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Can't install Vista...?

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It is NOT a Vista upgrade CD.

This is a completely new rig, so the HDD is clean as is everything. In the BIOS, the board sees everything there is to see.

So I boot the PC, and since the HDD is empty, it searches for a boot CD. I put the Vista Home Premium DVD (OEM) into it, and it boots from it.

I get the "Windows is loading files..." screen, and it loads.

Then I have the Windows green progression bar.

So far everything is good...

Then we get to a blue/green background, and nothing happens. I don't get the hourglass followed by the window with the options and all the rest.

I tried it in my other PC, it went alright. So I thought it could be a DVD drive problem. Swapped the DVD players, and it doesn't work more.

What do you think could be the problem?
 
Does it get to where it starts copying files to the hard drive? If so:

Bad HD? Since it's a new system, kind of hard to say.

I'd toss in a spare HD to test with, or hook the new one up to a second system and run some diagnostics.

Probably something wrong with the hard drive, or maybe the motherboard (HD controller or something)...

If it's not even messing with the hard drive yet, I'd probably run Memtest86.
 
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