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In the bios options, i changed the one to recognize a USB keyboard. As for a bios update - there is none for this board. Its an old VIA motherboard in a 5+ year old systemax box. I am building a 64-bit desktop which will solve of my problems. thanks in advance.

You were correct. the Ps2 keyboard loaded the software. You are best. thanks a lot.

Yes I am using a USB keyboard. I will try it.

Yes I have pressed a key within 5 seconds - many keys with no results. My PC is a Systemax with a VIA motherboard. Its funny I have created boot disk for ubuntu and other software and had no problems. Just VISTA. You stated earlier that Ritek is not the best brand of disk. Any other suggestions? thanks for your help.

The hashes match, which means the file was correctly downloaded. Now open ImgBurn, switch to Verify mode, point ImgBurn to your ISO image and verify it against the burned disc. Your problem has no relation to 32/64-bit architectures. Here is the log file from imgBurn after verifying the ISO image against the burned disc. I 20:41:29 ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started! I 20:41:29 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 20:41:29 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,624 KB - Available: 1,297,436 KB I 20:41:30 Initialising SPTI... I 20:41:30 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 20:41:40 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 DVD

http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/ I installed and ran hashtab and here are the results: CRC32: 5CC5BE14 MD5: E4CE0B193D94279E4DCE1098D6B5AFEB SHA-1: BDADC46A263A7BF67EB38609770E4FDBD05247CB Since I am new to this process, is this telling me that the files are not the same because I am downloading a 64-bit file and burning to a 32-bit machine? please enlighten me. thanks

Yes I am using the samve DVD drive I just burnt the disc. My other drive in this desktop is a CDRom. Where is the 'hashtab" . I have used Ritek media a long time with no issues until now. Also, I did not think this is a problem but, I am burining the DVD on a 32-bit desktop. Does this matter? I am building a 64-bit desktop and just testing to make sure the DVD works. The parts are being purchased as we speak. thanks for your help.

yes I did in previous burns. I usually verify but not this time.

Ok - here is my log file: ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 - Log ; Thursday, 03 July 2008, 15:47:50 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 15:27:57 ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started! I 15:27:57 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 15:27:57 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,624 KB - Available: 1,280,568 KB I 15:27:57 Initialising SPTI... I 15:27:57 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 15:27:57 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 DVD

Ok - here is my log file: ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 - Log ; Thursday, 03 July 2008, 15:47:50 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 15:27:57 ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started! I 15:27:57 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 15:27:57 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,624 KB - Available: 1,280,568 KB I 15:27:57 Initialising SPTI... I 15:27:57 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 15:27:57 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 DVD

I am having a problem burning the 64-bit vista iso file (to DVD) which I download from Microsoft Technet Plus website using ImgBurn version 2.4.1.0. I have never had this problem in the past in burning any iso file so I am wondering if there is some setting I should or should not be using. I get no errors after the burn process. When I reboot my PC the DVD stops at " Hit any key for CD or DVD". I use the Write image file to disc, and Imgburn sees that the disk is bootable iso file. I have asked several of my friends to test the download and burn the file to DVD and they have no problem. They do not use Imgburn. I have 5 coasters trying to get this right. Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.