seems to be all those hard drives. But there might be some devices you don't tell about. Disconnect as much as possible and try again. Keep c:, DVD, video, monitor, mouse, keyboard and that's all you need. Reset BIOS to 'safe defaults'.
Hope this helps.
Kees
I am trying to update from XP pro to Vista, I purchased a copy of Home Premium -- come to find out, can't update from XP Pro to home premium, -- I went out a purchased a copy of ultimate (I sold home premium to friend) anyway I have tried installing as upgrade and clean install. My first attempt was to install as upgrade ? everything was going good until Vista did its first reboot ? I get a black screen with Microsoft Corporation on bottom hardy visible ? nothing else happens ? the black screen is the only thing I see ? nothing else happens ? I?ve waited from 15 minutes to over a hour ? nothing happens ? I have to reboot ?every time I reboot I get the dual boot screen ? I can choose my original windows XP ?everything works fine, Second attempt was to do clean install ? same thing happens ? Vista will reboot to black screen ? nothing happens. Third attempt ? formatted hard drive ? did new install of windows X_ -- attempted to install Vista ? same thing happens get to 27% -- reboots & black screen comes up & nothing else. Fourth attempt was to do clean install with freshly install XP ? same results. Reformatted hard drive again ? attempted to install from CD without XP ? Vista will load files then lock up with black screen. I can?t seem to get pass the first reboot from Vista, I?ve run Vista upgrade advisor ? no conflicts. Here are my specs.
MSI 945P Neo3 Main Board
Model: MS-7236
CPU: Intel

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