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    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by nosaj53, Sep 14, 2009.

  1. nosaj53

    nosaj53 Newbie

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    I have a Clevo m570u, and it came with windows xp installed. I am trying to do a clean install of windows vista, but when I boot the disc it loads the setup files and then does nothing else. Please help as it is very annoying.
     
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    The Voyager Notebook Consultant

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    did you format first?
     
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    nosaj53 Newbie

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    Yes I formatted first. I am wondering if it is the bios, but I don't see why it would be. It goes to the screen where it says Windows is loading setup files, then after the bar is filled it goes to a blank screen, nothing happens. My dvd rom looks like it stopped reading the disc and the hard drive indicator looks likes it stopped working with the hard drive. This is very annoying. I feel like I have tried everything.
     
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    ettornio Notebook Deity

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    Did you try checking for an "AHCI" mode in the BIOS? I'm pretty sure you need to enable AHCI for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
     
    ettornio, Sep 14, 2009
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    theriko Ronin

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    Vista and 7 should work with or without AHCI (although it's recommended to enable it before install), so it shouldn't be that, have you checked to see if your vista disc is scratched, or tried another disc?
     
    theriko, Sep 14, 2009
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    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    I've had terrible problems with Vista not loading if the disk isn't perfect. Try buffing the disk with some Rain-X and see if it doesn't fix it.
     
    emike09, Sep 14, 2009
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