nedge2k

this can also happen if you try to install to a usb hdd. even if your machine supports usb boot, it will just stick in the loop. im told drivers will fix this but i've never seen any that do. same thing happens with XP and unfortunately there is no fix...to my knowledge anyway (an i spent fkin ages looking into it )

i noticed that by killing hibernation things started to speed up too. you may also wanna try turning off all the rest of the ms security crap. vista cant really be used as a main os atm so there's no need for them. get something like avg free and leave win firewall on, that should be all the protection you need really, especially if you are using a router as a hardware firewall. in fact if your router has a decent firewall you may as well turn of win firewall altogether. i have a 1.8Ghz 64-bit turion w/1GB ram and Ati Xpress 200m (128MB shared). Vista 5308 runs quite nicely when u tweak it a bit. still a bit slow tho but hey, its only a beta BTW, how cool is Win+Tab!!

You can force vista to use XP drivers by doing the "have disk" thing. It won't like it much but both my Wi-Fi, sound and modem issues were fixed this way. Just go to update driver in device manager and go from there

Insert original XP install disc (if dual booting) and repair windows installation. FIXBOOT and FIXMBR worked fine for me.