Hi all:

Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
it is.

Thanks

Tom Young

"TomYoung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e7a862e1-f86f-4a6a-9069-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all:
>
> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo
>
> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
> it is.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom Young

Have a look here:
WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;828267

What Pegasus said.

Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


TomYoung wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo
>
> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
> it is.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom Young

On May 17, 1:17 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What Pegasus said.
>
> Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net
> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/

No, this is a retail WindowsXP Home Edition, Version 2002, CD, which
includes, I believe SP2.

Tom Young

>
> TomYoung wrote:
> > Hi all:
>
> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo
>
> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
> > it is.
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Tom Young

TomYoung wrote:
<paste>
>> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
>> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
>> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo
>>
>> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
>> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
>> it is.
</paste>
> PA Bear wrote:
>> What Pegasus said.
>>
>> Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?
>> --
> No, this is a retail WindowsXP Home Edition, Version 2002, CD, which
> includes, I believe SP2.

I wouldn't attempt that with a laptop, especially a Thinkpad! Good luck
with that.
--
~PA Bear

You say 'fresh install', does that mean XP has never run on the laptop?
There is a lot of old hardware not compatible with XP.
"TomYoung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e49524fb-8a23-4b2b-8280-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On May 17, 1:17 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What Pegasus said.
>>
>> Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net
>> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/
>
> No, this is a retail WindowsXP Home Edition, Version 2002, CD, which
> includes, I believe SP2.
>
> Tom Young
>
>>
>> TomYoung wrote:
>> > Hi all:
>>
>> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
>> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
>> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo
>>
>> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
>> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
>> > it is.
>>
>> > Thanks
>>
>> > Tom Young
>
>

On May 17, 1:58 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote:
> You say 'fresh install', does that mean XP has never run on the laptop?
> There is a lot of old hardware not compatible with XP."TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

That's what's puzzling. When I got the machine it was running WinXP
Pro, and running just fine. So, I wiped the hard drive and started
fresh. The WinXP Home CD is an upgrade CD, so I "showed" it my Win98
CD and off it ran, installing right along. I just can't get past the
35 minutes to go mark. I'd assume a machine capable of running XP Pro
could run the Home version.

Tom Young
>
> news:e49524fb-8a23-4b2b-8280-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > On May 17, 1:17 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> What Pegasus said.
>
> >> Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?
> >> --
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> >> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net
> >> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/
>
> > No, this is a retail WindowsXP Home Edition, Version 2002, CD, which
> > includes, I believe SP2.
>
> > Tom Young
>
> >> TomYoung wrote:
> >> > Hi all:
>
> >> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
> >> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
> >> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo
>
> >> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
> >> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
> >> > it is.
>
> >> > Thanks
>
> >> > Tom Young

On May 17, 1:12 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:
> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:e7a862e1-f86f-4a6a-9069-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Hi all:
>
> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo
>
> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
> > it is.
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Tom Young
>
> Have a look here:
> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;828267

I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the
computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?
How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the
command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what
you're trying to look at?

Tom Young

"TomYoung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:286e8a6d-4c7d-478d-9ec4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On May 17, 1:12 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:
>> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:e7a862e1-f86f-4a6a-9069-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> > Hi all:
>>
>> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
>> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
>> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo
>>
>> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
>> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
>> > it is.
>>
>> > Thanks
>>
>> > Tom Young
>>
>> Have a look here:
>> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes
>> remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;828267
>
> I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the
> computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?
> How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the
> command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what
> you're trying to look at?
>
> Tom Young

The page I quoted requires you to restart the installation process several
times. Apparently the process skips certain devices each time it gets
restarted. The page also says to press Shift+F10 after the first restart,
which apparently opens a Command Prompt so that you can examine
pnplog.txt. If you are unable to do this then you could boot the machine
with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com and run ntfsdos.exe
from www.sysinternals.com so that you can examine pnplog.txt even
if it resides on an NTFS partition.

On May 17, 11:02 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:
> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:286e8a6d-4c7d-478d-9ec4-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > On May 17, 1:12 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:
> >> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:e7a862e1-f86f-4a6a-9069-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >> > Hi all:
>
> >> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM
> >> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB
> >> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo
>
> >> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some
> >> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what
> >> > it is.
>
> >> > Thanks
>
> >> > Tom Young
>
> >> Have a look here:
> >> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes
> >> remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;828267
>
> > I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the
> > computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?
> > How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the
> > command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what
> > you're trying to look at?
>
> > Tom Young
>
> The page I quoted requires you to restart the installation process several
> times. Apparently the process skips certain devices each time it gets
> restarted. The page also says to press Shift+F10 after the first restart,
> which apparently opens a Command Prompt so that you can examine
> pnplog.txt. If you are unable to do this then you could boot the machine
> with a Win98 boot disk fromwww.bootdisk.comand run ntfsdos.exe
> fromwww.sysinternals.comso that you can examine pnplog.txt even
> if it resides on an NTFS partition.

I've rebooted dozens of times and haven't made any progress. By
ejecting the Windows CD I can "stall" the install program and look at
the hard drive. There *is* no pnplog.txt on the drive, thought
there's a setuplog.txt file which doesn't show any obvious errors.
I've also view the setupapi.log file that shows all sorts errors,
variations of "#E077 Could not locate a non-empty section
[iis_common_install] when calculating disk space in 'C:\WINDOWS\INF
\iis.inf'. Error 0xe0000102: The required line was not found in the
INF."

All too much for me.

Thanks.

Tom Young