Microsoft Vista

damientbayless · 11-06-2006, 11:05 PM

Alright, I've downloaded RC1 Of Vista To Test And Run, I've burned with several programs with data dvd or just plain burn disc, and for some reason it just goes straight to the boot for Win Xp, ive changed boot priority and everything but still won't let me do jack, anyone know a solution or have the same problem?

PC eye · 11-06-2006, 11:17 PM

You will most likely have to enter the bios setup and change the first boot device to cd rom. Be prepared to disable all other device listings to force the system to boot from the dvd drive. If your system has the F8 boot menu to choose drives you can choose the drive there. But a bad burn will stall the works. The disk has to be burned as a bootable not data disk.

damientbayless · 11-07-2006, 03:55 AM

must of been a bad burn got her working, the is my 2nd time running it.....wow waste of my time, thought i'd try it since they came out with a beta version for my video card, the best res i can get is 1280X1024. Can somebody just slap me...please or a kick in the gut for wasting 20min of my life and 4GB of HDD Space.

alexandergre · 11-07-2006, 07:44 AM

i installed Vista without going to boot. just insert the DVD and click install, windwos restarts automaticly and will continue the installation it self.

PC eye · 11-07-2006, 11:09 AM

The RC2 came out after I had dual OSed RC1 and XP on two separate drives with a little more hardware support. But a beta is still a beta. I never overwrite the primary OS with a beta in the event problems come up and then you get stuck without a running system. If you have an old beater case lying around that's where you can throw anything at it.

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damientbayless Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London, ON Canada Age: 20 Posts: 70	Microsoft Vista Alright, I've downloaded RC1 Of Vista To Test And Run, I've burned with several programs with data dvd or just plain burn disc, and for some reason it just goes straight to the boot for Win Xp, ive changed boot priority and everything but still won't let me do jack, anyone know a solution or have the same problem? __________________ AMD 4800+ "Toledo" X2 Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe BFG Nvidia 7900GTX OC 4GB Kingston DDR400 PC3200 2TB HDD (WD 7200RPM 500GB X4) 74GB Raptor HDD (WD 10,000RPM For XP-PRO) Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Ultra X-Finity 600W SLI Power Supply Dual 19" DVI Acer Widescreens Logitech Z5300E

11-07-2006, 03:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
damientbayless Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London, ON Canada Age: 20 Posts: 70	must of been a bad burn got her working, the is my 2nd time running it.....wow waste of my time, thought i'd try it since they came out with a beta version for my video card, the best res i can get is 1280X1024. Can somebody just slap me...please or a kick in the gut for wasting 20min of my life and 4GB of HDD Space. __________________ AMD 4800+ "Toledo" X2 Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe BFG Nvidia 7900GTX OC 4GB Kingston DDR400 PC3200 2TB HDD (WD 7200RPM 500GB X4) 74GB Raptor HDD (WD 10,000RPM For XP-PRO) Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Ultra X-Finity 600W SLI Power Supply Dual 19" DVI Acer Widescreens Logitech Z5300E

11-07-2006, 07:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
alexandergre Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sweden Age: 18 Posts: 805	i installed Vista without going to boot. just insert the DVD and click install, windwos restarts automaticly and will continue the installation it self. __________________ Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks about changing themselves.---John Randolph *I have an avatar now! :D

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11-06-2006, 11:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,699	You will most likely have to enter the bios setup and change the first boot device to cd rom. Be prepared to disable all other device listings to force the system to boot from the dvd drive. If your system has the F8 boot menu to choose drives you can choose the drive there. But a bad burn will stall the works. The disk has to be burned as a bootable not data disk.

11-07-2006, 11:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,699	The RC2 came out after I had dual OSed RC1 and XP on two separate drives with a little more hardware support. But a beta is still a beta. I never overwrite the primary OS with a beta in the event problems come up and then you get stuck without a running system. If you have an old beater case lying around that's where you can throw anything at it.