Need help with Vista Ultimater 32 install, please

[karder]

I just finished building my computer, but I have a HUGE issue!!!

When I insert the DVD disk with the OS, the computer cant read it. It says that the disk is wrong, please insert system disk. I have tried using the disk om my other computer and it works perfectly. What gives???

I have also rechecked and controlled all my wirings and connections, nothing seem to incorrect.

Help here would be greatly appreciated.

 

[PC eye]

Did you leave the hard drive set as the first boot device in the bios? If you go back in now look in the boot order and simply set the first device to cd rom and disable the others. The "insert system disk" message is due to being set for hard drive when no OS or boot information is present there until partitioned, formatted, and Windows is on.

Setting the first to cd rom with the rest disabled will force the system to look for the information on the installation disk. You then simply press enter when seeing the "press any key to boot from cd..." message come up once you leave the bios and the system restarts. That should immediately see the installer start loading up.

One other option can also simplify things if your board has a boot device menu. That may be the F4 or another F key assigned where you simply select the optical drive for a one time boot session leaving the hard drive still set as the first in the order. Once all setup are copied during the initial phase and the system restarts the setup continues when the system then goes to the hard drive by default.