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I have a pc running win xp media centre
mp pc is dual core amd 64 bit 5200+ 2gb ram nvidia pcie 256mb graphics
my hard disk is partitioned and xp is installed on the first partition
I am trying to install Vista ultimate 64 bit on the second partition
The vista installation will not complete I get an error when it is
completing setup, saying that the pc shut down before installation was
completed & the installation can not continue.
The pc works fine under XP, are there any known installation issues with a
Vista XP dual boot system?
Thanks
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Neil
You don't say HOW you are trying to install it!!!
That does help here!
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Mick Murphy
Sorry about that!
Installing by booting from Vista OEM DVD onto 2nd partition of HDD
XP still works fine on first partition.
Thanks
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Mick Murphy
What about recommendations for going the other way. Installing Windows 2000
onto
a Vista machine as a dual boot?
Sherwin
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Neil
Neil,; posters here report weird things installing 64 bit vista.
1. is having more than 2gig of RAM; that is not your problem
2. A supposedly good graphics card is often reported here as causing
probs(incompatibility!).
Can you try taking it out to install vista, use generic,, then reinstall it
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Mick Murphy
Thanks for your reply.
Tried removing video card and using standard onboard video.
Installation still fails and pc continually restarts with same error message
(windows unexpected shutdown)
Thanks
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Neil
Got it sorted now
Think it was an unsupported network card.
Removed video & network cards & reduced memory voltage - (got from another
post)
Seems to be working ok now, thanks for assistance
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