nautiqueskier Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I'm attempting to install Vista Beta 1. It finishes the installing and then the completing setup, but after the install completes I am unable to boot into Vista before getting a MACHINE_DEBUG_EXCEPTION BSOD. Safe mode does not help. This is the same computer that has run many of the previous builds of Longhorn flawlessly. The Hard Drive is IDE (although I am going to try a SATA one) I have removed all the external peripherals from the computer (excluding keyboard and mouse) and have taken out my other hard drives which house XP x86 and XP x64. ATM the computer is not overclocked (wanted to rule out any instability on the part of the computer) Specs: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ S939 2GB PC3200 DDR-SDRAM 128MB Nvidia Geforce 6600GT Creative Audigy 2 ZS Nvidia nForce 4 Chipset At this point I'm at a complete loss as to what to do next. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajschwab2004 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Well its f****en MS fault I had the blue screen at the start of installation i think it has something to do with installing over Windows XP from Windows Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautiqueskier Posted August 9, 2005 Author Share Posted August 9, 2005 Unfortunately, I didn't even install Vista over XP. I took out my XP Hard Drive and put in a blank hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Why would you install Vista OVER XP?? Unless you mean on a different partition. It's still in beta, people. File a bug report with Microsoft. Since you all got your copies legally, I'm sure you're familiar with the procedures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajschwab2004 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I got mine through a torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Vista is in beta. Release is a year away. Since you pilfered Vista, I'm not sure how you would go about filing bugs. In which case Vista is simply a curiosity to you, and pretty much unsuitable for daily use. My advice would be to forget about messing with Vista and potentially damaging your current OS (if on the same drive.) Enjoy what you have and wait until next year. There are still lots of mysterious bugs in Vista, since it's only in the very early beta stages of development. Don't be so shocked about it not working the way you had expected it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajschwab2004 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 By the way I heard about 2 weeks ago that Windows Vista Beta 2 will be released to the all public for windows xp users is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautiqueskier Posted August 9, 2005 Author Share Posted August 9, 2005 @LTD: Wow, wait a sec All I've asked is a simple question. You don't even know where I got my copy from before accusing me of piracy Bug or not, enough other people have gotten Vista working for me to assume that this is an error on my part. I'm not expecting Vista to work perfect or even close. But it is possible to get it running which is all I want. I'm not worrying about damaging my current OS (which atm is sitting on a hard drive in a different room than my computer) So does anyone have any advice? @ajschwab2004: iirc, Beta 2 is an open beta, yes. But it will stop functioning after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautiqueskier Posted August 9, 2005 Author Share Posted August 9, 2005 Well I've solved the problem - actually more like figured it out. Solving it is gonna take some creative thinking. As soon as I put a CD in the drive, Vista BSOD's I was booting with a CD in the drive and therefore Vista wouldn't start. Anyway I'm now in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runiteshark Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Actually, he was referring to the other guy. I had the same problem, but it was because it was overclocked too high. I relaxed the settings, and it installed fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Well I've solved the problem - actually more like figured it out. Solving it is gonna take some creative thinking.As soon as I put a CD in the drive, Vista BSOD's I was booting with a CD in the drive and therefore Vista wouldn't start. Anyway I'm now in. 586353022[/snapback] I'm not accusing you of anything, I was referring to ajschwab, who actually admitted it himself. It's really none of my business how you got Vista - I was just alluding to the issue of legality insofar as it is related to bug reporting through regular channels. Anyway, I'm glad you got it to work. Have fun with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautiqueskier Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 Sorry I missinterpreted (sp?) you. Vista definetly shows progress toward a final product where the previous builds gave you the feeling of going in circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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