| Re: an't finish Home premium upgrade, black screen will the install continue if you select VGA mode?
"mIc" <mIc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6A29BD80-A82A-4EA3-9A84-BE6898BC6A5F@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I tried saving the new vista drivers to both a cd and my hard drive. If I
> put into safe mode, it kicks me out saying that it cannot finish the
> installation in safe mode. I tried accessing the drivers from the DOS
> prompt
> in repair installation on the vista disk but recieved an error message
> when I
> ran that too. On the 32 bit install it would load the setup before giving
> an
> error, with the 64 bit install it says "The system cannot execute the
> specified program". Thanks for the idea though, thats what I thought of
> when
> I first saw the error.
>
> "CanaKiwi" wrote:
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>> You need to install the drivers once VIsta is installed. Download them
>> to a
>> location that you have access to or a CD etc.
>>
>> Restart computer and when it is booting up hit F8 and boot into safe
>> mode.
>> Once it has booted install the new XP Video Drivers from NVidia.
>>
>>
>> "mIc" <mIc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9DC6F129-B928-45ED-896F-0AC7CD14CB95@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > I've tried several different times to install vista home premium
>> > upgrade
>> > from
>> > winXP home. It says before install that there might be problems with
>> > my
>> > nVidia drivers but I've updated them completely from the nVidia
>> > website.
>> > Each time the installation goes fine until after the screen where it
>> > says
>> > vista is loading for the first time, then my monitor goes black like it
>> > is
>> > getting no output at all. I read a post saying to be patient and it
>> > will
>> > work itself out, and that didn't work, it rebooted a once and
>> > eventually
>> > went
>> > to sleep after being on for a long period of time. It looks as though
>> > I'm
>> > not the only one have nVidia problems with vista but I should at least
>> > be
>> > able to load it. I am running an MSI NS6600-TD128E which is part of
>> > the
>> > nVidia Geforce 6600 series.[/color]
>>
>>
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