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Help Installing Vista 64 bit OEM

tendoboy101tendoboy101 Registered User regular
edited December 2008 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
So I have a PC and wanted to upgrade, surfing the net I find a cheap method of getting a full version of vista is getting an OEM copy so I ordered one. Now, I'm a computer noob, but I've reinstalled XP on this machine, but I can't get the Vista disc to give me a prompt to boot from it.

I restart my pc, Press F8 during boot, select my cd drive and....the computer boots into xp. I'm an idiot, how do I get my PC to read the vista disc to do a clean install?

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    If I'm not mistaken, the vista disc is a DVD... are you using a DVD drive?

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  • tendoboy101tendoboy101 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Indeed I am. However, I've noticed when I go to my bios it lists the drive as a CD drive...

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  • tendoboy101tendoboy101 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Is it possible I got a bad vista disc? I Tried putting it with XP in and the disc just spins without being read. However I put itinto my old laptop and i get a warning that I can't install vista on this machine, while on my desktop I get nothing.

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Most DVD drives appear as CD drives in the BIOS settings... can you read the Vista disc once inside of XP?

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  • tendoboy101tendoboy101 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Nope it just spins and spins. So I thought maybe my drive took that exact moment to die, thats why I tried it in my other machine but it read it as something it couldnt install, being a 32 bit os. So I even tried other dvd's in my desktop and they read fine. I'm so lost.

    Since i'm in XP 32 rigt now, is it that I have to set my processor to 64 bit somehow??? I'm lost... :(

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Is your DVD drive old? Some DVD drives cannot read DVD +R discs, or DVD -R discs instead.

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  • tendoboy101tendoboy101 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827152079

    That is my CD Drive. I built this machine last year, I would think it to be current enough.

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yes, you definitely shouldn't have any problems with +R or -R discs.

    I'm stumped then, all I can think of now is either a deffective disk or drive, but you've already done the adecuate tests to rule this out! Your processor shouldn't have any effect on this.

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  • tendoboy101tendoboy101 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    A new development! I was able to get the disk to read momentarily and begin setup before going back to spinning and doing nothing. Is it possible I have a dirty lens, and will play normal single layer movie dvd's fine, but maybe the install disc is more sensitive to a dirty lens? Am I talking out my ass?

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yes, it could be that! Or that your drive simply does not like the way that disc was recorded. But by what you just told us, it's the most common "problem" with dirty or scratched discs/lenses.

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  • tendoboy101tendoboy101 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    and i'm off to purchase a lens cleaning kit. *crosses fingers*

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  • tendoboy101tendoboy101 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    SUCCESS! I'm fully installed and up and running. Thanks for the suggestions!

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Awesome! I'm glad everything worked out :)

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  • pvx22pvx22 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    What was your cheap method for buying vista?

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  • Mmmm... Cocks...Mmmm... Cocks... Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    pvx22 wrote: »
    What was your cheap method for buying vista?
    By buying an OEM copy?

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Mmmm... Cocks... wrote: »
    pvx22 wrote: »
    What was your cheap method for buying vista?
    By buying an OEM copy?

    They run quite a bit cheaper for the caveat that you only have one install. Not a problem for... well, anyone who's just trying to install on a single computer, but it's a nice deal. The Licenses are the expensive part anyways, so getting the OEM with only one license makes perfect sense to knock $100 off the price. Often they're described as "For system builders".

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