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Hey everyone,
So I've been building my new pc this week and something must be wrong...

Spec:
Intel i7 2600k
Asus P8P67 Pro B3 revision
16GB Corsair Vengance RAM
Corsair 750W Power supply
Low end graphic card from another PC untill GTX560ti arrives.
CD/DVD optical drive.

60SSD
250GB 7200RPM x 2

Tried to install Vista on SSD. Booted from disc, installtion worked until 'Installation Completing' and it doesn't ever get any further (mouse still works, so it isn't frozen).

Installed fresh copy of Vista on HDD on old PC, worked fine, put HDD with OS into new PC, doesn't work. Keeps restarting after showing windows loading bar for a split second.

I keep formatting the drives and trying again but nothing works :\

Any advice on things to try? :(
 
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Sounds like a driver problem. Have you tried booting into save mode which will use generic drivers where it can, eg for graphics card?

If you can then you have nailed it down to drivers.
 
first off taking a hard drive with OS from another machine probably wont work, causes too many issues with drivers.

a quick google suggests an issue with your sata controller driver. you should be able to specify the driver on the screen where you select/format the drive if i remember rightly, use the one from the motherboard disk.

also have you put your SSD into AHCI in the bios?
 
Safe mode doesn't work, just resets again.
I've just tried installing a new copy onto an hdd on the new build (something I hadn't tried) and still it's frozen at the same place.

Sata is set to AHCI.

So go to install a new copy and select load drivers? Then format ssd and try to install again?
 
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I'd guess your problem was Vista. Having spent that much on upgrading parts I'd spend a bit more and put win 7 on it. being more up to date it has a better chance of having enough drivers to get it started.

Think that is the same mainboard that i installed on a few weeks back and AHCI was already set in bios by default so it shouldn't be that.

if it is sata drivers causing the problem you can load them during install http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/68505-sata-driver-load-windows-7-vista-setup.html
 
Ben: said:
Safe mode doesn't work, just resets again.
I've just tried installing a new copy onto an hdd on the new build (something I hadn't tried) and still it's frozen at the same place.

Sata is set to AHCI.

So go to install a new copy and select load drivers? Then format ssd and try to install again?
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def sata drivers then
 
Just to be clear...

Start with a blank drive. You can usually select to erase the disc at the start of the install I think, if not maybe do it on another PC in disc management either fitting the drive temporarily or using a USB connector of some kind and delete the partitions.

Have just that drive in the new install. no other hard drives.

install O/S and add driver during install if you think it needs it.

Never do an install on one PC and expect that hard drive to boot in another box with different hardware.

let us know how the fresh start goes with drivers.
 
Thanks for all the responses guys.
I have just 1 drive in the new system - SSD.
I boot from CD, delete any partitions and format the drive, free space is full.
I click on Load Driver, it says I need to insert media containing the drivers. I put the motherboard disc in, scans, nothing found. I can browse manually, but what am I looking for? Nothing to suggest sata drivers.
 
I didn't use the CD and got everything from the Asus site in case the CD was out of date.

The sata driver unpacked to a folder called IRST_V10621001_XPVistaWin7

and under that was a folder called driver with the ini files in it.
 
RobertP said:
I didn't use the CD and got everything from the Asus site in case the CD was out of date.

The sata driver unpacked to a folder called IRST_V10621001_XPVistaWin7

and under that was a folder called driver with the ini files in it.
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So download sata drivers from Asus website on old pc. Burn to disc/write to USB drive then Load Drivers on new pc install?
 
Thank you guys.
Gotta install new copy onto pc first haha.

What if it isn't the SATA drivers?! :0
 
Or if you are keen to see if it works see if you can find that folder on the CD. you can always update the driver later.
 
RobertP said:
Or if you are keen to see if it works see if you can find that folder on the CD. you can always update the driver later.
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Well I did have a quick browse. Things like USB and other drivers came up but nothing to suggest SATA.
Now installing on old pc to cant check now.
 
RobertP said:
get windows 7 and do it properly ;)
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Well... I do have a copy of Windows 7 but that never boots :/ But it works on vista if I run setup from My Computer. So that was the plan on the new build...
Get vista working, put windows 7 disc in and open in My Computer and run set up from there
 
Only need to Intel driver don't I?
There's also JMicron and Marvell
 
Assuming it is a legit copy of 7 it should boot. Get on to MS for replacement media if it is faulty.

Installing vista just so you can upgrade seems like a bad idea to me.
 
Ben: said:
Only need to Intel driver don't I?
There's also JMicron and Marvell
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Depends which socket on the main board you have plugged the drive into. read the mobo book for which is which....
 
neil_g said:
well, its cleaner to do a fresh
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Doesn't it make a windows.old folder? Which can be deleted?
 
Dont set sata to ahci set it to ide or sata.try that and get back with report
 
tarny said:
Dont set sata to ahci set it to ide or sata.try that and get back with report
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Is this before I try the drivers? Fairly certain I tried the different options before :s
 
Right, I've downloaded driver. Set sata config to IDE and loaded driver to install and now installing...
 
tarny said:
Dont set sata to ahci set it to ide or sata.try that and get back with report
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IDE mode doesn't support TRIM mode AFAIK...

You could try RAID mode if it's an Intel chipset. That's a superset of AHCI (again as far as I know)
 
Too late, had set it to IDE. And once again, it's stopped at the end!

Ahh i've spent nearly another whole day on this! I don't know what else to do.

EDIT- going back into BIOS it's set to AHCI so maybe I didn't set it to IDE
 
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Kinda losing the plot here, what with water-cooling, installing OS on an ordinary hard-drive, installing on another machine and trying to make it work on your new one etc. etc.

I would bite the bullet and get a Win7 64bit disc.

Remove all your hard-drives except the SSD.

Nick into the BIOS and set the SATA to AHCI .

Stick in your the Win7 disc and select fresh install.

Don't worry about SATA drivers et al, Win7 will do it all for you.
 
Mikesphotaes said:
Kinda losing the plot here, what with water-cooling, installing OS on an ordinary hard-drive, installing on another machine and trying to make it work on your new one etc. etc.

I would bite the bullet and get a Win7 64bit disc.

Remove all your hard-drives except the SSD.

Nick into the BIOS and set the SATA to AHCI .

Stick in your the Win7 disc and select fresh install.

Don't worry about SATA drivers et al, Win7 will do it all for you.
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Yeah it's all very stupid really lol. Had hoped the PC would work straight away and I could have got straight onto cooling.

I think that's the only option left... It shouldn't matter that the SSD has had bits and piece on from vista etc once it's formatted will it?

But what if I still get the same issue with windows 7?? I'll go crazy :(
 
Ben: said:
Yeah it's all very stupid really lol. Had hoped the PC would work straight away and I could have got straight onto cooling.

I think that's the only option left... It shouldn't matter that the SSD has had bits and piece on from vista etc once it's formatted will it?

But what if I still get the same issue with windows 7?? I'll go crazy :(
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you can format as part of the windows 7 install.

my p8p67-m (basically the m-ATX version) didnt require drivers at windows install if i remember rightly.
 
Is it at all possible that something is broken then?

And if vista doesn't work, why would 7?
 
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Ben: said:
Is it at all possible that something is broken then?

And if vista doesn't work, why would 7?
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Not necessarily broken. Sounds very much like a sata driver problem which windows 7 may have a pre bundled better standard driver which would allow you to boot and then install the proper manufacturer drivers.
 
What can I say....... FIXED! :D

Went out and bought a full copy of windows 7, worked first time!
So pleased! Was getting worried.

Thanks so much for everyone's help and advice!
 
shows you how bad Vista is...proper pants.I had the 64 bit version and from the very 1st day to the 1st day of windows 7 i had no end of trouble..
 
tarny said:
shows you how bad Vista is...proper pants.I had the 64 bit version and from the very 1st day to the 1st day of windows 7 i had no end of trouble..
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Can't say I've ever had any problems with vista until now. But certainly very pleased with windows 7! Now installing utilities off the Asus cd, looks like lots of good features! Bluetooth overclocking and monitoring (Y)
 
tarny said:
shows you how bad Vista is...proper pants.I had the 64 bit version and from the very 1st day to the 1st day of windows 7 i had no end of trouble..
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Because it doesn't have standard drivers for hardware made several years after it was programmed? Hmm :thinking:
 
Ok another question...
I've installed the OS onto an SSD.
I've got 2 x 250gb HDD connected.
I want to store all of my photos and documents on one of the HDDs.
Do I have to 'manually' tell things to save on the hdd instead of ssd?
As currently the C drive is the SSD which had C:/Users/Ben/then my documents
 
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