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    New DELL XPS 1330 Guest need URGENT Help!!!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by albalaji, Jun 28, 2008.

  1. albalaji

    albalaji Newbie

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    Hi Dell users

    I bought Dell XPS 1330 with windows vista bussines.. after 3 month's i bough Windows vista ultimate DVD ,Then I try to install that version on my DELL .. I insert DVD then i follow instructions as it is but suddenly when it restart my dell it give me an error mesg.(" Windows faild to start.etc....")

    What's wrong ? Is there any way to completly format my HD? and install it again ?

    Is there any clean install for my DVD??

    PLs help me my dell not work !!!!
     
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  2. mattocs

    mattocs Notebook Deity

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    Get some sort of boot disk. Perhaps some sort of Linux distr? Delete your partition and format. Put in the Windows disk, start to install, make a partition, and you should be good to go.
     
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  3. nobscot6

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    yes, you can format w/ the vista ultimate disk, which you can use as your boot disk. one of the options is to format the existing vista partition--do that. then install ultimate on that partition.

    clean install-- use the ult dvd, boot from it, format the previous vista partition/hdd and clean install ultimate w/ out the bloat

    'check out les's infamous thread here on that subject:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=157838
     
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  4. albalaji

    albalaji Newbie

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    thanks for your concerd..

    Can you Give my that boot disk ?Or How to find it?
    for deleting Partition I do it And i creat it then i format it befor but still message appear
     
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  5. mattocs

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    So right now you have the hard drive formated? Is there a partition on it?
     
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    Yes .. only one partition disk 0 partaiton 2 (like this ..)..
     
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    And you cannot even start the windows install, or does it give you the error after/durring the install?
     
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    Error after compliting install and restart machine
     
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    Maybe you have some defective hardware?

    I never had to install Vista yet, as I just got my first Vista system a month ago. Durring the install, does it give you the option to install drivers? I did some Googling, and it seems people have this issue when they don't install the proper drivers.

    Can you install the version of Vista that came with the system?
     
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  10. albalaji

    albalaji Newbie

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    When i use the version of vista came wth dell it is install perfectly without any errors !!!

    About vista ultimate did not ask me about any drivers ..
     
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  11. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    There is a slim chance of the MBR being corrupt. Delete all partitions on the hard disk, and create a new partition. Then try installing the OS.
     
    sesshomaru, Jun 28, 2008
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