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I was trying to install Vista onto a spare partition yesterday, and the installer refused to use the partition. I deleted it, formatted it, tried again, no go. Deleted it, made it bigger, repeat, no go. I was using the 3rd partition on the drive (still a primary though) but I was wondering if Vista requires itself to be on the first partition? Any ideas?
(Partition sizes I tried using were 50GB and 90GB)
(Partition sizes I tried using were 50GB and 90GB)
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It needs to be on the first partition on any drive. I had this problem specifically with beta2, and i just installed my current version on its own drive. also, be wary when installing it with any linux distro, as vista will take over your bootloader.
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Originally Posted by Dortz 
It needs to be on the first partition on any drive.
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microsoft hates competition. duh.
I really don't know the actual reason for it. I'm guessing some security thing. (First partition = Vista's security blanket?)
I really don't know the actual reason for it. I'm guessing some security thing. (First partition = Vista's security blanket?)
windows has always required being the first primary partition on the first drive
in relation to linux - windows always wipes the MBR - thats why you usually install it first
in relation to linux - windows always wipes the MBR - thats why you usually install it first
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I actually haven't run into that. I installed XP on a slave drive with Gentoo on the other. I had to re-install the boot loader, but it worked alright.
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Originally Posted by jbennet
windows has always required being the first primary partition on the first drive
jimmy@tensai ~ $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda Password: Disk /dev/hda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/hda2 14 263 2008125 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda3 264 6489 50010345 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda4 6490 60801 436261140 5 Extended /dev/hda5 6490 12715 50010313+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 12716 60801 386250763+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
) thats fine because your chainlaoding windows fron GRUB. What i meant is that if there is no GRUB windows has to be the first on the first
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Originally Posted by jbennet
thats fine because your chainlaoding windows fron GRUB. What i meant is that if there is no GRUB windows has to be the first on the first
Anyways, I moved Kubuntu to another partition and tried installing Vista again with no success, so I'm just giving up on it. If it doesn't like being on Disk 0 Partition 1, well, too bad for me...
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