Is there a BIOS update available for your motherboard?

"Sue Smith" <SueSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have been trying to upgrade XP Professional to Vista on a Dell Inspiron
> 5150, bu the installation eventually fails after installing all the files
> with an error "Windows could not update registry data in the
> installation".
>
> The "Upgrade Adviser" found an issue with older driver for wireless
> network
> card, but I installed newer version, and that is now fine.
>
> I have also tried a 'clean' install, rather than an upgrade, and get the
> same error - which would suggest it is a hardware/disk/file problem rather
> than some existing drivers/apps on the machine.
>
> The ISO DVD is fine and I have verified the Sha checksum.
>
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> cheers.
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> Sue
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