Good luck. I know how frustrating it can be. I never was able to get a
boot record on a Hitachi SATA II drive when they first came out. Worked
great as a data drive.

"Jonathan" <Jonathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FD75400E-1C62-4EFE-B39A-214B24F95A5E@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Actually I changed my video card rigth to be sure to install vista without
> no
> problem, Infact before I removed a geforce4, and I installed ati 1300x
> which
> report vista ready logo, and I tried a boot setup formatting disk. It's
> funny
> that when I installed vista beta 2 on an old pc, I had no problem. Anyway
> there are just 2 possibilities., one it can be and incompatibility with
> asrock mb, or 2 maybe it's right the video card. I bet on mainboard.
> Thanks. :)
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
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>> Others have reported that with a similar problem with ATI video cards
>> that
>> they put in an older card for the install and put back the later card
>> after
>> it was installed. Don't know if that is an option for you, but if it is
>> it
>> is worth a try.
>>
>>
>> "Jonathan" <Jonathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:29FB8E11-BAA5-4A8B-971A-26D7277E21B6@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Thanks for answers.
>> >
>> > I retried again without all non essential card like wi-fi. I left just
>> > video
>> > card as agp and no pci. Regarding ati driver I experienced the same
>> > problem
>> > about the manage software, but this happen just attempting and update.
>> > The
>> > system crash always at the same point, in the phase named "First Start
>> > of
>> > Vista". I enclose a link with the pic of error
>> > [url]http://www.moonway.it/files/vistaerror.jpg[/url]
>> > My hard disk is a normal samsung ide of about 250gb, I deactivated that
>> > on
>> > sata, to avoid driver errors. Last chance it may be update bios
>> >
>> > "Daze N. Knights" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Forgot to mention, regarding my ATI Catalyst Control Center fix, that
>> >> installation of .NET 1.1 was also required *before* installing the
>> >> beta
>> >> for Vista 32. (And also, that there is a separate, much larger, beta
>> >> installation file for ATI's CCC that covers both Vista 32 *and* 64).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Daze N. Knights wrote:
>> >> > Update on my own situation:
>> >> >
>> >> > I received a reply from ATI support, followed their instructions to
>> >> > download an ATI Catalyst Control Center *beta* installation program
>> >> > for
>> >> > Vista 32, then uninstall all ATI software shown in Add/Remove
>> >> > Programs,
>> >> > then install the new beta. It seems to have worked and I believe
>> >> > (knock
>> >> > on wood) my issues are resolved. :) Nevertheless, I suspect that the
>> >> > OP's BSOD problems have something to do with his video card . . .
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Daze N. Knights wrote:
>> >> >> I'm using the ATI Sapphire Radeon X1300 256 (said on the box to be
>> >> >> "Vista Ready") on a system I just built, and I also experienced
>> >> >> BSODs
>> >> >> when first installing Vista (32) RTM. Although I got past the BSOD
>> >> >> problem and got Vista installed OK, the ATI Catalyst Control Center
>> >> >> for the video card will not open. When trying to open it, Windows
>> >> >> gives the following error message: "Windows Vista does not support
>> >> >> ATI
>> >> >> Catalyst Control Center. This problem was caused by a compatibility
>> >> >> issue between Windows Vista and ATI Catalyst Control Center.
>> >> >> Contact
>> >> >> ATI about upgrades or other possible solutions to help make this
>> >> >> program compatible with this version of Windows." I have just
>> >> >> registered the card online with ATI and have filed a complaint
>> >> >> about
>> >> >> the situation just this morning. I can find no drivers on their
>> >> >> site
>> >> >> to upgrade to, and am rather unhappy with ATI about this.
>> >> >> Hopefully, I
>> >> >> will hear from them soon. On the plus side: after about three
>> >> >> reboots
>> >> >> the BSODs went away and haven't returned, and the card itself seems
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> be functioning for me.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Jonathan wrote:
>> >> >>> Hi All, I downloaded from my msdn subscription vista 64 and vista
>> >> >>> x86.
>> >> >>> I try several times to setup on my machine, either from boot and
>> >> >>> updating win xp and even with 64 version. The installion program
>> >> >>> crash with a blue protection error screen, but there no info about
>> >> >>> the cause, just the general error message.
>> >> >>> Here my hardware configuration, I'm surprise if there is any
>> >> >>> incoptibility issue cause it's all pretty recent, and I renew the
>> >> >>> video card with a vista ready one.
>> >> >>> Anibody knows if there is some issue about?
>> >> >>> Thanks
>> >> >>> Jonathan
>> >> >>> Main Board ASROCK 939A8X-M
>> >> >>> 1GB DDR Ram
>> >> >>> AMD Athlon 64 3200
>> >> >>> VideoCard Sapphire 1300x 512 Vista ready
>> >> >>> D-link AirPlus DWL-520 WIFI
>> >> >>> LG DVD Writer
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
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