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I just got windows vista yesterday, and failed to install. I Have p4 1.6GHz, stock, 768MB RAM, X1600 pro AGP 4x agp speed, DVD DRIVE, sound card, dial up modem, LAN card, 300W PSU. And when i try top install vist this happens:

Recap:

1. boot disc with dvd
2. not put in key when it comes, and choase vista prem, one he bought.
3. installed, restarted A COUPLE OF TIMES IN INSTALLATION.
4. at 60% of installation, when he was completeing inaLLation, the screen went black, and 2 sec later, a vertical line apeared top left corner, and then a blue screen apeared with some writeing, and 3 out of 4 to way bottom, there was a counter 1-100, and it went in a split second. ALL HE COULD MAKE OUT FROM THE MESSAGE WAS,: hardware, vendor, hard, driver, itechnical information (000000x0000) x (00000x00) (something like that) then it restarted, and kept doing same message restarting all night. help. the other time my friend tried to do a clean installation from xp, and it was succss, untill thecmpleting instalation, message, and when it restarted there was a list: old windows, windows vista, and windows setup rollback, i tried windos vist, and message came, so i tried windows rollback, and it sais the installation was not success full, and it set my settings back for me to use win xp, again.

Hello,

I have just bought a new computer with Vista Home Premium, and when first booting up it prompts to make a 'recovery disc'

When I bought computers before, they always came with 'restore discs' which put the pc back to factory state, but this one didn't.

Is it possible to make a 'restore disc' from the files on the pc? I am worried that if I mess it up I will have to buy the original disc from a shop, which doesn't seem fair.

Thanks for any help or advice.