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GNU/Linux on a Stick is a Winner, Vista on Lipstick a Lost ...
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.

Blue screen error with BF2 disk ONLY!!
You have to boot from the DVD and do a clean install of Vista x64. Are you sure you had the 32 bit DVD? -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User I don't know what's going on with the DVD or my computer, but I don't understand why it won't work (the drive is able to read other DVDs without a problem).

Uninstall Vista w/out loosing data
Upon startup, the user finds that Vista will not boot. Vista is looking for the boot code on the drive where the user had chosen to install Vista (system All was hunky-dory through install - imagine my dismay when I rebooted for the first time without the install DVD and I got a big fat error message (worse

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
Boot the system with the Vista DVD in place like you were going to install, and run a startup repair at the setup screen. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" Vista is no longer available. Drive D files are intact but I do not know how to load Vista on that drive without wiping out the existing files.

Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files
The new motherboard and RAM were accepted without question. However.. the new board had only one IDE channel and expected users to instead use the newer SATA drives rather than the old PATA types. Although I could install both my DVD drive and my old PATA drive on the same cable, physical cable management issues

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
... these words: In article news:<Xns99D479CF24BF7peterdataperdemon...@158.152.254.254>, Peter Boulton wrote: I've just ordered all the bits and pieces for my new build and am struck by the sudden fear that the mobo won't be able to use the SATA drive without SATA drivers, so how will I install Vista from the DVD?

Install Vista from one partition to another
Finally, I disconnected everything save for my primary SATA Raptor drive, ran the Windows repair on that... and now I can finally slip that Vista DVD back in its sleeve. Thanks for the pointers, guys. Moral of the story: only boot & install Vista with your primary drive/partition installed.

SATA Dvd drive install freeze with Vista
Is there any way I can install Vista without being able to install XP or having to go out and purchase a 'full' copy of Vista? A clean installation using a Vista Upgrade DVD is currently possible, though there's no telling how long it will take for Microsoft to fix this "oversight:" Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for

Vista constantly rebooting after this week's updates ...
I have theVistaDVD and can boot up from the DVD drive BUTVistadoes not give an option to restore/repair...only install. Which I woudl rather not do. Is anyone else getting this symptom and has anyone any ideas how to get out of it without wiping the whole machine? Many thanks for any help.

VISTA HOME BASIC INSTALL DVD FOR AN 8 PC NETWORK SETUP
I configured BIOS to boot the new SATA drive 1st and I installed Vista from the DVD drive. To my surprise it forced a dual boot program on my PATA drive which My next attempt was to re-install Vista with the PATA drive removed. That was successfull and Vista could run with or without the PATA drive installed.

Cannot Install Vista on SATA Drive
On 25/10/2007 in message <Xns99D479CF24BF7peterdataperdemon...@158.152.254.254> Peter Boulton wrote: Hi, I've just ordered all the bits and pieces for my new build and am struck by the sudden fear that the mobo won't be able to use the SATA drive without SATA drivers, so how will I install Vista from the DVD?

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
Is it possible to do the same for installing Vista from a Formatted Fat32 HDD? The problem i have is that my laptops DVDRW has packed up and i don't want to rush out and buy another DVD Drive as i usually access all my filess etc from a remote PC. It would be very handy to be able to just copy the Vista

Blank Screen, Vista Bootup stops.
IMHO xp may have been a 'B', vista is shaping up to be a 'C', Linux is an 'A-' and MS sees the handwriting on the wall. I tried ubuntu this past week...does that count? Oh, and other than unwrapping VISTA and popping it into my DVD drive, it took no effort to install VISTA. Well, we already saw how clueless you are

Vista installation will not complete!
Here are the directions for using Vista Win RE's Startup Repair and Safe Mode from that environmnet. I'll give it a shot just for completeness. However, I've finally figured out what triggers the problem... booting without the Vista install media present in my dvd drive.... I've just rebooted 10 times in a row with

Drive letters in XP and Vista both indicate C:\
Marc Schattorie MarcSchatto...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I have the install DVD of Windows Vista (Ultimate) I used: DVD Drive: IDE-DVD DROM6216 I've also: HP DVD Writer 740b (I didn't try with this DVD Drive) But I haven't got a Floppy drive in this pc,

Cannot use DVD drives in vista
It told me to reboot from system installation CD or DVD and run the repair prompt. I stuck in the Vista Home Pemium Edition install CD, and booted it from there. Please help, this is a 2000+ dollar computer and I'd like to make it work right without having to send it back. I'll post my system specs if needed.

cd/dvd drive device driver missing at installation
I installed Quicken 2008 Deluxe several months ago and have had no problems installing it or running it with Vista x64. (On a side note, when we boot from the Vista DVD to run Setup, it has no idea what drive letters have been assigned, so it assigns C: to its own Boot Volume - even if that's the 3rd partition

Missing Memory Diagnostic Tool
To reinstall from a vista disk, set the Bios to boot from the DVD Drive with the Vista disk in it. 2. Delete the existing patition containing the corrupt Vista OS. Just follow instructions on the disk for everything. 3. Set up a partition to install Vista in; usually the entire drive if you are not computer savvy.

During install "required CD/DVD drive device driver missing"
Someone who is doing disaster recovery after a hard drive failure or a virus infection won't be able to wipe their hard drive and install Vista, .... 1) With an upgrade DVD 2) Without a full DVD of Vista Because I contend they won't. And that's unfortunate. Besides Dell, I haven't seen one OEM named partner

computer won't boot up after recent update
I guess my question is...how can i get around this, is there a place where i can just find a driver to install by using a flash drive. As i can tell there is no way to get past this screen without quitting the entire installation. Any thoughts? BTW this is a new build I booted directly from the Vista installation