Help!! XP is killing me...


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Hi all,

Now i know this has been metioned b4 but i'm really out of solutions to solve this.. Here goes..

I just bought a new pc that I want to install XP to..

But once past the blue install screen..when it says that Setup is starting Windows....

it hangs..!!

1/2 hr.. Still nothing...so anyone who's eXPerience this :p Please let me know the workaround if they are any...

btw, the specs:

Abit KT7A (Without Raid)

AMD Athlon 1GHZ.

256 SdRam

40 Gb Seagate HDD

GeForce 2 MX (MX200)

Creative 128 PCI

Mitsumi CD-RW

Mind u,I just bought all those stuffs there..even the hard disk has just been formatted FAT32..so no chance of hardware failure or S*^% like that...

Tried everything else...Boot from CD / Floppies / Upgrade over from 98 SE / and the clean install option...

Argghh...I'm dying here..pls. help....

Thanx.:)

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I dun think it's the CD Drive problem coz i've tried seting up using the 6 boot floppies from M$ ...

Same thing, once it reaches the satge whereby Setup is starting Windows, it;s stops again...

Anyone out there, pls. help..:(

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What other PCI cards did you install in the system. Do you have an on-board ATA-100 controller?

I ran into a similar problem when I installed a Promise ATA-100 card in my computer. When I would go to install Windows, while it would not bluescreen, it would completely lock the machine during the installation. If I removed the card, installed the OS and THEN installed the card + its drivers it would work.

Similarly you should do the same with your computer, remove any uneeded on-board cards (you'll need the graphics card) and see if will install. Also, make sure your motherboard doesn't have on board Audio, Video, SCSI or Networking. If it does disable it and you might want to try disabling the on board PNP just to see if that works. You might want to try this one step at a time so that you can find the culprit assuming its not the CPU or the motherboard.

My 2$$ anyways. That's what I would try.

DrunkenMaster

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Take out all the components of your computer, motherboard included, and just put it back together as a last ditch effort.

I seen this work around 4-5 times for different people for strange reasons... one computer with a enw athlon xp 1800 and abit mobo wouldn't turn on right, would hang after winXP installations on two different hard drives, and would not even show video when turned on half the time. After taking the PCI cards out, quickly skimming over the contacts on the AGP & PCI cards to make sure there's no dirt (cleaned with rubber eraser), and refitting the motherboad and all the cards, all the problems disappeared.

Hope you get it working, good luck!:p :s

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Try this...when using the boot floppies the first one will ask if you have any SCSI or other devices...instead of depressing F6 depress F7. It's a silent command to bypass ACPI installation. There is a possibility there is a conflict here. HTH

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ericlims, put everything back to your box, use the old fdisk command to check if your partition is all right, I suggest deleting any partition and make new ones, make sure check active partition, dont forget formating then try again, hope this help.

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Originally posted by ericlims

Hi all,

Now i know this has been metioned b4 but i'm really out of solutions to solve this.. Here goes..

I just bought a new pc that I want to install XP to..

But once past the blue install screen..when it says that Setup is starting Windows....

it hangs..!!

1/2 hr.. Still nothing...so anyone who's eXPerience this :p Please let me know the workaround if they are any...

btw, the specs:

Abit KT7A (Without Raid)

AMD Athlon 1GHZ.

256 SdRam

40 Gb Seagate HDD

GeForce 2 MX (MX200)

Creative 128 PCI

Mitsumi CD-RW

Mind u,I just bought all those stuffs there..even the hard disk has just been formatted FAT32..so no chance of hardware failure or S*^% like that...

Tried everything else...Boot from CD / Floppies / Upgrade over from 98 SE / and the clean install option...

Argghh...I'm dying here..pls. help....

Thanx.:)

ericlims, you have to wait it out. same thing happened to me. After a few tries, i said screw this, and i went out and left it for 2 hours, i came back and voila.. "WELCOME TO WINDWS XP!".... 1/2 hour is not nearly enough. have more patience.

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Two Hours??!!

Anyone knows what the pc is doig in that time??

Anyway, whatever i am trying it now...so if there is anyone out there who really knows how to go about it ..pls. help..

Many, many thanks...:D

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