recently i upgraded my motherboard, cpu, memory and graphics card so the next
step for me after installation of those is to repair windows xp. So I popped
in my xp pro sp2 cd and start repairing. Everything went fine when booting
from the CD, then it had to restart so it coudl finsih installation. I let
the computer restart and boot from the hdd. So it begins finishing the
installation and says 39 minutes remaining. At around 34 minutes remaining
right before I ahve to enter the cd key and other settings, my computer
suddenly restarts. I've gone through this process numerous times and now I
don't knwo what to do. Any ideas of how I can fix this that hopfully don't
lead to me reformating my hdd?

Hi

Please see if the following article helps:

"Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267

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"StealtherX" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0EF51764-2B56-4B4F-A635-(E-Mail Removed)...
> recently i upgraded my motherboard, cpu, memory and graphics card so the
> next
> step for me after installation of those is to repair windows xp. So I
> popped
> in my xp pro sp2 cd and start repairing. Everything went fine when booting
> from the CD, then it had to restart so it coudl finsih installation. I let
> the computer restart and boot from the hdd. So it begins finishing the
> installation and says 39 minutes remaining. At around 34 minutes remaining
> right before I ahve to enter the cd key and other settings, my computer
> suddenly restarts. I've gone through this process numerous times and now I
> don't knwo what to do. Any ideas of how I can fix this that hopfully don't
> lead to me reformating my hdd?

From what youve replaced (MB specifically),a repair wont work....You'll need
a clean install of xp.....Also,a "repair" of xp means booting to xp
installation cd,
one would select "install xp" the option to "repair this copy" or a clean
install would
be the choices,where does xp SP2 cd fit in.......

"StealtherX" wrote:

> recently i upgraded my motherboard, cpu, memory and graphics card so the next
> step for me after installation of those is to repair windows xp. So I popped
> in my xp pro sp2 cd and start repairing. Everything went fine when booting
> from the CD, then it had to restart so it coudl finsih installation. I let
> the computer restart and boot from the hdd. So it begins finishing the
> installation and says 39 minutes remaining. At around 34 minutes remaining
> right before I ahve to enter the cd key and other settings, my computer
> suddenly restarts. I've gone through this process numerous times and now I
> don't knwo what to do. Any ideas of how I can fix this that hopfully don't
> lead to me reformating my hdd?

Once again you are wrong Andrew. You most certainly can run a repair install
after upgrading a Motherboard. I've done it numerous times.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Andrew E." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:38DC2BAE-78CE-4658-90FE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> From what youve replaced (MB specifically),a repair wont work....You'll
> need
> a clean install of xp.....Also,a "repair" of xp means booting to xp
> installation cd,
> one would select "install xp" the option to "repair this copy" or a clean
> install would
> be the choices,where does xp SP2 cd fit in.......
>
> "StealtherX" wrote:
>
>> recently i upgraded my motherboard, cpu, memory and graphics card so the
>> next
>> step for me after installation of those is to repair windows xp. So I
>> popped
>> in my xp pro sp2 cd and start repairing. Everything went fine when
>> booting
>> from the CD, then it had to restart so it coudl finsih installation. I
>> let
>> the computer restart and boot from the hdd. So it begins finishing the
>> installation and says 39 minutes remaining. At around 34 minutes
>> remaining
>> right before I ahve to enter the cd key and other settings, my computer
>> suddenly restarts. I've gone through this process numerous times and now
>> I
>> don't knwo what to do. Any ideas of how I can fix this that hopfully
>> don't
>> lead to me reformating my hdd?

Andrew,

The repair option *is* a suitable choice after replacing the mobo.

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HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/

"Andrew E." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:38DC2BAE-78CE-4658-90FE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> From what youve replaced (MB specifically),a repair wont work....You'll
> need
> a clean install of xp.....Also,a "repair" of xp means booting to xp
> installation cd,
> one would select "install xp" the option to "repair this copy" or a clean
> install would
> be the choices,where does xp SP2 cd fit in.......
>
> "StealtherX" wrote:
>
>> recently i upgraded my motherboard, cpu, memory and graphics card so the
>> next
>> step for me after installation of those is to repair windows xp. So I
>> popped
>> in my xp pro sp2 cd and start repairing. Everything went fine when
>> booting
>> from the CD, then it had to restart so it coudl finsih installation. I
>> let
>> the computer restart and boot from the hdd. So it begins finishing the
>> installation and says 39 minutes remaining. At around 34 minutes
>> remaining
>> right before I ahve to enter the cd key and other settings, my computer
>> suddenly restarts. I've gone through this process numerous times and now
>> I
>> don't knwo what to do. Any ideas of how I can fix this that hopfully
>> don't
>> lead to me reformating my hdd?

Ok I tried that link, and followed the steps. I looked through the error
logs, except I couldn't find pnplog.txt. It was not in the windows folder. I
have also tried removing all unecessary hardware including my sound card,
capture card and extra dvd drive.

I tried an old Windows xp pro sp 1 upgrade CD and it got past the 34 minutes
remaining mark. Only problem is I don't have a product key that isn't already
in use for that copy. So it seems like sp2 CDs have a driver that isn't being
installed. Any other ideas besides trying a clean install or buying a new hdd?

"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Please see if the following article helps:
>
> "Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
>
> MS MVP Shell/User
> Please Reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "StealtherX" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0EF51764-2B56-4B4F-A635-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > recently i upgraded my motherboard, cpu, memory and graphics card so the
> > next
> > step for me after installation of those is to repair windows xp. So I
> > popped
> > in my xp pro sp2 cd and start repairing. Everything went fine when booting
> > from the CD, then it had to restart so it coudl finsih installation. I let
> > the computer restart and boot from the hdd. So it begins finishing the
> > installation and says 39 minutes remaining. At around 34 minutes remaining
> > right before I ahve to enter the cd key and other settings, my computer
> > suddenly restarts. I've gone through this process numerous times and now I
> > don't knwo what to do. Any ideas of how I can fix this that hopfully don't
> > lead to me reformating my hdd?
>
>
>