Cannot reinstall vista after partition format

Hi Guys,

Looking for a little help if I may. I'm looking to upgrade from 32bit
ultimate to 64bit ultimate. I want to keep my 32bit as is and install
the 64bit onto a seperate partition. I created a partition using Acronis
Disk Director software of 35 gigs. I then set my bios to boot cd/dvd
first and installed Vista64 Ultimate. I got drivers downloaded and MOST
everything was cool.

I did notice that when I installed my favorite uninstalling software
that only a fraction of the progs that usually show up in the display
window were there. Even my antivirus (ESET) was missing from the lists.
After much research and talking to a few guys who have Vista64, no one
could give me a straight answer as to why this is doing this. I figured
it must be unique to something I did or how something loaded, so I
formatted the install drive using the onboard format tool from vista. My
intention was to reinstall Vista64 once I figured out what the problem
was.

Now I can't reinstall Vista64. Every time I get to the part where I
have to pick my partition to install on, It tells me there is no
suitable volume available for install. I've been looking for an answer
to this problem for days now and have not come up w/ any solid answers
from just browsing through.

I don't understand why a fresh partion that held Vista64 previously
won't take it now. Any help someone could offer to shed some light on
this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in Advance,

Josh


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joshua1023

"joshua1023" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Guys,
>
> Looking for a little help if I may. I'm looking to upgrade from 32bit
> ultimate to 64bit ultimate. I want to keep my 32bit as is and install
> the 64bit onto a seperate partition. I created a partition using Acronis
> Disk Director software of 35 gigs. I then set my bios to boot cd/dvd
> first and installed Vista64 Ultimate. I got drivers downloaded and MOST
> everything was cool.
>
> I did notice that when I installed my favorite uninstalling software
> that only a fraction of the progs that usually show up in the display
> window were there. Even my antivirus (ESET) was missing from the lists.
> After much research and talking to a few guys who have Vista64, no one
> could give me a straight answer as to why this is doing this. I figured
> it must be unique to something I did or how something loaded, so I
> formatted the install drive using the onboard format tool from vista. My
> intention was to reinstall Vista64 once I figured out what the problem
> was.
>
> Now I can't reinstall Vista64. Every time I get to the part where I
> have to pick my partition to install on, It tells me there is no
> suitable volume available for install. I've been looking for an answer
> to this problem for days now and have not come up w/ any solid answers
> from just browsing through.
>
> I don't understand why a fresh partion that held Vista64 previously
> won't take it now. Any help someone could offer to shed some light on
> this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Josh
>
>



Boot to your Vista 32 bit installation and have a look at what you did.
Maybe you just deleted the partition and did not recreate one?

At any rate, I'd start over

Thanks, but I got it now. I don't know why, but when I loaded the
install disk for x64 while I had x32 running, it installed x64
flawlessly w/ no problems at all. Kind of an odd quirk, and I still
don't know why it wouldn't install when booting from the disk. I'd still
love to know if there is an obvious answer to this for future reference.


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joshua1023

"joshua1023" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Thanks, but I got it now. I don't know why, but when I loaded the
> install disk for x64 while I had x32 running, it installed x64
> flawlessly w/ no problems at all. Kind of an odd quirk, and I still
> don't know why it wouldn't install when booting from the disk. I'd still
> love to know if there is an obvious answer to this for future reference.
>
>


Oh...
you would simply have needed to load your SATA drivers at the beginning of
the install