Windows Vista system installation Novice must read

No.1 what to do with the downloaded Windows Vista installation files

Currently downloaded documents are generally divided into two situations:

A. Download to the ISO file (general Microsoft official download file for this type), use the method is to use daemon tool or alcohol 120%, such as virtual CD-ROM loading, and then install! In addition, remember, do not use winrar decompression ISO file! Otherwise, installation failure may occur!!! Of course, you can also directly carve a disk, and then start from the CD!

B. Download is a RAR of the compressed file (generally downloaded from the Winbeta is this type of file), this situation, first with WinRAR decompression, you can get the ISO file!

Pre-No.2 installation considerations

1.Windows Vista requires installation on NTFS partitions, but other partitions can be FAT32 format!

2. Simple lossless NTFS conversion: Run cmd into the command line mode, run convert x:/fs:ntfs (x is required to convert the partition letter), during which you may need to restart the computer. Note: This command can transform a FAT partition to an NTFS partition without prejudice, and the process is irreversible! If there is no useful data in the partition, formatting it directly under XP into an NTFS partition can also be achieved!

3. If you install Windows Vista in a partition that has Windows installed, the original Windows will be saved in a windows.old directory that does not normally implement dual system boot!

Appendix-Vista Installation Detail process

No.3 about some of the errors that occurred during the Windows Vista installation

1. During installation, the setup is unable to locate a locally attached hard drive the for suitable holding setup files. Tip! Solution: In the current version of Vista, the general requirements of the target installation partition has more than 8G space! At the same time, you also need to have 2G left space in other partitions, as a temporary folder for the installation files! This error occurs because the temporary file directory cannot be created!

2. During installation, the Setup cannot run on this version of the operating System appears. To install Windows try booting from the install media. " Tip! Workaround: Run the installer under Windows XP x64, or dial to start the installation from the CD!

3. "Windows Setup cannot determine if this computer supports installing this version of Windows" appears during installation. Tip! Workaround: This issue may be related to a service in Windows XP system, please restore Windows XP silent Service (a variety of recovery methods, not provided here separately) and then reboot to normal installation.