Vista Install Error- boot Configuration

I am trying to install Vista from an Xp Pro Sp2 machine. Whether I try an
upgrade or clean install, I get error msg during the expanding files that
says. "windows could not update boot configuration. "

I'm looking for a solution to this problem

Thanks in advance.

john wrote:

> I am trying to install Vista from an Xp Pro Sp2 machine. Whether I try an
> upgrade or clean install, I get error msg during the expanding files that
> says. "windows could not update boot configuration. "
>
> I'm looking for a solution to this problem
>
> Thanks in advance.

Do you have something like GoBack installed? Third-party security software
that protects the mbr so nothing can be written to it?

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

The only security software on the computers is Norton Corporate(managed).

"Malke" <> wrote in message
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> john wrote:
>
>> I am trying to install Vista from an Xp Pro Sp2 machine. Whether I try
>> an
>> upgrade or clean install, I get error msg during the expanding files that
>> says. "windows could not update boot configuration. "
>>
>> I'm looking for a solution to this problem
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> Do you have something like GoBack installed? Third-party security software
> that protects the mbr so nothing can be written to it?
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

john wrote:

> The only security software on the computers is Norton Corporate(managed).

Then look at its options. Obviously something unusual is preventing Vista
from writing to the mbr and only you can see the machine to find out what
that is.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

On some machines there is a setting in bios that prevents changing MBR.
//SaM

Malke wrote:
> john wrote:
>
>> The only security software on the computers is Norton Corporate(managed).
>
> Then look at its options. Obviously something unusual is preventing Vista
> from writing to the mbr and only you can see the machine to find out what
> that is.
>
> Malke