Rock said:
It doesn't like something on your machine. You are are trying a clean
install and it's not working. So ....what do you think? It could be a
bad burn on the CD, the drive not reading properly, problems in memory as
it tries to gather files, problems with the hardware. All of these come
into play. All you can do is eliminate the hardware components. If it
still won't work do a bug report on it.
I finally broke down and attempted to do a clean install of Vista RC1, and
in doing so, I seem to have found my problem, but I don't understand it,
nor do I know what to do about it. I could not do the clean install,
because:
"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Windows needs the driver for
device [Primary IDE Channel]. Click 'Load Drivers' and load the required
device driver."
But I have no idea from *where* I should load the required driver. And I
have no idea why this is a problem at all, since my Primary and Secondary
IDEs both work fine (other than for this situation).
I now realize that the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor--while claiming that
my computer was "Vista Capable" and recommending the Business
version--actually pointed out this situation in a list of Devices for
which it could not find information. They were:
Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 950C Series (printer)
Intel Primary IDE Channel
Intel Secondary IDE Channel
VSO Software Patin Couffin engine (huh?)
Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 2400 (scanner)
I might also mention that, among the list of devices that *no* issues were
detected for, was:
Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Controller
Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 950C Series (contradicting the previous list)
My mobo is an Intel D845HV. And all of the downloadable drivers for it
mentioned at the following link have already been installed:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scr...XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!
Tiny URL for above link:
http://tinyurl.com/mps84
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might correct this situation?