Hi,
Highly probable that there is an incompatible peripheral attached to the
system or that a BIOS setting is incorrect (especially timing settings).
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"tnttnt" <> wrote in message
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>
> I have been trolling round on the forums and have found a few people in
> similar situations as myself but not able to locate the info i am after.
>
> I am having issues installing vista on my OS, I know it is able to run
> it as i have had it on this machine before many times. The issue i am
> facing is not int he installation its after it has completed, it gets to
> the stage where it asks me to setup a newtwork, a user name etc etc....
>
> then goes on to the performance test then does the final loading part
> (placing desktop items etc) then has to restart....
>
> I then cannot load windows from then on it loops around the 1st bios
> type screen etc. I know the versions of vista i have are not faulty as i
> have used the them previously on this machine and i have more than 1
> version and they all do the same.
>
> The only OS i can seem to install is XP sp3 which i am running atm
>
> Any ideas whats wrong guys?
>
> Thanks
> Ant
>
>
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> tnttnt