System Restore from the Recovery Environment, and you always have the F8 advanced options ( five of

No CD-RW or DVD-ROM. How can I reformat without a CD-ROM?
My 1.5 yrs old Dell Dimension 9100 with two SATA disks: Disk 00 has one primary partition and an ext partition Disk 01 has an ext partition only I have installed Vista RTM several times without the 8 MB issue when using the Vista DVD boot method to install Vista. I have installed the various versions of Vista on 56

Installing Vista on SATA drive
If you set the XP drive as the boot drive and then boot the system with the Vista dvd you will get variation of the drive lettering (no real problem) and will have the boot menu after you install Vista on the second drive or partition. You may only have to create one registry key in order to protect the Vista

Reinstalling Vista Business Upgrade
SiteID=288 "Qwiit" wrote: spent hours tryin 2 install Vista RC2 on vpc2004sp1 kept failing with something like "cannot find d:\sources\install.wim" tried that vpc did not like the dvd drive I was using (lite-on dvd/dl burner) when I used other dvd drive (samsung dvdrom) got it to load in vpc without a prob DOH!