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Unable to install Vista
WAU won't finish installing if the version you are upgrading is not activated. Do you have a video card with SLI enabled? Go into the BIOS and disable it. Remove any USB devices. While this is seldom the case, make sure your BIOS is up-to-date. 3. When you start the installation, do not select the option to update

Restoring Vista boot manager after grub?
The reason I am saying this, is after installing Vista I re-installed true Image 10. No problems. I created a new SecureZone hidden partition and vista won't boot Vista doesn't seem to like this! I do double backups. as recovering from the secure zone is much faster than recovering from an external USB drive.

Ext HD triggers new hardware, drivers not loaded
Do you know of any software that will scan my drive and tell me what where stuff is? Someone must have figured out a better way to clean up Vista by now. If there are drivers, download them and store on a CD-R or USB thumbdrive; you'll need them after you install XP. 2. Check with the OEM - either from their

Installing to a USB Drive
Network drive, removable drive, USB drive, etc? Are you using any third-party plugins or other applications to access your Windows Media Player library? I've rebuilt it about 6 times since installing vista, 2x in the past week alone. "Dale" wrote: You probably have a corrupted Windows Media Player library

installation XP professional SP3, SATA driver installation
As you might know, Windows XP was not very receptive to booting from a USB drive. (I'm actually in the process of trying it myself right now.) Has anyone tried installing Vista to a USB drive? I'd be curious about the results. Jason I -think- this is possible if the external drive is SATA plugged into a SATA port.

Q 400Gb HDD with Windows 98/ME
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HP PhotoSmart 1000 PLUS TWO-SIDED PRINTING with Vista
Windows Vista became unbootable so I had to repair it to make it bootable again. Could anyone help me to install Windows XP in an external USB HDD in the above situation? If you really want to do it, you can try using the procedure detailed at Installing and booting Windows XP from USB drive -- Guide

Can't Install External Hard Drive
I have a lot of gigs of music/video/pictures that I backed up on to an external USB drive before installing Vista. Now that Vista is installed I am trying to copy all of these files back...Every few seconds I get an error popping up that says: "Error Code 0x800704C8: The requested operation cannot be performed on a

Installing to a USB Drive
Dan [MSFT] dja...@microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista print_fax_scan The IEEE 1284.4 device is a USB drive--I'd guess this is where the MFP puts scans After installing VISTA Ultimate 64 BIT, I can't use my printer. It's a HP LaserJet 3052 connected by USB cable. (it's a multifunction unit with printer,

Tweaking Windows Vista
All my drives are operating (there are 4 physical hard drives) normally, and I've even attempted to run system restore with my (occasionally powered on) USB drive attached and running. This drive is used for the sole purpose of backing up data and normally is powered off. Any ideas what the problem could be and how

cannot access data files
alexB al...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista general It is more of a hardware problem believe it or not. The thing is that some motherboards have internal However, if you have a floppy you do not need you can buy another External USB card (not PCI) and mount it up front ripping off the floppy drive.

Digital Camera Driver
Supernova Supern...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Reporting back: 1) I have detached my USB drive 2) Deleted The reason I am saying this, is after installing Vista I re-installed true Image 10. No problems. I created a new SecureZone hidden partition and vista won't

Installing and conneting to the web
*Before doing that, I'll back up the partition to an external USB drive using Acronis TrueImage Home, in case things don'tworkout, or I later decide to go back *I've spent too much time customizing and installing things to start over from the manufacturer's restore disks, and in case XPdoesn'tworkout on that

Vista Installation hangs with black screen or BSD
Where do you get this information? What version of Windows fits on a 4gb flash drive? And what is the payoff? Charlie It's all over the net. Open your mind and you might find it. http://www.mahalo.com/Installing_Windows_XP_on_Asus_Eee_PC http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html and

Re-formatting HD and re-installing everything
I know on one of my home PCs, I got annoyed enough to install the certificate from a USB flash drive - I exported it from my XP laptop and imported it on Vista. "Beholder" <Behol...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:99F720D5-449A-49C1-A94C-AC3A87A6DB67@microsoft.com... I've successfully gotten RPC

Installing Vista on an external drive?
Because the OP started on the premise that they wanted to upgrade XP to Vista. Installing Vista on a second drive isn't an upgrade and would require migrating all microsoft.public.windows.vista.general In your scenario use WET on the computer you want to upgrade to Vista, saving the data to USB drive or CD/DVD.

User-Mapped Section Open?
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

Ext HD triggers new hardware, drivers not loaded
Also, disconnect all USB devices except your mouse and keyboard; and printers and phones! 2. When you were trying to do a clean Vista install to your 2nd hard drive, you were installing it from the running XP Pro version drive? "SBendiksen" wrote: I'm having issues trying to upgrade from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate.

How to install OS in external USB HDD
I made the Win XP "hard drive X' the master and I can start Windows XP but then i have to validate windows, I can't because it is a different computer. Many people ignore this rule until they suffer a major hit. A 2.5" disk in an external USB case would be a low cost but highly effective backup medium.

Multiple fatal errors installing Vista x64 (and x32)
No one was able to get the usb driver to work. I saw a posting on how to roll back WMDC 6.1 to 6.0, but it involved about 30 steps that included deleting It leaves a lot of things in the registry and on your hard drive that will keep 6.0 from installing correctly. I will try your way and see if it will work.