Windows Vista Beta 2 Available For Public Download - Page 6

3 of 7 · 06-09-2006, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by John64

Where are the serial numbers?

You have to sign up with MSDN and they'll give you one on-line..

sorrow · 06-09-2006, 12:31 AM

i'm using my main rig, the one in my sig here.

just dual booting... well i'm in xp so i can get some gaming in...

and as for sound, no sound at all for me, it installs creative drivers but there is no sound

bobmitch · 06-09-2006, 12:41 AM

Can anyone give me an answer to this:

I have the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe and am running two WD Raptors in Raid 0. When one installs WinXP...you have to hit F8 to install the drivers before it will recognize the drives. With Vista...do you have to do the same procedure?

I went to Intel Homepage and there are no Vista Raid drivers for the 82801ER Raid Controller...will the Windows XP drivers work in RAID?

Any thoughts...I won't even try Vista if I can't keep my raid setup...

Thanks

Bob

sorrow · 06-09-2006, 12:48 AM

Well, i would say throw the dvd in and see what it see's. (: if it sees 2 drives instead of one raid0 then your prolly screwed (:

Let us know what happens too

bobmitch · 06-09-2006, 01:12 AM

Actually, I ran the upgrade advisor. The 82801ER drivers must be supplied by Intel...and I never found them on the Intel page...so I have two problems...Can't run RAID and my Epson scanner has no drivers. Other than that...Everything in my machine should be good to go...so either break up the raid or just wait...gonna wait

Bob

SpeedDMN · 06-09-2006, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobmitch

Actually, I ran the upgrade advisor. The 82801ER drivers must be supplied by Intel...and I never found them on the Intel page...so I have two problems...Can't run RAID and my Epson scanner has no drivers. Other than that...Everything in my machine should be good to go...so either break up the raid or just wait...gonna wait

Bob

I wouldn't trust any of it as a primary OS anyway. If you have a spare drive around I would go that route.

bobmitch · 06-09-2006, 02:42 AM

SpeedDMN

Not a bad idea. I actually have a spare hard drive for my Toshiba laptop...2.4 GHZ Pentium 4 M...512 MB of SDRAM...think I'll try it on that machine on the spare drive...only part without drivers is the Toshiba TV Tuner built in for Win XP Media Center Edition...I'll keep you up to date...make take me a day or two to get up and running properly...

Bob

Dk975 · 06-09-2006, 06:42 AM

I installed Vista on a spare 80GB IDE drive I have. But I disconnected my 2 SATA drives, one with XP, before installing so it doesn't screw anything up. Then I can use the F8 option to select which drive is to be booted from. One thing, I don't like how Vista handles flash drives. It doesn't show up on the Safely Remove Hardware list anymore. I click Eject, but it is still listed in Windows Explorer. Using the hardware in my sig, it just feels a bit slow. According to Windows Performance Guide, my system scores a 3.

bobmitch · 06-09-2006, 10:17 AM

One other question...what CD/DVD burning software will work with Vista? I use Nero 7 now...

Thanks

Bob

SpeedDMN · 06-09-2006, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobmitch

One other question...what CD/DVD burning software will work with Vista? I use Nero 7 now...

Thanks

Bob

nero 7 should work fine

SpeedDMN · 06-09-2006, 01:36 PM

Well I tried to download vista 64bit again last night but this morning it was the same thing as last time "unknown error please download to another location" etc. again right at 99%. I'm thinking it might have something to do with the 2 files. There is one nero image file and the body of the download is in another. zero k on the cue file. I still can't get through to the download manager option. I'm trying the 32bit now but I have a feeling I will get the same error. Has this happened to anyone else?

BKA · 06-09-2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SpeedDMN

Well I tried to download vista 64bit again last night but this morning it was the same thing as last time "unknown error please download to another location" etc. again right at 99%. I'm thinking it might have something to do with the 2 files. There is one nero image file and the body of the download is in another. zero k on the cue file. I still can't get through to the download manager option. I'm trying the 32bit now but I have a feeling I will get the same error. Has this happened to anyone else?

The same exact thing has happened to me. I thought I had the full file but found out it errors out on 99%. I tried numerous time with the 64 bit version and get the same error you do. It downloads pretty fast, about 15 minutes then the same thing over again. I'm trying at work though and I haven't been able to get the download manger to load here. I even tried "free download manager" and it gets to 99% and says cancelled. So there's something up.

I was able to get the 32bit version on the first try. I burned it to a DVD and went into the beginning of the Vista setup to make sure it worked, then cancelled, because I want to use the 64 bit version. I figured I would try some other time.

SpeedDMN · 06-09-2006, 02:46 PM

Well glad I'm not the only one. I couldn't get anything to download in explorer no matter what I tried. For some reason it let me download in firefox (not the manager option) only just to get to the 99% error. As I am writing this the 32bit completed with no errors. I still think it has something to do with melding those 2 files as now I just show one file with the succesful download. MS obviously should have better anticipated the volume of downloaders for this release. I guess I will play with the 32 bit first and get the 64 when the download manager option is freed up. Thanks for the info

BKA · 06-09-2006, 02:58 PM

Its very weird, there has to be something up with the 64bit version, because I just download the 32bit version with no problem again. I also tried burning the 64bit 99% iso to a DVD and it gave and error @ about 98% of the burn. I wasn't expecting it to complete but thought I'd try and see what happens.

I also placed an order for the DVD beta 2 from MS the other day, since they will also send a copy of the release candidate(s) versions when they are released. I wasn't expecting to get paid for the holiday last week but since I did, I gave $6 of it to MS to beta test for them. Something seems wrong with that picture.

Capt_Scarlet · 06-09-2006, 03:03 PM

I have a question.
I want to install the vista 32bit version on a seperate partition and dual boot with xp. I have a raid 0 drive setup so I need to install the raid drivers during setup but my floppy drive doesn't seem to be working so is it ok to burn the drivers to a cd/dvd and load them from there ?

06-09-2006, 12:31 AM	#77
sorrow 010011100100100101001110 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,243	i'm using my main rig, the one in my sig here. just dual booting... well i'm in xp so i can get some gaming in... and as for sound, no sound at all for me, it installs creative drivers but there is no sound __________________ A64 X2 4800+ (Toledo) A8N32-SLI-Deluxe PQI 2x1gb (2.5/4/4/8/1T) WD 150gb 10,000rpm Raptor eVGA 8800GTX Asus Xonar DX Thermaltake PurePower 560w Gigabyte Aurora Case Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD My site in progress: http://www.average-geek.com
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06-09-2006, 12:41 AM	#78
bobmitch Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: TX Posts: 840	Can anyone give me an answer to this: I have the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe and am running two WD Raptors in Raid 0. When one installs WinXP...you have to hit F8 to install the drivers before it will recognize the drives. With Vista...do you have to do the same procedure? I went to Intel Homepage and there are no Vista Raid drivers for the 82801ER Raid Controller...will the Windows XP drivers work in RAID? Any thoughts...I won't even try Vista if I can't keep my raid setup... Thanks Bob
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06-09-2006, 12:48 AM	#79
sorrow 010011100100100101001110 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,243	Well, i would say throw the dvd in and see what it see's. (: if it sees 2 drives instead of one raid0 then your prolly screwed (: Let us know what happens too __________________ A64 X2 4800+ (Toledo) A8N32-SLI-Deluxe PQI 2x1gb (2.5/4/4/8/1T) WD 150gb 10,000rpm Raptor eVGA 8800GTX Asus Xonar DX Thermaltake PurePower 560w Gigabyte Aurora Case Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD My site in progress: http://www.average-geek.com
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06-09-2006, 01:12 AM	#80
bobmitch Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: TX Posts: 840	Actually, I ran the upgrade advisor. The 82801ER drivers must be supplied by Intel...and I never found them on the Intel page...so I have two problems...Can't run RAID and my Epson scanner has no drivers. Other than that...Everything in my machine should be good to go...so either break up the raid or just wait...gonna wait Bob
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06-09-2006, 02:42 AM	#82
bobmitch Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: TX Posts: 840	SpeedDMN Not a bad idea. I actually have a spare hard drive for my Toshiba laptop...2.4 GHZ Pentium 4 M...512 MB of SDRAM...think I'll try it on that machine on the spare drive...only part without drivers is the Toshiba TV Tuner built in for Win XP Media Center Edition...I'll keep you up to date...make take me a day or two to get up and running properly... Bob
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06-09-2006, 06:42 AM	#83
Dk975 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 530	I installed Vista on a spare 80GB IDE drive I have. But I disconnected my 2 SATA drives, one with XP, before installing so it doesn't screw anything up. Then I can use the F8 option to select which drive is to be booted from. One thing, I don't like how Vista handles flash drives. It doesn't show up on the Safely Remove Hardware list anymore. I click Eject, but it is still listed in Windows Explorer. Using the hardware in my sig, it just feels a bit slow. According to Windows Performance Guide, my system scores a 3. __________________ MainPC: C2D E6750 \| GA-G33M-DS2R bios F7 \| G.Skill HK 2x2GB DDR2-800 @ 4-4-4-12 \| Sapphire HD4670 512MB \| VisionTek T550Pro \| WinXP Home SP2 \| WD250KS \| WD250JS \| LiteOn 201AS \| Enermax Liberty 500W \| Antec NSK4400 \| Samsung 2253LW 22" LCD Laptop: Lenovo T61 15.4" WXGA \| C2D T8300 \| 2x1GB DDR2-667 @ 5-5-5-15 \| Nvidia Quadro 140M 128MB \| Vista HP SP1 \| 120GB 5400 \| 8X DVDRW Heatware : duke975
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06-09-2006, 10:17 AM	#84
bobmitch Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: TX Posts: 840	One other question...what CD/DVD burning software will work with Vista? I use Nero 7 now... Thanks Bob
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06-09-2006, 01:36 PM	#86
SpeedDMN Silicon Avatar Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 2,927	Well I tried to download vista 64bit again last night but this morning it was the same thing as last time "unknown error please download to another location" etc. again right at 99%. I'm thinking it might have something to do with the 2 files. There is one nero image file and the body of the download is in another. zero k on the cue file. I still can't get through to the download manager option. I'm trying the 32bit now but I have a feeling I will get the same error. Has this happened to anyone else? __________________
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06-09-2006, 02:46 PM	#88
SpeedDMN Silicon Avatar Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 2,927	Well glad I'm not the only one. I couldn't get anything to download in explorer no matter what I tried. For some reason it let me download in firefox (not the manager option) only just to get to the 99% error. As I am writing this the 32bit completed with no errors. I still think it has something to do with melding those 2 files as now I just show one file with the succesful download. MS obviously should have better anticipated the volume of downloaders for this release. I guess I will play with the 32 bit first and get the 64 when the download manager option is freed up. Thanks for the info __________________
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06-09-2006, 02:58 PM	#89
BKA Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,093	Its very weird, there has to be something up with the 64bit version, because I just download the 32bit version with no problem again. I also tried burning the 64bit 99% iso to a DVD and it gave and error @ about 98% of the burn. I wasn't expecting it to complete but thought I'd try and see what happens. I also placed an order for the DVD beta 2 from MS the other day, since they will also send a copy of the release candidate(s) versions when they are released. I wasn't expecting to get paid for the holiday last week but since I did, I gave $6 of it to MS to beta test for them. Something seems wrong with that picture. __________________ DFI LT X48-T2R Q9450@3.2 2-3870(CF) 4GB Patriot Viper Vista x64 ULT
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06-09-2006, 03:03 PM	#90
Capt_Scarlet Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12	I have a question. I want to install the vista 32bit version on a seperate partition and dual boot with xp. I have a raid 0 drive setup so I need to install the raid drivers during setup but my floppy drive doesn't seem to be working so is it ok to burn the drivers to a cd/dvd and load them from there ?
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