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Hi All,

(preface: I have exp switching out hardware, upgradings software and configuring BIOS)

In the past, I've just ordered my computers from Dell and the like and upgraded hardware as I went on. Seeing limitations here, I chose this time to build my own computer. So far, most of the parts have arrived and just waiting for Vista and the motherboard.

Having never done it from the ground up:

Once all the hardware is installed, is this as simple as setting the DVD to be primary boot in BIOS and putting the Vista DVD in the drive?

In past upgrades/formats of new harddisks, I needed a boot disk with CD drivers yet I've seen no Vista boot disks out there.

My Vista computer will no longer boot, either from the hard drive or the setup DVD. It fails with Stop 0x0000C1F5.

I heard there a patch to allow installation vista in 256 ram but is there a way to boot with 256 ram. How am i going to edit boot.wim to enable 256 installation? I have problems running it in windows but no problem in booting the setup.

I heard there a patch to allow installation vista in 256 ram but is there a way to boot with 256 ram. How am i going to edit boot.wim to enable 256 installation? I have problems running it in windows but no problem in booting the setup.

Hi, i have got oem software, vista ultimate upgrade. I ran the compatibilty wizard a billion times, but still after upgrading im getting lots of BSOD. I presume that its my motherboard which is the problem, as the mainboard software (soltek hm) pops up at the start and says 'this os is not supported'.

So..... i havent activated vista yet, it says i have 2 days to activate. How can defer activating it until after i upgrade my motherboard? as i really dont want to get stuck having to call microsoft for 40 pounds a time to get new activation keys! And is there any way around needing a new activation code if i upgrade any hardware in the future?