Installing Vista Business on Dell Vostro 1700

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When I try to install (the supplied) Vista Business on a brand new Dell
Vostro 1700, it hangs at around 60% with 'Completing...' . I've left it in
this state for several hours and it never finishes.

I've seen elsewhere it could be the SATA drives being in AHCI mode, but I
thought Vista supports this.

Any more suggestions?
 
Hi,

Vista does support AHCI mode, but sometimes it still needs a manufacturers
driver file. If you are getting to the 60% mark, I don't suspect that's the
problem. I'd be more inclined to think it might be video related.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
I have a drivers disk. How can I install the video (or sata) driver before
installing Vista?
 
Hi,

You don't in the case of the video drivers, it'd have to be part of the
image. What video adapter is in use?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com







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I'm having the same issues, just got the laptop today (Vista Business)
and it booted up once and complained about the OS after installing
updates and rebooting. I re-booted tried re-installing the OS from
the DVD they gave me and it hangs at the "Completing..." stage.

Were you able to come up with a solution or do I have to return it?
 
Go into the BIOS setup (F2 during boot).
Set the SATA mode to ATA (not AHCI).
Disable the Flash Controller (as the message specifies).
Then re-install Vista.

I understand you can actually leave AHCI enabled and insert the correct
driver disk during installation, but to be honest, I found my pro audio
hardware doesn't have Vista drivers, so I spent the last weekend installing
XP.
 
Go into the BIOS setup (F2 during boot).
Set the SATA mode to ATA (not AHCI).
Disable the Flash Controller (as the message specifies).
Then re-install Vista.

I understand you can actually leave AHCI enabled and insert the correct
driver disk during installation, but to be honest, I found my pro audio
hardware doesn't have Vista drivers, so I spent the last weekend installing
XP.
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Thanks, that worked!
 
After hours and hours of searching posts and trying a multitude of
suggestions - this was the only solution. Many thanks!
 
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