Repeating Repair Install of Windows XP (HOME)

[Guest]

I have a problem in performing a Repair Install of Windows XP (HOME). After
Windows peforms all tasks up to and including the starting of Installing
Windows, as indicated by the green radio button, it never advances beyond
this point after waiting an hour or more. The time remaining is listed as 39
minuites and when the computer reaches 34 minuites and the green progress bar
is approximately 3/4 complete, the system reboots and Setup is restarted.
This behavior is repeated without end, as long as I have waited (up to 1
hour). Windows always restarts with 39 minuites remaing and reboots at 34
minutes remaining. Is there a means to determine what is hanging-up Windows?
Jason Sachs.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

1. Remove any external hardware, such as attached devices that are not required for setup
(for example, printers, external serial devices, and Universal Serial Bus [USB] devices other than the primary keyboard).
2. Remove any internal cards that are not required for setup, such as sound cards.
3. Disable items in the basic input/output system (BIOS), such as ports or power management features,
and on-board devices that are not required for setup to complete, such as modems.

Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I have a problem in performing a Repair Install of Windows XP (HOME). After
| Windows peforms all tasks up to and including the starting of Installing
| Windows, as indicated by the green radio button, it never advances beyond
| this point after waiting an hour or more. The time remaining is listed as 39
| minuites and when the computer reaches 34 minuites and the green progress bar
| is approximately 3/4 complete, the system reboots and Setup is restarted.
| This behavior is repeated without end, as long as I have waited (up to 1
| hour). Windows always restarts with 39 minuites remaing and reboots at 34
| minutes remaining. Is there a means to determine what is hanging-up Windows?
| Jason Sachs.