[RESOLVED] Vista reinstall

[burgert]

Tried reinstalling Vista Home Premium, using a Dell OS cd, and getting a blue screen every time, after about half way through. Tried over Windows 7 in C:\ and in a clean, formatted partition without any luck. I understand that you have to have Vista installed in order to upgrade to Windows 7, this the reason for me trying to reinstall Vista.
I would appreciate any suggestions.

[Midknyte]

Did you wipe the drive first? You can use something like Killdisk or a zero fill utility.

Did you run a memtest? I often see installation errors when the ram is bad.

Did you run a hard drive diag?

[Steve R Jones]

Is the machine a Dell? If "not" - you no can use a Dell DVD.

Did you write down the STOP code so you can Google it? A couple specs of dust on the dvd and or drive could cause this.

Win7 can be used as a regular full install.

[burgert]

Thanks for all your suggestions, the machine is a Dell, I tried the memory test, all OK. I will try to wipe the drive clean next. I have Windows 7 running perfectly on drive C:\, it is interesting that it installed without any problems.
I did not write down the stop code, will do it if it happens again.

[SuperSparks]

Make sure that the Dell DVD is clean and not scratched, it sounds as if it may be misreading the disc.

[burgert]

SuperSparks, You were correct, tried my Vista Backup and it installed just fine. I guess the original DVD was somehow damaged.

Thanks for your help.

[SuperSparks]

You're very welcome