TheRapture
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If you have a dynamic disk in your rig, Vista will not play well with it on some rigs. Even if the disk you are installing Vista on is NOT dynamic (and Vista will not install onto a dynamic disk), just having a dynamic disk active during install can halt the process with the error message along the lines of "windows encountered an error that prevents the next stage etc." (can't remember the exact terminology but you get the idea).
Just unplug the dynamic disk long enough to get Vista installed, then you are good to go.
On my rig, I have (2) 60gb SATA drives in Striped mode, and a 250gb dynamic SATA disk. With the 250gb active, setup will error out no matter what. I just unplugged the SATA connection to it and Vista installed like a dream. Plug it back in after install, and away we go.
Hope this might help some.....
Just unplug the dynamic disk long enough to get Vista installed, then you are good to go.
On my rig, I have (2) 60gb SATA drives in Striped mode, and a 250gb dynamic SATA disk. With the 250gb active, setup will error out no matter what. I just unplugged the SATA connection to it and Vista installed like a dream. Plug it back in after install, and away we go.
Hope this might help some.....