first, sorry for my bad english!

To make a short story, i did make a Vlite installation from a DELL vista DVD.. the vlite dvd work on my desktop computer but not on my gateway laptop with his ACHI SATA hard disk

if i'm using the DELL DVD, the installation on my laptop work with no problem

if i'm using the Vlite DVD, the installation stay forever (2hour ) at the last step of the installation ( the last step called "end of the installation" or something like that, my dvd is in french)

If i load the sata ACHI driver from gateway before installing vista, the installation will proceed but at the first reboot, i got a blue screen...

I really don't understand why the retail dvd work and not the vlite one?? since its basically the same thing???

DELL DVD

This is your issue. It is not a standard DVD of Vista. It has been pre-modified and heavily crap-ified by Dell. Since Dell has made all sorts of changes to the DVD already (Adding programs and the DVD is most likely of 1 version of Vista only, when "normal" Vista DVD's contain ALL versions of Vista.) vLite cannot properly proccess it.

P.S. A "dell" DVD is an OEM disk NOT retail. Technically the OEM license forbids the use of it on any other type of system then the one it came with.

Edited November 3, 200817 yr by Kelsenellenelvian

DELL DVD

This is your issue. It is not a standard DVD of Vista. It has been pre-modified and heavily crap-ified by Dell. Since Dell has made all sorts of changes to the DVD already (Adding programs and the DVD is most likely of 1 version of Vista only, when "normal" Vista DVD's contain ALL versions of Vista.)

Well, its The BUsinness version of vista... But did you read the fact that the DELL DVd work on my laptop ??? its just the vlite who doesnt work and its only on my laptop.. On my desktop computer its ok.. I did try on a old HP nc8000 laptop with IDE hardrive and it work too

it something related to the Sata

You MIGHT have chosen the wrong drivers which is very easy todo.

P.S. A "dell" DVD is an OEM disk NOT retail. Technically the OEM license forbids the use of it on any other type of system then the one it came with.

Edited November 3, 200817 yr by Kelsenellenelvian

You MIGHT have chosen the wrong drivers which is very easy todo.

P.S. A "dell" DVD is an OEM disk NOT retail. Technically the OEM license forbids the use of it on any other type of system then the one it came with.

i did make a second dvd with less options removed and it doens the same thing

i'll try with a retail DVd

ok, i did try it again with a real retail vista dvd and now it work fine...

I just find it weird that the Dell vista dvd would work but not the dell vlite version..