I recently finished building my new computer (this is the first time I've completely built one myself), and am having trouble installing Vista (this is the first time I've used Vista). It is Vista Home Premium 64-bit.
I put the Vista CD in, press F1, wait for it to boot up the CD, wait a while (about 5 minutes) for the "Click here to install" screen to come, click the install button and wait a minute for the serial key window to come up, put in the serial key, wait a minute for the next screen to come up after I click next, and then go through a couple more windows before the install starts. It finishes installing after about 10-15 minutes and restarts my computer. After the restart, I press F1 and wait for it to boot the CD, it then comes up with a screen with a loading bar. After about 1 minute, a BSoD appears for a split second and my computer restarts.
I've reinstalled it many times, but the result is the same. Has anyone else encountered a BSoD at this point, or know the reason I would? I don't know that much about hardware, so it took a lot of reading instructions and looking things up before I finished putting this build together. But if it's installing the initial part fine, doesn't that mean that the hardware should be working right?
Would it be a good idea to put this computers hard drive into the computer (running Windows XP) to make sure the computer is working fine?
Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm sorry if this is the wrong section, but it seemed like the most appropriate one.
I put the Vista CD in, press F1, wait for it to boot up the CD, wait a while (about 5 minutes) for the "Click here to install" screen to come, click the install button and wait a minute for the serial key window to come up, put in the serial key, wait a minute for the next screen to come up after I click next, and then go through a couple more windows before the install starts. It finishes installing after about 10-15 minutes and restarts my computer. After the restart, I press F1 and wait for it to boot the CD, it then comes up with a screen with a loading bar. After about 1 minute, a BSoD appears for a split second and my computer restarts.
I've reinstalled it many times, but the result is the same. Has anyone else encountered a BSoD at this point, or know the reason I would? I don't know that much about hardware, so it took a lot of reading instructions and looking things up before I finished putting this build together. But if it's installing the initial part fine, doesn't that mean that the hardware should be working right?
Would it be a good idea to put this computers hard drive into the computer (running Windows XP) to make sure the computer is working fine?
Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm sorry if this is the wrong section, but it seemed like the most appropriate one.