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19-01-2009, 06:16 PM | #1 | ||
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Can't install 64 bit vista
So I'm trying to install 64 bit vista with sp1 on the system to make a dual boot, but I can't do it because the installation process itself won't start. I already have 32-bit version of XP installed and I've put CDROM booting priority in the BIOS. The problem is that the screen says press any key to boot from CD/DVD but when I do that nothing happens and windows XP boot as always.
My specs are: AMD Athlon x2 6000+ 4GB RAM 640GB Hitachi HD 2x LG DVD Gigabyte motherboard (not sure 'bout the model) etc. |
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19-01-2009, 06:26 PM | #2 | ||
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a) your BIOS doesn't activate your USB keyboard before entering Windows so that your key presses are not captured since the keyboard isn't active yet b) you got a bad CD/DVD and while your BIOS may detect it as a bootable CD/DVD, once it reads it, it may decide it's not bootable anyway and continue to Windows XP. |
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19-01-2009, 06:27 PM | #3 | ||
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this happened to me when the copy of my windows cd was scratched, did you try another cd?
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19-01-2009, 06:38 PM | #4 | ||
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Well it detects the copy in windows XP normally. Also I just *khm* used a flamethrower on it so it should be fine.
@red_avatar: it detects my keyboard when I press del to enter BIOS, I would expect for it to detect my keyboard afterwards too, no? |
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19-01-2009, 06:50 PM | #5 | ||
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You sure your CPU itself is 64 bits?
Otherwise it seems to point that the CD isn't bootable--including that it was but the boot sector was damaged, even if data elsewhere are intact...
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19-01-2009, 06:52 PM | #6 | ||
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Reading a CD and reading the boot data is two different things. Also, is this a legal version? You can't burn a bootable image from an ISO file for example and incorrectly burning any image file may result in a non-bootable DVD.
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19-01-2009, 07:02 PM | #7 | ||
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Of course my CPU is 64 bit, all the modern ones are and this one has two cores. Also it says it's 64-bit while booting. :P
Now what you're talking about ISO's might be the case, what can I do? Also when I've burnt my windows xp ISO's I would just burn them normally and they would boot. Last edited by Tulac; 19-01-2009 at 07:08 PM. |
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19-01-2009, 07:24 PM | #8 | ||
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btw tulac, i meant if you tried another version of vista cd, not xp cd..
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