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    Vista clean install (Anytime Upgrade Disc)

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by daphatgrant, Jan 28, 2009.

  1. daphatgrant

    daphatgrant Notebook Guru

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    Has anyone done this on an Acer laptop? I recently bought a 5515 for my parents and after seeing all the bloatware that came on it I figured I'd do a clean OS install. I backed up the CD Key using the ABR utility and backed up all the drivers. I then started the new OS install and get all the way to "completing installation" and it sits there spinning for a good 20-30 mins before it freezes. I tried the 32 bit version first followed by the 64 bit and had no luck either try. I eventually reinstalled the factory settings using the recovery disc.

    Any ideas?
     
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    20 minutes is usual for my Dell laptop. Its not all the time though. Sometimes it sits on that step for 2 mins, sometimes 15.
     
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    Does the mouse freeze? I also get no activity on the HDD light.
     
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    I did clean Vista (64bit) install on my Acer6935 - without any problems using ABR utility.
     
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    I've done it before on my Thinkpad and again on a Dell with no issue, never ran into this pause and freeze before.
     
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    This is as far as I get and it just stalls.

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    Ok, I have had that exact problem and THE only way I was able to get Vista Premium installed was change the SATA in the Bios to IDE NATIVE. Every other way the install just hung on the Windows Load Screen after the first boot up. After the file extraction. At first I thought it was just slow but after 20 different times I tried to install it (Premium) and even left it running over night nothing worked. OH and by the way it wouldn't even let me upgrade I had to do a Clean install. Then after the install the driver for the athlon processor was corrupt. WHich was a pain in the rear. I even contacted Microsoft through the chat and after 6 hrs and 2 days of phone calls, I found the problem and fixed it. Delete and reinstall the driver. The only problem I am having is now the laptop won't boot up in AHCI mode just in the IDE Native. Does anybody know how to get it to install in AHCI and not IDE Native? That is the only problem now. Even after the install when I change the drive back to AHCI it just hangs on the windows loading screen. The only way Vista Home PREMIUM is running is in native mode. But Home BASIC will run perfect in AHCI.. Can any one help????
     
    mikejones13, Mar 12, 2009
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    chriscatt, Mar 13, 2009
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