Error Message during installation

[Guest]

My computer went through the preparing installation stage and it restarted my
computer. It asked if I wanted to boot with the Windows XP setup and i chose
it. Then it said there was an error that stopped the installation. I closed
the error and restarted my computer then went right back to the same page
where the same message poped up again. What is the problem? How can I fix
it?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

What was the specific error message?

How to Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310064

Troubleshooting Windows XP Setup
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

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

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| My computer went through the preparing installation stage and it restarted my
| computer. It asked if I wanted to boot with the Windows XP setup and i chose
| it. Then it said there was an error that stopped the installation. I closed
| the error and restarted my computer then went right back to the same page
| where the same message poped up again. What is the problem? How can I fix
| it?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Do not choose to boot from the cd after the text phase (what you describe as
the 'preparing installation stage'). Step away from the keyboard. Put the
mouse down slowly. (just kidding).

Just let the message time out and the installer will continue from the hard
drive. You only want to boot from the cd the very first time. After that
the installer puts the files it is using on the hard drive. The reboot back
to the hard drive is part of the installation process and will happen a
couple more times. Let it do its thing. Otherwise you will be in an
endless loop of starting all over again.

 

[Guest]

the problem says: A fatal error has been ecountered that prevents setup from
continuing. One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could
not be installed. Manifest Parse Error: An invalid character was found in
text content.
Thats what the error message says. What should I do?

 

[Guest]

Should I take the CD out of the CD-ROM? or what should I do?

Do not choose to boot from the cd after the text phase (what you describe as
the 'preparing installation stage'). Step away from the keyboard. Put the
mouse down slowly. (just kidding).

Just let the message time out and the installer will continue from the hard
drive. You only want to boot from the cd the very first time. After that
the installer puts the files it is using on the hard drive. The reboot back
to the hard drive is part of the installation process and will happen a
couple more times. Let it do its thing. Otherwise you will be in an
endless loop of starting all over again.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

My computer went through the preparing installation stage and it restarted
my
computer. It asked if I wanted to boot with the Windows XP setup and i
chose
it. Then it said there was an error that stopped the installation. I
closed
the error and restarted my computer then went right back to the same page
where the same message poped up again. What is the problem? How can I
fix
it?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Do nothing. Do not remove the cd. Processing will continue on its own.

The message to "Hit any key to boot from cd..." times out in a few seconds
and the system drops through to the hard drive and boots from there. At
that point the installation script starts running again and all is well. It
is only at the very beginning when there is nothing on the hard drive that
you want the cd to boot the system. After that the cd needs to be in the
drive for when the installer needs it, but not to boot any more.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Should I take the CD out of the CD-ROM? or what should I do?

Do not choose to boot from the cd after the text phase (what you describe
as
the 'preparing installation stage'). Step away from the keyboard. Put
the
mouse down slowly. (just kidding).

Just let the message time out and the installer will continue from the
hard
drive. You only want to boot from the cd the very first time. After
that
the installer puts the files it is using on the hard drive. The reboot
back
to the hard drive is part of the installation process and will happen a
couple more times. Let it do its thing. Otherwise you will be in an
endless loop of starting all over again.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

My computer went through the preparing installation stage and it
restarted
my
computer. It asked if I wanted to boot with the Windows XP setup and i
chose
it. Then it said there was an error that stopped the installation. I
closed
the error and restarted my computer then went right back to the same
page
where the same message poped up again. What is the problem? How can I
fix
it?

 

[Guest]

so this error message will go away if I leave it alone? How long will that
take? Its been on there for 3 hours now and its stuck on 49 minutes
remaining for the setup in the background.

Do nothing. Do not remove the cd. Processing will continue on its own.

The message to "Hit any key to boot from cd..." times out in a few seconds
and the system drops through to the hard drive and boots from there. At
that point the installation script starts running again and all is well. It
is only at the very beginning when there is nothing on the hard drive that
you want the cd to boot the system. After that the cd needs to be in the
drive for when the installer needs it, but not to boot any more.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Should I take the CD out of the CD-ROM? or what should I do?

Do not choose to boot from the cd after the text phase (what you describe
as
the 'preparing installation stage'). Step away from the keyboard. Put
the
mouse down slowly. (just kidding).

Just let the message time out and the installer will continue from the
hard
drive. You only want to boot from the cd the very first time. After
that
the installer puts the files it is using on the hard drive. The reboot
back
to the hard drive is part of the installation process and will happen a
couple more times. Let it do its thing. Otherwise you will be in an
endless loop of starting all over again.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
message My computer went through the preparing installation stage and it
restarted
my
computer. It asked if I wanted to boot with the Windows XP setup and i
chose
it. Then it said there was an error that stopped the installation. I
closed
the error and restarted my computer then went right back to the same
page
where the same message poped up again. What is the problem? How can I
fix
it?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You have a bad Windows XP installation CD.
Contact Microsoft for a replacement.

"Manifest Parse Invalid at the Top Level of the Document" Error
Message When You Try to Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;331881

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

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| the problem says: A fatal error has been ecountered that prevents setup from
| continuing. One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could
| not be installed. Manifest Parse Error: An invalid character was found in
| text content.
| Thats what the error message says. What should I do?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

It should have take 10 seconds. Reboot the system without the cd in the
tray. It may clear the problem and continue. Do not start all over. You
can put the cd back in when the installer asks for it. I have not seen the
need to reboot to continue an installation in this way in a long time but
Microsoft does say in the instructions for earlier versions of Windows that
if the installation stops and no progress is seen for several minutes to
reboot.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

so this error message will go away if I leave it alone? How long will
that
take? Its been on there for 3 hours now and its stuck on 49 minutes
remaining for the setup in the background.

Do nothing. Do not remove the cd. Processing will continue on its own.

The message to "Hit any key to boot from cd..." times out in a few
seconds
and the system drops through to the hard drive and boots from there. At
that point the installation script starts running again and all is well.
It
is only at the very beginning when there is nothing on the hard drive
that
you want the cd to boot the system. After that the cd needs to be in the
drive for when the installer needs it, but not to boot any more.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Should I take the CD out of the CD-ROM? or what should I do?

:

Do not choose to boot from the cd after the text phase (what you
describe
as
the 'preparing installation stage'). Step away from the keyboard.
Put
the
mouse down slowly. (just kidding).

Just let the message time out and the installer will continue from the
hard
drive. You only want to boot from the cd the very first time. After
that
the installer puts the files it is using on the hard drive. The
reboot
back
to the hard drive is part of the installation process and will happen
a
couple more times. Let it do its thing. Otherwise you will be in an
endless loop of starting all over again.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
message My computer went through the preparing installation stage and it
restarted
my
computer. It asked if I wanted to boot with the Windows XP setup
and i
chose
it. Then it said there was an error that stopped the installation.
I
closed
the error and restarted my computer then went right back to the same
page
where the same message poped up again. What is the problem? How
can I
fix
it?

 

[Ron_R]

:

***Step away from the keyboard. Put the mouse down slowly. (just kidding)
***.

Maybe Colin wasn't kidding <grin>. You don't have to remove the CD. Just
ignore the message and setup *should* continue booting to the HD. Sorry,
couldn't resist ;-) --Ron

Should I take the CD out of the CD-ROM? or what should I do?

Do not choose to boot from the cd after the text phase (what you describe as
the 'preparing installation stage'). Step away from the keyboard. Put the
mouse down slowly. (just kidding).

Just let the message time out and the installer will continue from the hard
drive. You only want to boot from the cd the very first time. After that
the installer puts the files it is using on the hard drive. The reboot back
to the hard drive is part of the installation process and will happen a
couple more times. Let it do its thing. Otherwise you will be in an
endless loop of starting all over again.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

My computer went through the preparing installation stage and it restarted
my
computer. It asked if I wanted to boot with the Windows XP setup and i
chose
it. Then it said there was an error that stopped the installation. I
closed
the error and restarted my computer then went right back to the same page
where the same message poped up again. What is the problem? How can I
fix
it?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The line was just laying there. I had to use it.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

:

***Step away from the keyboard. Put the mouse down slowly. (just
kidding)
***.

Maybe Colin wasn't kidding <grin>. You don't have to remove the CD. Just
ignore the message and setup *should* continue booting to the HD. Sorry,
couldn't resist ;-) --Ron

Should I take the CD out of the CD-ROM? or what should I do?

Do not choose to boot from the cd after the text phase (what you describe as
the 'preparing installation stage'). Step away from the keyboard. Put the
mouse down slowly. (just kidding).

Just let the message time out and the installer will continue from the hard
drive. You only want to boot from the cd the very first time. After that
the installer puts the files it is using on the hard drive. The reboot back
to the hard drive is part of the installation process and will happen a
couple more times. Let it do its thing. Otherwise you will be in an
endless loop of starting all over again.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
message My computer went through the preparing installation stage and it restarted
my
computer. It asked if I wanted to boot with the Windows XP setup and i
chose
it. Then it said there was an error that stopped the installation.
I
closed
the error and restarted my computer then went right back to the same page
where the same message poped up again. What is the problem? How can I
fix
it?