Oh-oh wiped everything out ebrena <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/27/2008 7:07:13 PM Hi, I have a uninstall/reinstall issue. I can't bring up anything but the F2 setup and F12 boot, but it won't boot. I made recovery disks but they don't do a thing, nothing happens. I originally had Vista Home Premium but because I wiped everything out I figured I would instal Windows Vista Ultimate and it gets so far and asks for drivers and other things I can't figure out. I thought I could just stick the Vista Ultimate in and it would boot it up, I could do that with XP but-there ya go. So I don't know what to do. I copied out a step by step Windows reinstll 2008 Windows Vista Ultimate guide but I can't get there. Also I press the delete key and the BIOS won't come up. I'm screwed-can anyone help me-please? Thx ebrena -- ebrena

Re: Oh-oh wiped everything out "philo" <philo[ at ]privacy.net> 11/27/2008 7:27:52 PM "ebrena" <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:31685c3d46638b14f58b6992da4ad9ed[ at ]nntp-gateway.com... [Quoted Text] > > Hi, I have a uninstall/reinstall issue. I can't bring up anything but > the F2 setup and F12 boot, but it won't boot. I made recovery disks but > they don't do a thing, nothing happens. I originally had Vista Home > Premium but because I wiped everything out I figured I would instal > Windows Vista Ultimate and it gets so far and asks for drivers and other > things I can't figure out. I thought I could just stick the Vista > Ultimate in and it would boot it up, I could do that with XP but-there > ya go. So I don't know what to do. I copied out a step by step Windows > reinstll 2008 Windows Vista Ultimate guide but I can't get there. Also > I press the delete key and the BIOS won't come up. I'm screwed-can > anyone help me-please? > > Thx ebrena > Just set the bios to boot first from dvd then pop in your Vista DVD...boot up with it and install... If you cannot access your bios, consult the manual for your machine... not all machines use the "delete" key

Re: Oh-oh wiped everything out "GTS" <x[ at ]y.net> 11/27/2008 8:12:40 PM F2 setup is the BIOS key. Your post is confusing. Apparently you are able to boot from a Vista DVD to install Ultimate and are then asked for drivers? Please explain more specifically what you're seeing. This sounds like a Dell. If so, Pressing Ctrl and F11 while Dell is displayed on boot up may let you run the hidden Dell image reinstallation. -- "ebrena" <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:31685c3d46638b14f58b6992da4ad9ed[ at ]nntp-gateway.com... [Quoted Text] > > Hi, I have a uninstall/reinstall issue. I can't bring up anything but > the F2 setup and F12 boot, but it won't boot. I made recovery disks but > they don't do a thing, nothing happens. I originally had Vista Home > Premium but because I wiped everything out I figured I would instal > Windows Vista Ultimate and it gets so far and asks for drivers and other > things I can't figure out. I thought I could just stick the Vista > Ultimate in and it would boot it up, I could do that with XP but-there > ya go. So I don't know what to do. I copied out a step by step Windows > reinstll 2008 Windows Vista Ultimate guide but I can't get there. Also > I press the delete key and the BIOS won't come up. I'm screwed-can > anyone help me-please? > > Thx ebrena > > > -- > ebrena

Re: Oh-oh wiped everything out "Chad Harris" <Windows7[ at ]Blackcombville.net> 11/28/2008 2:14:10 AM Ebrena-- You don't need to add the drivers normally and in your situation. Just Install Vista by putting in the DVD. You seem to indicate you have a Vista Ultimate DVD and a PC. There should be no problem installing Vista Ultimate. You should get clear instructions from these linnks--just click install or Next. You only need custom install if you are installing to a different drive than C:\ on a partitioned machine or you need to add drivers and you don't. Vista Installation Screenshots (27 of them) http://www.flickr.com/photos/freeed/sets/72157594490796701/ Another Set of Vista Install Screenshots (from the Beta but still helpful and close enough to RTM) http://sillydog.org/forum/sdt_10091.php How to Install Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918884 How to Install Vista from Microsoft Vista Help http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/7b2be793-2509-45ed-bb7e-c6cd6ee5c8171033.mspx Ignore the add drivers option and just click next or continue at the lower right of the window you're looking at when you insert the Vista DVD. Good luck, CH "ebrena" <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:31685c3d46638b14f58b6992da4ad9ed[ at ]nntp-gateway.com... [Quoted Text] > > Hi, I have a uninstall/reinstall issue. I can't bring up anything but > the F2 setup and F12 boot, but it won't boot. I made recovery disks but > they don't do a thing, nothing happens. I originally had Vista Home > Premium but because I wiped everything out I figured I would instal > Windows Vista Ultimate and it gets so far and asks for drivers and other > things I can't figure out. I thought I could just stick the Vista > Ultimate in and it would boot it up, I could do that with XP but-there > ya go. So I don't know what to do. I copied out a step by step Windows > reinstll 2008 Windows Vista Ultimate guide but I can't get there. Also > I press the delete key and the BIOS won't come up. I'm screwed-can > anyone help me-please? > > Thx ebrena > > > -- > ebrena