hi all my first post here and sadly i can not get vista to install ive tryed several times and just keep getting blue screens stop messages .
my system is
amd venice 3800 64
gigabyte k8ns ultra 939
1 gb corsair platinum mem
ati x800 pro
seagate barracuda 200gb hd
dvd rom and dvd rewriter
on board sound (disabled for install)
runnin win xp home
compatibilty tool says np to vista i removed any programs that could cause a prob ran disk clean up and defrag and running ntfs file system
have latest bios rev 10 .
the latest attempt
after first reboot i get blue screen saying
STOP: c000021a Fatal system error
The NT initial Command Process System process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0x0000001(0x00000000 0x00000000) the system has been shut down .
i restarted and the upgrade continued got as far as installing upgrade then blue screen again a problem has been detected and windows as been shut down bla bla bla
follow these steps disable or uninstal ativirus disk defrag or back up utilities ,check your hard drive config and check for any updated drivers .
technical info
***STOP 0x00000024 (0x001904ab,0x85fefAD8,0x85fef7d4,0x853Z4ba1)
*** NTFS,SYS-ADDRESS 85324ba1 Base at 85za0000 date stamp 45499ceb
then restores to win xp any
sry for the long post but the more info the better i think :P