Baaad Vista, why don't you just work!

[Guest]

I take out all my drives, and I put in a 300gig, which has 40 gig partition
set aside for vista, all works till I get to the Vista install screen, and it
tells me I haven't got the proper criteria to install vista!

I just don't get it, it says my bios isn't setup properly, but after
numerous attempts I just dont' get why it wont install!

 

[Guest]

RC2, 32bit from a dvd

 

[Chad Harris]

Need more info and also which build of Vista--the number of the build.

1) What exactly does the Vista setup say that you need if anything? Are you
getting a setup error. I have seen Vista frequently starting with build
5472 give false setup errors and refuse to setup when running setup from the
XP desktop on a dual or multi boot yet install flawlessly when you reboot.
The bios will then dictate the drive letters and change them but that's no
big deal to me whatsoever. When you're on the XP boot, the drive letters
will be seen as the original, and the new labels will show up on the Vista
boot.

2) Are you running setup from XP? If so see if typing eventvwr.msc in run
box and click on applications and then systems and see if you get any useful
error info using the down error.

3) Are you running setup from a restart instead of XP?

4) What shows up in the bios for that 300 GB HD?

5) If you're running Vista setup from a burned iso DVD, go to bios setup and
make sure with your space bar key that you have that optical drive on
"automatic"--there is not going to be and "on" but there will be an "off"
and several other settings you can run through that you don't want to leave
using your space bar.a There is also a chance that your DVD writer will be
ID'd as a CD writer and that doesn't matter as long as it's on "automatic"
and ID'd correctly otherwise as to make and model.

I assume when you say "put in" a 300 GB that it's an internal drive. To
setup Vista and boot to Vista with some external HDs, it can be MOBO
dependent and some older mobos will not support that.

CH