Windows Vista install...

trueplaya4ever8 · 07-03-09, 09:38 PM

Having some major problems trying to get my vista installed off a jump drive...

I goofed the initial install up when I pulled the usb out after it did the first restart... didn't put it back in. Then i restarted so it would continue... now I can't do it on any of my hard drives that... Sometimes it says failure to start deployment engine or no hard drive to store temporary files...

Just wondering if this is normal... its a customized version of vista ultimate by the way.

Help before I go crazy.

trueplaya4ever8 · 07-04-09, 04:50 AM

windows error code 0x80070057, which from googling is mostly a windows update problem...

Getting that error code now... In both vista ultimate and 7 RC installs...

Did I bone my drives... 2 of WD's do it now...

The 3rd one I'm leaving alone..

trueplaya4ever8 · 07-04-09, 05:53 AM

New update... Messed with my ram settings on my board.

Got mostly through... restarted... then I got a blank screen... so the install didn't finish.

Running windows memory diagnostics tool currently...

vulcanman09 · 07-04-09, 06:19 AM

vista will not install on any USB hard drive
it will even tell you on the screen

shut off your power supply for a half hour then turn the P.S switch back on
should reset it

trueplaya4ever8 · 07-04-09, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by vulcanman09

vista will not install on any USB hard drive
it will even tell you on the screen

shut off your power supply for a half hour then turn the P.S switch back on
should reset it

I'll try the resetting thing.

I've done it on my laptop, my desktop, and a few of my friends desktops....

trueplaya4ever8 · 07-06-09, 08:14 PM

So it seems that it does that error on 2 of my 640s.... lovely.

tried a band new Windows 7 RC iso... still same error...

Does this mean i need to do a hard reformat or what?

trueplaya4ever8 · 07-07-09, 04:34 AM

Well problem solved... I reformatted a drive... installed fine... the quick formats didn't work.

Weird eh?

redduc900 · 07-07-09, 11:07 AM

Not weird if the drive had bad sectors.

07-03-09, 09:38 PM	Thread Starter #1
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	Windows Vista install... Having some major problems trying to get my vista installed off a jump drive... I goofed the initial install up when I pulled the usb out after it did the first restart... didn't put it back in. Then i restarted so it would continue... now I can't do it on any of my hard drives that... Sometimes it says failure to start deployment engine or no hard drive to store temporary files... Just wondering if this is normal... its a customized version of vista ultimate by the way. Help before I go crazy. __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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07-04-09, 04:50 AM	Thread Starter #2
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	windows error code 0x80070057, which from googling is mostly a windows update problem... Getting that error code now... In both vista ultimate and 7 RC installs... Did I bone my drives... 2 of WD's do it now... The 3rd one I'm leaving alone.. __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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07-04-09, 05:53 AM	Thread Starter #3
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	New update... Messed with my ram settings on my board. Got mostly through... restarted... then I got a blank screen... so the install didn't finish. Running windows memory diagnostics tool currently... __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800 Last edited by trueplaya4ever8; 07-04-09 at 06:00 AM.
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07-04-09, 06:19 AM	#4
vulcanman09 Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ontario, canada	vista will not install on any USB hard drive it will even tell you on the screen shut off your power supply for a half hour then turn the P.S switch back on should reset it
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07-06-09, 08:14 PM	Thread Starter #6
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	So it seems that it does that error on 2 of my 640s.... lovely. tried a band new Windows 7 RC iso... still same error... Does this mean i need to do a hard reformat or what? __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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07-07-09, 04:34 AM	Thread Starter #7
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	Well problem solved... I reformatted a drive... installed fine... the quick formats didn't work. Weird eh? __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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