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Vista Home BSoD boot. Plus new HDD questions.

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QUOTH

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Windows XP Home upgrading to Vista Home Premium 32
nVidia GeForce 8600GTS EVGA
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dueal 5000+ 2.61GHz
4.00GB RAM Kingston DDR2 800MHz/pc2-6400 Hyperx Memory Nvidia SLI- Ready Unbuffered Cl4(4-4-4-12) Non-ECC 2.0v
Dell motherboard for E521

Before we get started am I right in thinking I can get a free upgrade from Windows to 64 bit? How does that work? Do I install my 32bit copy then download an add on?

I'm having some trouble with Virtumond (my "please help" topic) and I've decided to just kill XP and install Vista on a new HDD.

Heres my problem. When I try and boot from the disc I get as far as "Windows is installing components" and when that bar is full I get what looks to me like a BSoD error message. Blue screen, white text and just 1 error code, no other text. The code is as follows. It's always the same.

0x0000005C (0x0000010B 0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000)

So I want to know how to fix this, and if you think it will be possible to complete the install if I go throught xp rather than booting from the disk. If I can't fix this and you think I will be able to install from XP then I need to know how about renaming My C drive [see below].

Thanks in advance.

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Because of the problem above I'm trying to install vista on a new HDD which I want to call C through XP.
XP's Disk Management tells me I can't rename my current C drive because windows is installed on it [thats what I thought]. So how do I go about making my new hard drive [Which I'm installing Vista on] C?

From what I've read on here some people Partition a drive into three pieces. One for windows, one for programs and one for "other"? Is there a specific reason for this? Is it so you can reinstall windows and still have all the applications and games working? My plan was to have one partition for windows and appplications and a second for "stuff".
 
Originally posted by: QUOTH
Because of the problem above I'm trying to install vista on a new HDD which I want to call C through XP.
XP's Disk Management tells me I can't rename my current C drive because windows is installed on it [thats what I thought]. So how do I go about making my new hard drive [Which I'm installing Vista on] C?
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No need to. If it's the only drive in the system when you install Windows, it'll be called C: by the Windows installation, and the former C: drive will be given some other drive letter.

So I want to know how to fix this, and if you think it will be possible to complete the install if I go throught xp rather than booting from the disk.
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Given that your WinXP installation is infested with malware, I wouldn't try that. Update your motherboard's BIOS and see if that helps with the mystery error during Vista setup.
 
Urgh, dell update. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

So if I find away to get boot disc install to work, and i unplug my current C drive and stick in my new drive [which gets named C] what will happen when I connect my old C drive? Will it automtcally be renamed to the next availabe letter? Will I be able to acess it or will i be forced to format it first?
 
a lot of people with Dell computers have been getting a "STOP 0x0000005c" error when trying to install Windows Vista on their machines, this error is caused by an out of date BIOS.

if I understand correctly this is with a new HDD that you're installing Vista on, correct?
 
Brand new. Ive formatted it and created partitions with XP's Disk Manager console.

OK, so bios update it is. Ihavent actually done one of thesebeore. I guess just download, run and restart?
Please also look at my silly question in the end of my last post!
 
Originally posted by: QUOTH
Urgh, dell update. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

So if I find away to get boot disc install to work, and i unplug my current C drive and stick in my new drive [which gets named C] what will happen when I connect my old C drive? Will it automtcally be renamed to the next availabe letter?
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Yeah. For instance, I have two separate Windows installations on two separate drives, and each one calls its drive C:, names the other C: drive to E:, and can access the other drive (you may need to take ownership of some folders in order to access them, such as the user profiles in the \Documents and Settings directory).

Will I be able to acess it or will i be forced to format it first?
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Should be able to access it, generally. In the case of dynamic disks, you might have to import it using the Disk Management console (right-click My Computer > Manage), and/or assign it a drive letter in Disk Management.

 
As I don't have to fomat it. Yay, all questions answered! Now I just have to fix dell's old bios and with some luck my woes will be fixed!

One possible snag. Ive already fomatted the drive and added a partition with XP. They are labelled E and F. Will I be able to rename the E partition to C during te Vista boot install? Or have I made a mistake in partitioning and formating the drive this early?
 
Originally posted by: QUOTH
As I don't have to fomat it. Yay, all questions answered! Now I just have to fix dell's old bios and with some luck my woes will be fixed!

One possible snag. Ive already fomatted the drive and added a partition with XP. They are labelled E and F. Will I be able to rename the E partition to C during te Vista boot install? Or have I made a mistake in partitioning and formating the drive this early?
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Delete the partitions, create new partitions during Vista setup if you want more than one, then install Vista onto one of them and it becomes C: (assuming you have all other drives disconnected so they can't steal C).

 
*sigh* Will do, thanks. Downloading bios update now. I'm in the middle of formating one of the partitions [put some stuf on there, don't ask me why]. Can I cancel or should I tak the time to format? I'm guesing it'd be better for the OS to install onto a blank HDD.
 
So am I!

Although now I've installed SP1 I'm having some trouble. BSoD and freezing at random times.

I'm thinking of getting a new antivirus to replace Norton. Kaspersky or AVG.
 
ugh, there's the problem, Norton. it's been reported to have major problems with both Vista SP1 and XP SP3. I'd say AVG, but I would go with a clean wipe and install, backup the SP1 file and that way you don't have to wait for it to DL.
 
Kaspersky has far higher detection rates than AVG. If you can afford Kaspersky, by all means go for it.
 
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