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    G1S-How to install Vista Ultimate from dvd?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by estebanm79, Nov 29, 2007.

  1. estebanm79

    estebanm79 Newbie

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    I just got an Asus G1s-X1 from best buy for ~$1000 and want to put Vista Ultimate on it because I really want to be able to remote into my laptop when Im away from home and not traveling with it and other features are nice to have too. I have tried to do a clean install but it just hangs on "Finishing setup". I have tried one suggestion on loading the Intel chipset drivers when it gives you that option on install but after doing that no drives appear on which I can install Vista to (the drive c: actually dissapears after loading the driver off the cd). Has anyone done this successfully?
     
    estebanm79, Nov 29, 2007
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I remember people mentioning this sort of issues with not-genuine copies of Vista. Are you using the genuine copy? If not this is not where you should ask your question :)
     
    E.B.E., Nov 30, 2007
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  3. Liquid Steel

    Liquid Steel Notebook Consultant

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    I've had no problems with my commandeered copy. After I bought a legit version it worked as well.

    If you commandeered it, you probably got a bad download.
     
    Liquid Steel, Nov 30, 2007
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  4. Gobmonster

    Gobmonster Notebook Consultant

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    There will be no commander talk here guys :p , reminds me of an issue i was having with some audio editing program and everyone in the help forum kept saying that i must have a commandeered copy, but one person gave me the advice i needed (and no, i did not commander it, there was a real error)

    n-e ways, try installing the upgrade instead of the clean install, trouble shoot on another pc, and if it comes down to it, call M$ for another copy, theyll have no problem giving you it if you have the serial numbers and all, theres no good reason for ultimate to not install on your system
     
    Gobmonster, Nov 30, 2007
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  5. EvoKnvl

    EvoKnvl Newbie

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    Weird, I installed my copy of 32 Vista Ultimate... Booted from the disc, wiped out the HD and installed fresh... After that, I installed all the drivers I downloaded/backed up on Flash drive... The chipset one was the 1st to be installed..
     
    EvoKnvl, Nov 30, 2007
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  6. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    To the OP: Assuming you have a legitimate copy, what I suggest is wiping the HDD clean (with the possible exception of the recovery partition), redoing the partitions, marking the partition you want to install Vista on as Active, and trying again to install.
     
    E.B.E., Nov 30, 2007
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  7. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    My 32bit copy stops there too. My X64 copy works fine
     
    JCMS, Nov 30, 2007
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