Vista 64 ISO problem and XP 32

Hello All,

Im trying to install Vista Enterprise x64 on an HP xw8200 running 32 bit XP pro. Im not sure what im doing wrong. We downloaded Vista from MS and un-rar'ed it and it came as an ISO. After that I burned it in a Rimage using the ISO 9660 standard. After that I put it into the XP harddrive just to make sure the disc burned correctly. No problems there, I could view the ISO and even extract it using powerISO. After that I rebooted the PC and went to boot options and told the PC to boot from the DVD rom. That there is where the problem comes in. The PC doesnt do anything with the DVD, after 20-30 seconds it begins to boot into XP.

I've been googling and im not sure if im missing some files on the ISO. I can post a screen shot in about an hour (dinner time with the family) of the extracted ISO if that will help any.

Thanks
Tony

 

Try the burned installation DVD on another comp? I guess it is just a bad installation CD.

cheers ...

 

well i guess the problem ie with the bios u might just need to upgrade ur bios for vista installation.
i ould suggest not upgarding to vista though it is really very slow and not a good option.
other problem colud also be 32 bit xp and 64 bit vista.i guess u undersatnd wht i
mean

 

First guess is that the DVD isn't bootable, although that should be specified in the ISO.

What I'm not sure about is how you downloaded an OS from Microsoft - as far as I am aware it only things like MSDNAA and Technet that offer downloads of OSes - but these do not come as a RAR archive - they use their own downloader (at least for MSDNAA - I'm a student, I know this part)which downloads and then extracts the file - if its an ISO you only get and ISO...

So something doesn't sound right...

If you have a valid license though, you may want to contact MS and ask for a disc - you would only pay for the disc and shipping possibly too if they offer it, as you already have the license

 

you don't happen to have burned the iso on the disk as a file, did you?

get something like isorecorder to burn the iso as a disk by itself.

 

Good suggestion. ISOrecorder is what I use also to burn my Technet ISOs to a disk and I've never had any problems with the disks afterward. It's a great little program, and I highly recommend it.

 

I experienced your problem before, OP.
Because I downloaded Vista x64 package as well and the disc I burnt was unusable(tried a few discs all fail).
Use ISOrecorder(my friend told me about it, it have both 32bit and 64bit version) to burn the CD image instead of PowerISO, Nero, NTI and so on. I think this should work.

Lastly, I used a different method(I do a bootable USB flash drive 64bit), I install a random 64bit OS 1st(Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit RC). Because 32bit OS can't create 64bit OS bootable USB flash drive. After the installation of W7 64bit RC, I created a bootable Vista x64 package installer to my USB flash drive. Save the money of buying discs. LOL.
For your information, booting/installing OS from External HD is faster than from disc. USB flash drive(pendrive) is slow but not as slow as DISC(DVD, CD).

 

Similar to the stark installation discrepancies of Linux distros (i.e. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse, etc.) have with regard to PC requirements of either x86 or i386 or simply put in Windows' 32-bit & 64 bit graphic requirements, there will be corresponding incompatibility problems if your PC's graphic requirements do not match with that of your burned ISO image (i.e. CD-R or DVD-R). Be sure to check if your PC is running 32-bit or 64-bit then, likewise, matching it with your burned ISO image (i.e. ISO 32-bit for your 32-Bit PC; ISO 64-bit for your 64-bit PC).

Like taj619 said, I guess you have to upgrade your BIOS to accomodate your vista installation.

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