Re: 80070103 when installing Vista

Arun wrote:
> I'm trying to install Vista Ultimate on a Windows XP + SP2 machine which
> has 91 GB free space and it's giving me the error as shown in the
> attached image...

Is that 91GB of space in a formatted NTFS partition, or just unallocated
space on the drive (i.e. not in any existing partition)?

Are you trying to upgrade on top of your existing XP, or do a clean
install in a separate partition?

>> I'm trying to install Vista Ultimate on a Windows XP + SP2 machine which
>> has 91 GB free space and it's giving me the error as shown in the
>> attached image...
>
> Is that 91GB of space in a formatted NTFS partition, or just unallocated
> space on the drive (i.e. not in any existing partition)?
This is where XP is installed on NTFS.

>
> Are you trying to upgrade on top of your existing XP, or do a clean
> install in a separate partition?
Upgrade on top of existing XP.

-Arun
>

Arun wrote:
>>> I'm trying to install Vista Ultimate on a Windows XP + SP2 machine which
>>> has 91 GB free space and it's giving me the error as shown in the
>>> attached image...
>>
>> Is that 91GB of space in a formatted NTFS partition, or just unallocated
>> space on the drive (i.e. not in any existing partition)?
> This is where XP is installed on NTFS.
>
>>
>> Are you trying to upgrade on top of your existing XP, or do a clean
>> install in a separate partition?
> Upgrade on top of existing XP.

Hm. Well, I looked at the link John posted, which talks about
installing device drivers. That doesn't make much sense unless
the error message is completely misleading. That's certainly a
possibility.

Many people have posted here with strange install problems that
vanish when they tried a clean install instead of an upgrade.

That is what I would do in your situation, but maybe someone else
will have a better idea.

(You may legally do a clean install and use it for up to 30 days
without using your product key.)

>>> Are you trying to upgrade on top of your existing XP, or do a clean
>>> install in a separate partition?
>> Upgrade on top of existing XP.
>
> Hm. Well, I looked at the link John posted, which talks about
> installing device drivers. That doesn't make much sense unless
> the error message is completely misleading. That's certainly a
> possibility.
Yeah, that's why I said the error is completely weird to me. I realized
my XP had some pending updates so I updated it. I've NVidia driver #
4.8.2.0.

BTW, manual update of driver instructions are broken.

>
> Many people have posted here with strange install problems that
> vanish when they tried a clean install instead of an upgrade.
I tried booting with the media and got exactly the same error.

>
> That is what I would do in your situation, but maybe someone else
> will have a better idea.
>
> (You may legally do a clean install and use it for up to 30 days
> without using your product key.)
I do have a product key though

I've had quite a few problems with Vista recently. Is it really ready
for prime time ?

-Arun

I upgraded my driver from:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.85.html

and getting the same error.

I just had a frustrating call with NVidia tech support where they said
"I'm sure it's a Microsoft problem" and not ready to listen to me. And
btw, the help was to "reformat the XP and then try installing Vista".

-Arun

Arun wrote:
>>>> Are you trying to upgrade on top of your existing XP, or do a clean
>>>> install in a separate partition?
>>> Upgrade on top of existing XP.
>>
>> Hm. Well, I looked at the link John posted, which talks about
>> installing device drivers. That doesn't make much sense unless
>> the error message is completely misleading. That's certainly a
>> possibility.
> Yeah, that's why I said the error is completely weird to me. I realized
> my XP had some pending updates so I updated it. I've NVidia driver #
> 4.8.2.0.
>
> BTW, manual update of driver instructions are broken.
>
>>
>> Many people have posted here with strange install problems that
>> vanish when they tried a clean install instead of an upgrade.
> I tried booting with the media and got exactly the same error.
>
>>
>> That is what I would do in your situation, but maybe someone else
>> will have a better idea.
>>
>> (You may legally do a clean install and use it for up to 30 days
>> without using your product key.)
> I do have a product key though
>
> I've had quite a few problems with Vista recently. Is it really ready
> for prime time ?
>
> -Arun

Arun wrote:
>>>> Are you trying to upgrade on top of your existing XP, or do a clean
>>>> install in a separate partition?
>>> Upgrade on top of existing XP.
>>
>> Hm. Well, I looked at the link John posted, which talks about
>> installing device drivers. That doesn't make much sense unless
>> the error message is completely misleading. That's certainly a
>> possibility.
> Yeah, that's why I said the error is completely weird to me. I realized
> my XP had some pending updates so I updated it. I've NVidia driver #
> 4.8.2.0.
>
> BTW, manual update of driver instructions are broken.
>
>>
>> Many people have posted here with strange install problems that
>> vanish when they tried a clean install instead of an upgrade.

> I tried booting with the media and got exactly the same error.

I know little about NVidia hardware, but I expect that if you have
the correct Vista driver on a floppy or USB stick you would need to
feed it to the installer early on.

Have you seen this page?:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/vistaqualityassurance.html


>> (You may legally do a clean install and use it for up to 30 days
>> without using your product key.)
> I do have a product key though

The idea being to try to get through a clean install as a test, not
as a permanent solution. You can test that way without risking your
working XP setup and without invalidating your XP key.

>
> I've had quite a few problems with Vista recently. Is it really ready
> for prime time ?

Depends entirely on your hardware and what legacy software you want
to run. It works well for my very simple needs.

have you done a scandisk and defrag before attempting the upgrade.
if not sure might help.







"Arun" <> wrote in message news:1177114512.863708@news1nwk...
I upgraded my driver from:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.85.html

and getting the same error.

I just had a frustrating call with NVidia tech support where they said
"I'm sure it's a Microsoft problem" and not ready to listen to me. And
btw, the help was to "reformat the XP and then try installing Vista".

-Arun

Arun wrote:
>>>> Are you trying to upgrade on top of your existing XP, or do a clean
>>>> install in a separate partition?
>>> Upgrade on top of existing XP.
>>
>> Hm. Well, I looked at the link John posted, which talks about
>> installing device drivers. That doesn't make much sense unless
>> the error message is completely misleading. That's certainly a
>> possibility.
> Yeah, that's why I said the error is completely weird to me. I realized
> my XP had some pending updates so I updated it. I've NVidia driver #
> 4.8.2.0.
>
> BTW, manual update of driver instructions are broken.
>
>>
>> Many people have posted here with strange install problems that
>> vanish when they tried a clean install instead of an upgrade.
> I tried booting with the media and got exactly the same error.
>
>>
>> That is what I would do in your situation, but maybe someone else
>> will have a better idea.
>>
>> (You may legally do a clean install and use it for up to 30 days
>> without using your product key.)
> I do have a product key though
>
> I've had quite a few problems with Vista recently. Is it really ready
> for prime time ?
>
> -Arun

My machine had two partitions - one with Win XP + SP2 and other with
Linux. The Linux partition was somehow active and Vista was trying to
install on the active partition - this was happening whether I try to
booth from the DVD or install from within XP.

But everything worked after deleting both the partitions and recreating
them.

-Arun

mikeyhsd wrote:
> have you done a scandisk and defrag before attempting the upgrade.
> if not sure might help.
>
>
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> "Arun" < <private.php?do=newpm&u=>> wrote in
> message news:1177114512.863708@news1nwk...
> I upgraded my driver from:
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.85.html
>
> and getting the same error.
>
> I just had a frustrating call with NVidia tech support where they said
> "I'm sure it's a Microsoft problem" and not ready to listen to me. And
> btw, the help was to "reformat the XP and then try installing Vista".
>
> -Arun
>
> Arun wrote:
> >>>> Are you trying to upgrade on top of your existing XP, or do a
> clean
> >>>> install in a separate partition?
> >>> Upgrade on top of existing XP.
> >>
> >> Hm. Well, I looked at the link John posted, which talks about
> >> installing device drivers. That doesn't make much sense unless
> >> the error message is completely misleading. That's certainly a
> >> possibility.
> > Yeah, that's why I said the error is completely weird to me. I
> realized
> > my XP had some pending updates so I updated it. I've NVidia driver #
> > 4.8.2.0.
> >
> > BTW, manual update of driver instructions are broken.
> >
> >>
> >> Many people have posted here with strange install problems that
> >> vanish when they tried a clean install instead of an upgrade.
> > I tried booting with the media and got exactly the same error.
> >
> >>
> >> That is what I would do in your situation, but maybe someone else
> >> will have a better idea.
> >>
> >> (You may legally do a clean install and use it for up to 30 days
> >> without using your product key.)
> > I do have a product key though
> >
> > I've had quite a few problems with Vista recently. Is it really
> ready
> > for prime time ?
> >
> > -Arun