I am trying to install Vista Business (which is the version that the Vista Upgrade Advisor suggested I install), and everything goes fine until it has to restart and then one of three things happens:
-it just hangs at the Windows splash screen
-it seems to make it past the screen, but only to the blue screen of death with the message "IRQL_EQUAL_OR_NOT_LESS"
-same blue screeen with error "BAD_POOL_CALLER"
I have read some posts where people have suggested making sure that Vista can write to the master boot record, but I don't know how to do that. I have also read to make sure that there is no or an approproate boot manager, and I don't know of that,either.
I should mention that I have XP Pro on both HDDs right now (with the intention of going with Vista on one of them). The one I'm installing to is F: Drive and not C:, though I don't know if that matters or why it should, since I clearly denote which one I want the OS on.
I have gotten a couple of other suggestions from the Vista Advisor, but it is for Vista compatible drivers for my monitor, sound card, and (ironically) Microsoft Messenger, but the advisor said this shouldn't affect install.
Any help would be great; this has been a chore.
Windows XP with SP2
AMD Athlon XP 3200 (Socket A)
L1 Cache 128kb
L2 Cache 512kb
2 Gigs Corsair DDR 400 RAM and one 512mb OCZ DDR 400 stick
ASUS A7N8X-E DELUXE mobo (with latest 1013 Phoenix BIOS)
Radeon X850XT graphics card
Audigy ZS Gamer
150gb Western Digital Raptor Sata HDD
160gb Barracuda 7,200 Sata HDD
Direct X 9.0c
-it just hangs at the Windows splash screen
-it seems to make it past the screen, but only to the blue screen of death with the message "IRQL_EQUAL_OR_NOT_LESS"
-same blue screeen with error "BAD_POOL_CALLER"
I have read some posts where people have suggested making sure that Vista can write to the master boot record, but I don't know how to do that. I have also read to make sure that there is no or an approproate boot manager, and I don't know of that,either.
I should mention that I have XP Pro on both HDDs right now (with the intention of going with Vista on one of them). The one I'm installing to is F: Drive and not C:, though I don't know if that matters or why it should, since I clearly denote which one I want the OS on.
I have gotten a couple of other suggestions from the Vista Advisor, but it is for Vista compatible drivers for my monitor, sound card, and (ironically) Microsoft Messenger, but the advisor said this shouldn't affect install.
Any help would be great; this has been a chore.
Windows XP with SP2
AMD Athlon XP 3200 (Socket A)
L1 Cache 128kb
L2 Cache 512kb
2 Gigs Corsair DDR 400 RAM and one 512mb OCZ DDR 400 stick
ASUS A7N8X-E DELUXE mobo (with latest 1013 Phoenix BIOS)
Radeon X850XT graphics card
Audigy ZS Gamer
150gb Western Digital Raptor Sata HDD
160gb Barracuda 7,200 Sata HDD
Direct X 9.0c
