Vista IS available on CDs -- check the coupon that came with your retail Vista
disk.

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"peter" <peter@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:O51dNjr1HHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> First Vista website has a program that test your system to see if it is
> capable of Vista......did you do that??
> as far as I know Vista is only available on DVD...................never seen a
> Vista CD retail...if its a download from MS it even tells you to burn to DVD..
> If you have SATA Hard drives.....you will need the SATA drivers supplied by
> your mobo manufacturer to install the drivers during the Vista install.
> What Disks are in 5 Volumes?? your HD?? your Vista Installation disks??...no
> wonder if you burned to CD....
> So the online purchase was saved.....download it again and this time burn it
> to a DVD...........and when you are installing have that mobo driver CD
> ready....
>
> then get back to us and tell us how it worked when your doing it the right way
> peter
>
> "teak" <teak@linuxmail.org> wrote in message
> news:1186243375.407513.257510@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>>I have had a problem with winows vista. First, I have the CD ROM
>> version. Second, as I download, it asks for Drivers. It may relate to
>> the Hard Drive.
>>
>> What is the URL I cab transfer too so I can retrieve these drivers?
>> Also, My disks are in 5 volumes-Amazing eh. I spent hours speaking to
>> MS and they figuer we neede a DVD Drive to load Vista.
>>
>> By the way I keep hearing Vista is Horrible. any relationed stories?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tino
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