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    MX7118 & Vista

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by +++, Feb 15, 2007.

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    Has anyone had success installing Vista on their MX7118? I get an endless BSOD loop before it completes the install. The last line in the bootlog file is: Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Udfs.sys

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    Gateway MX7118
    Motherboard Arima RX480M (Shadow Chassis)
    CPU AMD Athlon 64 3400+ M 2.20 GHz
    Memory 1GB DDR PC2700
    Video ATI Radeon® XPRESS 200M NB
    Audio (Various) AC '97
    Hard Drive (Seagate) Notebook 120 GB 5400RPM
    Primary Optical Drive [DVD-R/RW] Generic 8x DVD+/-RW Dual-Layer Burner
    Modem Conexant 56K ITU v.92 Fax/Modem
    Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
    Additional Network Interface (unknown) 802.11g

    Any help out there?

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    i would venture to say that either:
    . the installation medium is corrupt
    . not enough disk space is being assigned to vista (at least 20-25gb is my personal recommendation)

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    qhn, Feb 15, 2007
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    Well.. I copied the media to the HD and tried to install it that way, too. Same results.

    I also have a 120GB new drive. The partition I was installing Vista on is 40GB. I tried on an 80GB first. Same results.

    I tried another Vista CD, too! Same results. :confused:

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    how did u get these vista CD, may i ask? burning from a downloaded file? direct from m$? have u tried scanning the media for mal/spyware?

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    qhn, Feb 16, 2007
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    The first DVD I tried installing was the DVD that MS sent me. When that didn't work I tried a friend's DVD. That didn't work either. These are genuine DVDs from MS and I have a unique and legitimate product key issued to me from MS.

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    it could be hardware that has recently went bad. Try installing XP just to see if you can get everything installed properly. If you end up with the same results I would lean towards faulty hardware.

    I had a problem like this on a desktop a few years back, win2000 would install to a certain point and then **** would hit the fan. ended up being ram that had went bad.
     
    problazer, Feb 20, 2007
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