Why are installs taking so long on Vista Home Premium?

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#1 DVzomb
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I just upgraded my XP professional to Vista Home Premium, and I've been installing Mass Effect for the past hour and fifteen minutes. Why is it going so incredibly slow? Is there anything I can do?

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#2 Gammit10
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Yes, upgrade to the Windows 7 beta. It's already better than Vista, and it feels faster too.
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#3 k0r3aN_pR1d3
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That doesn't sound right.

What speed is your DVD burner at? And what model hard drive do you have?

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#4 Zemus
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thats just weird, I don't have install problems like that.

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#5 Zam
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My install of Mass Effect only took a few minutes on Vista Home Premium. Though mine wasn't on DVD but a digital download from EA Store. May be your DVD is damaged or something

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#6 DVzomb
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No, the disc is brand new. The Harddrive is a Seagate SATA 500 GB 16 MB Cache

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#7 knight0151
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My installation of mass effect (yes, from a disc) was pretty short on vista home premium.

Somethings wrong bro.

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#8 DVzomb
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You guys think it might be because I have all of the Windows Defender, and updates on?