Vista deadlocks @ completing installation

[Guest]

It gets through coping the files, then expanding them, and installing all
options. but when it gets to completing the installation. the computer goes
into a deadlock.

I am running a p4 3.0Ghz, 1 Gig ram, a ATI 9500 series 256mb Video Card, 160
GB Hard Drive.

I was trying to upgrade from XP Home.

 

[Richard Urban]

Some people here have reported a 2-4 hour upgrade installation time. Have
you waited this long, or are you just assuming that the computer has
stalled?

My clean installations have been taking about 28 minutes.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

Sorry it took so long to respond,

when it gets to 75% of finishing coping files the harddrive just goes into
what seems like a standby stage, where it would just pulseate every second, i
left it like that for 5 hours at 75%. one day I left it over night.