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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Setup and Deployment / February 2008Installation difficulties
Due to a hard drive failure I'm having to install XP prior to updating to Vista. The install gets to the point where it copies the files to the hard drive and then restarts. After that point however it fails to continue and gives a disk not readable error. The hard drive is brand new and I am capable of installing Vista on it fine (due to Vista being an upgrade version the product key is only accepted if I go via an XP installation). Has anyone got any suggestions for resolving this? If you install Vista without entering the License Key you will have installed a Trial version. Upgrade this version by installing Vista again and this time enter the License Key peter  SignatureDISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) > Due to a hard drive failure I'm having to install XP prior to updating to > Vista. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Has anyone got any suggestions for resolving this? You dont need to install the qualifying product to upgrade, you simply need the cd to insert when the installation complains > Due to a hard drive failure I'm having to install XP prior to updating to > Vista. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Has anyone got any suggestions for resolving this? sorry but Vista needs XP installed and activated before it will upgrade. XP just needed a copy of a previous qualifying OS on CD to verify but not Vista peter SignatureDISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) |
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