Hello,
The hard drive on my computer (Dell XPS 420) recently failed, so I went out and bought a Seagate SATA 3.5" 1 TB HDD to replace it. I got the drive in fine, but problems began when I tried to install Vista (x32, the same that was on my previous hard drive) from the Windows Vista disc that came with my computer. I booted from the CD, and the installation went smoothly at first- I chose the language, accepted the agreement, selected my new hard drive as the location for install, and it began. It got all the way to the final stage of the install (after the restart, "Completing Installation..."), when I got a pop-up that said "Windows Setup could not configure Windows on this computer’s hardware."
I have tried everything I could think of to get this to work but I am at a loss. I tried restarting the installation and clearing the hard drive, partitioning it, and formatting it, but that didn't work. I made sure nothing extra was plugged into my computer. The Windows Vista CD is clean (I just got it out of the package). I cleaned the dust out of my computer.
Any help is appreciated, as I am pulling my hair out at this point trying to get this working.
Thank you
The hard drive on my computer (Dell XPS 420) recently failed, so I went out and bought a Seagate SATA 3.5" 1 TB HDD to replace it. I got the drive in fine, but problems began when I tried to install Vista (x32, the same that was on my previous hard drive) from the Windows Vista disc that came with my computer. I booted from the CD, and the installation went smoothly at first- I chose the language, accepted the agreement, selected my new hard drive as the location for install, and it began. It got all the way to the final stage of the install (after the restart, "Completing Installation..."), when I got a pop-up that said "Windows Setup could not configure Windows on this computer’s hardware."
I have tried everything I could think of to get this to work but I am at a loss. I tried restarting the installation and clearing the hard drive, partitioning it, and formatting it, but that didn't work. I made sure nothing extra was plugged into my computer. The Windows Vista CD is clean (I just got it out of the package). I cleaned the dust out of my computer.
Any help is appreciated, as I am pulling my hair out at this point trying to get this working.
Thank you