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    Help - Vista stuck when installing

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mrkennedy98, Mar 17, 2008.

  1. mrkennedy98

    mrkennedy98 Newbie

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    Hi,

    Looking for some advice, my brothers laptop was very slow so i reformatted the hard drive and put vista on fresh. But when it's on completing installation it just hangs there.

    So i did a search and it said something about changing the bios to ATA. But i cannot find the option in the bios menu.

    It's a Vostro 1000 and has PheonixBios if that helps.

    Thanks
     
    mrkennedy98, Mar 17, 2008
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  2. ACHlLLES

    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    May need to install hard drive driver before the OS installation. Right before the OS installation, you are given a choice to install hard drive installation.

    Give it a try.
     
    ACHlLLES, Mar 17, 2008
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    mrkennedy98 Newbie

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    Thanks but where can i find the hard drive driver?
     
    mrkennedy98, Mar 18, 2008
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