When the task of installation of device drivers (first stage in GUI mode),
it get stuck while it keeps maintaining some HD activity.

I am installing on a 10gb partition formatted with FAT (I also
tried with NTFS).

Can any of you please tell me how can I diagnose or get around it?

Try removing all non-essential hardware and try again. To do a clean
install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup disks. The set
of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change
to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos)
or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo.../W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"pfpresa" wrote:
| When the task of installation of device drivers (first stage in GUI mode),
| it get stuck while it keeps maintaining some HD activity.
|
| I am installing on a 10gb partition formatted with FAT (I also
| tried with NTFS).
|
| Can any of you please tell me how can I diagnose or get around it?
|

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:13:59 +0100, pfpresa <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>When the task of installation of device drivers (first stage in GUI mode),
>it get stuck while it keeps maintaining some HD activity.
>
>I am installing on a 10gb partition formatted with FAT (I also
>tried with NTFS).
>
>Can any of you please tell me how can I diagnose or get around it?
>
To get around it, reboot and let the installation pick up where it
left off.
To diagnose it, this message should apply:
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