hey i'm installing a copy of Vista Home Premium upgrade on my comp i just built...i'm kind of stuck when i get to the vistaboot menu, i get to a fancy wallpaper and my pointer and thats it....there's no windows or anything for me to press...

if it helps, i was never given the option to partition my hard-drive. and i was thinking that may be a problem...

also i was thinking it maybe the fact that i got the upgrade as opposed to the normal version...which may require you to have a os already installed...and since i'm starting from scratch i thought that this could be a problem....

anyone have this problem or knows how to solve it?

specs: evga 680i SE sli / core 2 duo@ 3.0ghz / 4gb ram @ 800mhz / 320gb Storage@ 7200rpm / XFX 8800GT Alpha dog

huh.....weird......

welp it was a dead cable.....go figure.....i problay never would of seen that.....

thx guys! welp i'm off to install vista!!

if i get stuck again i'll be sure to stop in again!!

lol i've got a spare sittin around.....i'll check that....

yea, same problem with that drive.....frick.... welp thats life.... i'm gonna try and find a sata disc drive from a friend to borrow and see if it works....but in the mean time i think i'm gonna hit the sack.....close to midnight and i have school nice and early... so i'll just revive this threadafter thator makea new one..... but if you have any ideas to what it could be just post em and i'll be back 2morrow.

see ya then!

huh....i think mine only has one IDE interface....

yea just checked....it only has one...so i guess that theres not any checking of that....i'm gonna try a different drive real quick just to make sure it's not my drive's interface...

i had it on Cable select, but i decieded to switch it over to master cuz i only have 1.

i have a core 2 duo 3.0ghz and a eVGA 680i SE sli Tr version mobo and a 20x sony DVD-rom/ burner IDE

and of course a 8800GT along with a hitachi 320GB and a pci wireless card and 4gb ram@800mhz

i started up bios, it detects everything but my pci wireless card and my disc drive.

and i'm using it IDE.....probaly should of just gone with a sata, but eh.....too late now lmao