Multiple fatal errors installing Vista x64 (and x32)

I bought Vista Ultimate (comes with 32bit and 64bit versions) many
months ago, but I didn't want to install it right away because of all
the bugs I've heard about, and I didn't feel like backing up most of my
files.

System is:

ASUS M2N (just M2N)
AMD X2 4200+
OCZ Gold 2.0GB, DDR2-800 PC6400 RAM
eVGA nVIDIA 7600 GT (256mb, dual DVI)
Western Digital 80GB serial ata 3.0GB/s hard drive

~23 failed installs with multiple BSODs.

I get to the screen which says "Windows is preparing to start for the
first time. . . . . . . . . " consistently, then on the following screen
where it says "Completing installation", after about 2-3 minutes at
about 65-70% of the way through, I get a blue screen of death.

I tried instaling this from DVD several times on both 32bit and 64bit,
but that did not work well. I tried copying the files to the hard drive
and running the install from there, but that didn't work. I tried
updating my BIOS to the latest version, but that didn't work either. The
same happened when I completely formatted the hard drive (delete
paratition=>new=>format). I tried installing this on other hard drives,
but the same problem occurs.

Whiile the BSOD's are consistent, the error messages are NOT. I had
BSOD's complaining about my USB devices, so I unplugged those... one
time it complained about winload.exe missing or corrupted. Repair tool
does NOT work either. Everything else works fine (XP/Linux), but Vista
refuses to install.

This is annoying and I feel like I wasted my money on a ****ty
operating system. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!


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rodent_rage

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rodent_rage

"rodent_rage" wrote:

>
> I bought Vista Ultimate (comes with 32bit and 64bit versions) many
> months ago, but I didn't want to install it right away because of all
> the bugs I've heard about, and I didn't feel like backing up most of my
> files.
>
> System is:
>
> ASUS M2N (just M2N)
> AMD X2 4200+
> OCZ Gold 2.0GB, DDR2-800 PC6400 RAM
> eVGA nVIDIA 7600 GT (256mb, dual DVI)
> Western Digital 80GB serial ata 3.0GB/s hard drive
>
> ~23 failed installs with multiple BSODs.
>
> I get to the screen which says "Windows is preparing to start for the
> first time. . . . . . . . . " consistently, then on the following screen
> where it says "Completing installation", after about 2-3 minutes at
> about 65-70% of the way through, I get a blue screen of death.
>
> I tried instaling this from DVD several times on both 32bit and 64bit,
> but that did not work well. I tried copying the files to the hard drive
> and running the install from there, but that didn't work. I tried
> updating my BIOS to the latest version, but that didn't work either. The
> same happened when I completely formatted the hard drive (delete
> paratition=>new=>format). I tried installing this on other hard drives,
> but the same problem occurs.
>
> Whiile the BSOD's are consistent, the error messages are NOT. I had
> BSOD's complaining about my USB devices, so I unplugged those... one
> time it complained about winload.exe missing or corrupted. Repair tool
> does NOT work either. Everything else works fine (XP/Linux), but Vista
> refuses to install.
>
> This is annoying and I feel like I wasted my money on a ****ty
> operating system. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
> --
> rodent_rage
>

I too have been having trouble installing Vista64 on my new system. I'm not
getting the BSOD, but wish I was, at least I would know nothing is happening.
I'm on the window INSTALL WINDOWS..Last option: COMPLETING INSTALLATION.
The green bar below stopped progressing at about 2/3 of the way. No
indicaiton that anything esle is happening.

glw1951;615653 Wrote:
> I too have been having trouble installing Vista64 on my new system. I'm
> not
> getting the BSOD, but wish I was, at least I would know nothing is
> happening.
> I'm on the window INSTALL WINDOWS..Last option: COMPLETING
> INSTALLATION.
> The green bar below stopped progressing at about 2/3 of the way. No
> indicaiton that anything esle is happening.

I got that once. Most of the time it just BSOD's out.

Do you have an ASUS M2N or any variation of it?


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rodent_rage

On Feb 15, 8:08 am, rodent_rage <rodent_rage.34t...@no-mx.forums.net>
wrote:
> I bought Vista Ultimate (comes with 32bit and 64bit versions) many
> months ago, but I didn't want to install it right away because of all
> the bugs I've heard about, and I didn't feel like backing up most of my
> files.
>
> System is:
>
> ASUS M2N (just M2N)
> AMD X2 4200+
> OCZ Gold 2.0GB, DDR2-800 PC6400 RAM
> eVGA nVIDIA 7600 GT (256mb, dual DVI)
> Western Digital 80GB serial ata 3.0GB/s hard drive
>
> ~23 failed installs with multiple BSODs.
>
> I get to the screen which says "Windows is preparing to start for the
> first time. . . . . . . . . " consistently, then on the following screen
> where it says "Completing installation", after about 2-3 minutes at
> about 65-70% of the way through, I get a blue screen of death.
>
> I tried instaling this from DVD several times on both 32bit and 64bit,
> but that did not work well. I tried copying the files to the hard drive
> and running the install from there, but that didn't work. I tried
> updating my BIOS to the latest version, but that didn't work either. The
> same happened when I completely formatted the hard drive (delete
> paratition=>new=>format). I tried installing this on other hard drives,
> but the same problem occurs.
>
> Whiile the BSOD's are consistent, the error messages are NOT. I had
> BSOD's complaining about my USB devices, so I unplugged those... one
> time it complained about winload.exe missing or corrupted. Repair tool
> does NOT work either. Everything else works fine (XP/Linux), but Vista
> refuses to install.
>
> This is annoying and I feel like I wasted my money on a ****ty
> operating system. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
>
> --
> rodent_rage

i'm right there with you except

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