Vista DVD Startup Error

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mycroft69

When I try to boot the Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit DVD on my system, I
get a message that says "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or
software change might be the cause." And it's followed by a message:

status: 0xc0000225
info: An unexpected error has occurred.

The disk is an OEM, which I'm attempting to install on a blank Seagate 80GB
SATA drive, as an additional OS to Windows XP Pro installed on another 80GB
drive. Even when I detach the Win XP HD, the Vista disk still gives the same
error. Here are my system data:

Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 ATX mid-tower case
Kingwin AP-450 450W power supply
Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 mainboard
AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 CPU
2 Corsair Twin CM2X1024-6400 XMS DDR2-800, dual channeled (4GB)
80GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST380815AS 7200RPM 8MB Cache Winchester(SATA0)
200GB Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 7200RPM 8MB Cache Winchester (SATA1)
Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18X dual format double layer EIDE internal DVD+RW drive
(secondary master)
Asus DVD-E616A3 16X DVD-ROM Drive (secondary slave)
Chaintech GSV72GS GeForce 7200GS 128MB VGA/DVI PCI-E X16
Terratec DMX 6fire 2496 PCI audio card with 6fire drive bay breakout
Hanns-G HN199D 19" LCD SVGA/DVI monitor
Lite On 102-key PS2 compact keyboard
Logitech 2-button PS2/USB optical wheel mouse
K-World V-Stream 2800D USB analog video capture device
Matsushita 3.5" floppy drive
Windows XP Professional SP3
 
Yes. I've enabled the SATA RAID manual function in the BIOS today and set
each channel to DISABLE so that they will all revert to IDE channels. I also
updated my BIOS to version F7e and spoke with a friend earlier who just
happens to be a tech with his own business about 60 miles away. He suggested
it might be the RAM, since I added 2 more DIMMs (2GB) within the past month.
Just before I responded to your message, I pulled the original 2 DIMMs...and
the machine refused to boot to the BIOS. I think we may have the culprit.
Gotta test.
 
Okay, I've tested the RAM, found one DIMM faulty. I removed it, and its twin,
then rebooted. All seems well. I've attempted booting from the OEM install
disk again. Still, the same error. I also tried to boot it while in Windows
XP and get a Windows Setup error box that says: "Setup can not run on this
version of the Operating System. To install Windows please try booting from
the install media."
 
Do you have set your BIOS to boot from your DVD drive? It sounds like you
are trying to run the setup program on the drive from a working OS.
 
I knew enough about that bnefore I even started. The BIOS was set to
CD/DVD-floppy-hard drive long ago.

From all of the research I've been doing since I started this thread, I'm
believing that the install disk has a corrupt boot loader. Everyhting about
my system appears fine, and the Gigabyte website says that the board is
compatible with 64-bit Vista. The Athlon Le-1600 is also a 64-bit chip.

I'm taking the disk with me when I work on another system. If I experieince
the same problem, I would think that would support my assertion.
 
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