Vista should not take more than 10 minutes to install
Apparently, there are a lot of stupid people posting answers on the net, and I’m even dumber for believing them. I waited 30 minutes to the first window to come up during clean setup of Vista - this is not right ~ the problem lies with the LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Model LH-20A1P that I got. Vista doesn’t like it, dunno why. I burned hundreds of DVDs on it since Sept on nit with XP, and hadn’t a single problem, but Vista hates it during install!
How did I know this? Well, from my last post, I was waiting for it to “Expand” @ 19% for about 50 minutes or so… and it didn’t go through and gave me a stupid error of driver can’t be found or some crap. I looked up online, and people says, “oh! yeah, that happens! install via USB key!” Good thing I had 4 gb USB lying around, or else I’d still be stuck! Still, it wasn’t all smooth sailing… after I copied Vista onto USB Key, it wouldn’t boot! I had to stick Vista back into Lite-On DVD to boot, then eject it (since it’d get stuck… soon as Vista ejects from tray, the dang thing loads), rescan, and install from USB key. Works perfectly now! Yay!