Windows Vista Problem please help!!!"

I decided to upgrade my brother's windows xp media center pc (with his permision) to Windows Vista Ultimate. But it completes the upgrade and it will not boot. It will start up and never make it to the vist boot screen... It will loop and keep restarting. Everything is compatible and I am doing everything by thr books (so I think) It is a Dell E525 (I think) 2.0GHz AMD athlon X64 2Gb of DDR2 RAM

I dont know if this helps but we were having speed problems with the XP and that is partly why we are trying to upgrade.

Thanks and all help is appreciated!

asked Apr 23 '11 at 20:16

Jameel Alayyan
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Sorry about the misspellings and grammar errors..... I am on my phone and the T9 is messed up.

(Apr 23 '11 at 20:18) Jameel Alayyan

Grammar is not your mobiles problem.... Stop blaming technology!

(Apr 23 '11 at 20:20) Jackster1337

Why Vista?

(Apr 23 '11 at 20:21) Jackster1337

lol. I know... :-) But with a 4 inch screen it's kinda hard.

(Apr 23 '11 at 21:55) Jameel Alayyan

There you go Jack. It is one now... :)

(Apr 23 '11 at 22:07) ryebread761

Could the problem be that I am using a checked build windows vista and not Free build? Just wondering.. I doubt if that's the problem...

(Apr 23 '11 at 22:47) Jameel Alayyan

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A. make sure your windows vista is genuine.

B. make sure your windows vista is 32-bit edition.

C. make sure your windows vista is english version.

D. make sure your hardware can support Windows vista

E. make sure there is not any bios problem.

F. if you still cant solve the problem, you can contact Microsoft service center or send email to them

answered Apr 24 '11 at 01:02

iFox
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edited Apr 24 '11 at 01:10

A) It's MSDN copy... So it's genuine B) Yes it is 32 bit (almost made the 64 bit mistake beforehand... but didn't C) It's of course English. What you think I live in China? lol. :-) D) Yes my hardware can support Windows Vista (I did mention above my specs, and yes it can!) E) ehh I don't think I have a BIOS problem. F) I couldn't really solve the problem the way I wanted to. So I am doing a clean install of Vista. Why? Because my brother has games and applications that strictly will not work in Windows 7, no matter what the compatibility settings are set to.

Thanks for your help though :-)

(Apr 24 '11 at 01:47) Jameel Alayyan

The problem was E!!

I did a clean install and it sort of worked until it mentioned to me in device manager that the BIOS needs to be updated/is corrupt. So I went to dell's website and downloaded, installed, Now THERE ARE NOR PROBLEMS! THANK YOU! You are really helpful! Also I am happy that you weren't dwelling over the fact I was using Vista. Thank You!

(Apr 25 '11 at 03:02) Jameel Alayyan

xp was probably suffering from bad sectors on hdd, check or replace the hdd.

answered Apr 23 '11 at 21:19

NeoHavock
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I am honestly thinking you are right... Seems like people are too busy dwelling on the fact I'm going to use Vista... I appreciate answers like this. Thank You :-) I am going to though look further into the hard drive, and if that is what it is; you get the right answer for the day. Sound good?

(Apr 23 '11 at 21:57) Jameel Alayyan

You know, windows have more problems than anything else, worse if its vista.

answered Apr 23 '11 at 20:29

iTechnologyz
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95 Works!.

(Apr 23 '11 at 20:30) Jackster1337

oh, send it for warranty if you still has it

(Apr 23 '11 at 20:48) iTechnologyz

Ran out 15 years ago :/

(Apr 23 '11 at 20:54) Jackster1337

hey iTechnologyz, not only does it have the most problems but it's used the most, so you gotta take the good (flexability) with the bad (sometimes problems when upgrading)

(Apr 23 '11 at 21:09) iGeek3

Get a mac. Think Different.

(Apr 24 '11 at 01:42) iTechnologyz

why did you choose vista? if you wanted to upgrade you should have went with windows 7... vista is a downgrade from xp

answered Apr 23 '11 at 20:39

CrazyA84
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I would say downgrade from ME....

(Apr 23 '11 at 20:42) Jackster1337

i would say 2000...

(Apr 23 '11 at 21:07) bailey0799

You say a lot of pointless things that do not answer anything...

(Apr 23 '11 at 21:08) Jackster1337

I chose Vista because there is nothing wrong with it (Just people don't know how to use it) and it's an easy upgrade from the old, outdated XP.

(Apr 23 '11 at 21:59) Jameel Alayyan

It's easy enough to download a hard disc error checking freeware program. You may as well check that first before trying in vain to install Vista (if the drive is failing). I know each drive maker generally has downloadable programs available at their website's support page.

Assuming the drive checks out ok, do a full format (not "quick") & then check it for errors as a slave to another running MS PC, if possible. It's not the only way to do this- but simplest.

If the drive checks ok or you end up with a new drive- there's a loophole in Vista & 7 that allows you to do a full install with upgrade media. Google for it. Basically, you install as if it is new- do not input the product key- get through the setup- allow it to reboot. Then, boot once again to Vista CD & it will recognize & "upgrade" itself (the 1st Vista you've installed).

Hope this helps

answered Apr 25 '11 at 05:40

geekomatic
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