Vista clean installation trouble

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I´ve tried to install Vista home premium OEM on my new computer which I´ve
built by myself. The CD starts and I´m told to push any key but when I do
nothing happens. What is wrong?
 
Hi, inga-lill.

Surely you don't mean CD. Vista is much to large to fit on a CD and comes
on a DVD-ROM.

But, then, I've not used an OEM version. Maybe they are different?

To give us any chance at all of helping you, you'll need to tell us at least
a little about your computer, especially since you built it yourself. We
can't even guess at motherboard, chipset, CPU, RAM, hard drives, optical
drives, floppy drives - or anything else. :>(

RC
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(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
 
Hi, my mistake ;-(
Asus Geforce 7300GT 256MB PCle
Corsair VS 1024MB kit (2x512) DD
Samsung DVD plusminus RW 20x DL SATA
Asus P5PL2-E S775 i945 DDR2-533
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 775 1333F
Logitech speaker, Antec Sonata III 500W miditower
and of course it´s a DVD
regards inga-lill
 
inga-lill said:
I´ve tried to install Vista home premium OEM on my new computer which I´ve
built by myself. The CD starts and I´m told to push any key but when I do
nothing happens. What is wrong?
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Vista comes on a DVD, not a CD. If you're trying to use a CD drive, it
won't work. You need to have a DVD drive.


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Hello again,

It´s nice with philosophy but it doesn´t help me now.
I wonder, if I have a new computer and all new devices and no operating
system installed. How can I install driver´s? Perhaps that is all I need to
continue. Do I have to install another OS first and then afterwards Vista?
I´m from Sweden but someone may be awake at this hour
Thank´s again for your help sofar
Inga-Lill
 
Hi,

is your keyboard a USB or PS-2 keyboard?
If USB, look in BIOS if the USB support for keyboard is enabled.

Günter
 
If your keyboard has an F Lock, that could prevent the keyboard working.
Toggle the the F Lock button and try the F key required during install..
 
inga-lill said:
I´ve tried to install Vista home premium OEM on my new computer which I´ve
built by myself. The CD starts and I´m told to push any key but when I do
nothing happens. What is wrong?
Click to expand...

Has the hardware you put together installed or run *any OS* successfully, or
is this the first attempt? I'm asking because if this is the first try, you
may have hardware configuration problems.
You can test the hardware for basic functionality in several ways, including
booting from a DOS floppy image (www.bootdisk.com), or by obtaining an OS
that will run from CD (I believe there are some versions of Linux that you
can try).
Or, try installing an older Windows, if you have it.
From what you've said, start with a substitute, known good, keyboard.
 
Hi,
I´ve tried a Linux installation and could read from my DVD without any
problem but I haven´t installed it fully out. All devices did function then.
Afterwords I tried Vista and then it didn´t go to install.
Today I´ll try to change keyboard and unscrew my computer and put it
together again. Then we´ll see...
Inga-Lill
 
Hi inga,

It could be that your optical drive is faulty. One way of checking this out
would be to install Linux or Windows 98SE/XP. Don't worry about activation.
What you are doing is simply loading an operating system so that you can test
your drive. Next, pick one of your movie DVDs (I am assuming that you have a
DVD player for your TV and have got some DVDs for it). Insert it into your
drive and see whether or not it is detected. If it isn't, then you have found
the source of your problem. If it is, then try your Vista disk. If it shows
up, then you might need to check the settings in your BIOS. Refer to the
motherboard manual. Just because a SATA drive can boot up from a CD doesn't
necessarily mean that it can do so from a DVD. This is one of the reasons why
I prefer the PATA interface for optical drives, leaving the SATA interface
for hard disks.
Dwarf
 
Hi,
I can´t install Linux either. Just use it from the DVD. This SATA is all new
to me and the motherboard don´t have any flatcable connector´s so I need the
SATA DVD. Today I´ve spoken to the vendor and they thougt it may be the
motherboard which cause the problem so I´ll send it to them for
investigation. If not it colud be the CPU, if not they hadn´t any clue so
I´ll give your tip to them and try it by myself before I send the motherboard
away. I´ll let you know the result and in the end the solution. Thank you.
 
SG said:
Hi Bruce,

Just so you know.....
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx
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Well, it's good to know that Microsoft has made allowances for people
with only CD drives, though I'd think that such an old machine (DVD
drives have been standard for a couple years, now, if I remember
correctly) would be a poor candidate for Vista. Be that as it may,
thanks for the information.


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Bruce Chambers

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
 
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