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 Posted: Mon, 23rd Jun 2008 11:52 Post subject: Help with installing vista |
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for the last 2 days ive bin trying to install vista on my pc from a clean install and it was going to take above 5 hours to install it gets to expanding files and stays there only going up slightly ,it go to 65% expanding files and i couldnt wait anylonger so i quit the instalation and so put xp back on.
ive tried various things like updating to latest bios
memory timings in bios
disable all ide in bios as all my drives inc dvd writer are sata
and still the same takes ages to install
i know the vists disk is ok as i tried the instalation on daughters pc which is at the side of mine and installed within an hour.
i have a amd dual core 6000+ proc on a abit an52 motherboard with 2 gig ram
2 sata hds
1 sata pioneer dvd writer
daughters specs are amd dual core 4000+ proc 2 gig ram and all drives are ide
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jun 2008 18:17 Post subject: |
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"65% expanding files and i couldnt wait anylonger so i quit the instalation "
wait LONGER
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jun 2008 19:47 Post subject: |
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Just... don't. PLEASE
I also think fisk should be unbanned.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jun 2008 20:03 Post subject: |
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You could try to unplug the hard drive that won't be used for your OS setup, that may speeds up the thing a bit.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jun 2008 23:54 Post subject: |
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thanks for your reply but i dont think unplugging the drive that im not installing to will help but i will try anyways.
i have read on net somewhere that if u have unalocated space on drive that vista will try to wright to it and that could slow installation down, but over 5 hours to install an os
the other thing i was wondering was if i took the sata dvd writer out and used an ide one to install vista
funny realy that i wasnt looking forward to using vista but i knew i would have to at some point and i get this problem lol can only happen to me
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jun 2008 00:10 Post subject: |
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something srsly wrong with your installation disk
i installed vista on numerous rigs old and new ones alike and never had such a long install
did u tried another release or media perhaps
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jun 2008 00:15 Post subject: |
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to be honest stick with XP if you dont need vista for a specific reason , even though thats not the answer you came for i recon >_<.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jun 2008 00:36 Post subject: |
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yep thinking the same thing stick with xp
was hoping to try some direct x 10 games as my graphics card supports it
and a week ago i had to sort someones pc out and he had vista on it , i couldnt find my way around it at first but did in the end thats why i wanted to try vista out and hopefully getting hyperos 2008 soon so i can have best of both worlds xp and vista but need to sort this problem out
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jun 2008 00:38 Post subject: |
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u can always mount vista image in xp and install through it
use any virtual device app and see if it's hw or sw related
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jun 2008 01:18 Post subject: |
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| waltgill wrote: | yep thinking the same thing stick with xp
was hoping to try some direct x 10 games as my graphics card supports it
and a week ago i had to sort someones pc out and he had vista on it , i couldnt find my way around it at first but did in the end thats why i wanted to try vista out and hopefully getting hyperos 2008 soon so i can have best of both worlds xp and vista but need to sort this problem out |
for now DX10 graphics arent worth the big hit in performance from vista and DX10 itself.
Specially since the "only" big DX10 game Crysis actually lets you enable the "dx10" stuff under XP through inis
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jun 2008 01:28 Post subject: |
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how can u enable dx10 stuff in dx9? lmao
no srsly, i'm curious
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jun 2008 02:02 Post subject: |
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| Mortibus wrote: | how can u enable dx10 stuff in dx9? lmao
no srsly, i'm curious |
note the quotes ? and try to read up on crysis, not gonna bother explaining it.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jun 2008 02:17 Post subject: |
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not gonna bother either, crysis was pretty much same farcry which i've never bothered to finish
installed played a bit didn't get into all that hype uninstall>delete
no matter how good it will look it's still farcry with xtras
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jun 2008 02:43 Post subject: |
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| Stefan F wrote: | | Mortibus wrote: | how can u enable dx10 stuff in dx9? lmao
no srsly, i'm curious |
note the quotes ? and try to read up on crysis, not gonna bother explaining it. |
You cant. Some options are treated as DX10 which in fact arent so you'll have more eye candy with dx9 if you change the settings to Ultra High manually (as in not via the menu).
The Video Renderer in Vista is actually better though. EVR is its name and the xp implimentation isnt supposed to be as good.
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Jun 2008 12:21 Post subject: |
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right got it sorted it was the (pioneer dvd rw dvr 215 sata drive)
it installs xp flawlessly but vists nope
so i put ide dvd reader in pc and installed vista quicker than installing xp
so i need to now know why theres trouble with sata dvd wr so gonna google it lol
also i updated the firmware on the pioneer drive and that didnt sort the problem out..
also after i installed vista the pioneer drive locks up most of the time when reading disks and i know theres no fault with the drive as it works fine under xp
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