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Vista won't install... grrr


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nollijible

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Here's what I have: Upgraded Gateway E-4000/ P4 2.4G/ 1M RAM/ 160G drive/Radeon X1600 512M AGP running 2 monitors/ CD and DVD. Mainboard is an Intel D845GRG. Device Manager is clean. All drivers are up to date and Vista compatible. Vista Upgrade Advisor gives me the green light too. I screwed up and bought Vista Premium for my XP Pro PC, so a clean sweep was in order. I started the process from within XP and after going through the entire install process, the PC reboots and a message saying Vista could not be installed shows up and my old OS is restored. So I have a copy of XP Home and installed it thinking I could do the upgrade vice clean install. XP install went great. Then Vista again went through the whole upgrade/install process and rebooted with the same message. No errors were reported.
Is there a log somewhere that might tell me why it won't work?
Does the old XP OS have to be activated?
Any help would be welcomed.
Also, I moved my files and settings with the Vista Easy Transfer program and it created a Savedata.mig file on another networked PC. How can I get the data/files from that file now that the install has failed?

Edited by nollijible, 13 March 2007 - 03:22 PM.

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Hi nollijible...

Is this an upgrade version of Vista or a Full version?

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It is an upgrade.
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Geeks to Go does not support this procedure. Check this article out it may help with your upgrade it has worked for other people.
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Edited by sari, 15 March 2007 - 05:59 PM.

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I tried the link above before I posted this, but that is an excellent tip for others. The install without the CD Key did the same as the other tries. At the very end it reboots and says it can't install it on this PC.
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I've been trying to duplicate this problem and, though I have managed to make the install do this, it was always because of hardware. Thing is, hardware wise you look pretty good. The video cards seems to be a consistent trigger.

Do you have both monitors connected when you try the install? Is your XP valid and activated? Do you have onboard video available?
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Yes, I had both monitors up.
Yes, I have onboard video available.
No, the try with XP Home was not activated at the time. I just installed it, loaded all the right drivers, ran the Upgrade Advisor and tried the upgrade. Does activation of the XP matter?

I've already put XP Pro back on the system. Both the Pro and Home installs were flawless.

I will try with the onboard video once and see where that gets me. I appreciate the efforts thus far.
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