stuck on very first loading screen

[Guest]

Everytime I try to install the vista beta it hangs on the very first loading
screen where it has the little moving bar just like the windows xp splash
screen. The first time I downloaded the x64 version and booted from the DVD,
so I went and tried the x86 version. I started it in windows and told it to
install to my vista partition. Everything went fine until it rebooted and
started the setup again and then it got stuck on the screen again. The
little bar pauses every once and a while but for the most part keeps moving
the whole time. The system is not accessing the DVD or the hard drive at all
and I have tried letting it stay on the screen for about a half hour. I have
heard that vista doesn't have sata drivers for nvidia systems and I have
their newest chipset (570) so maybe that's the problem? Any ideas?

My system:
Athlon 3200+ 64 AM2
MSI K9N Platinum AM2 w/nvidia 570 chipset.
2 gigs Mushkin enhanced ddr667
WD 250 gig harddrive split into 3 partitions, xp drive (30gig), vista drive
(40gig), and misc (remaining gigs)
EVGA 7900 gt ko signature series
NEC DVD-drive
Sound Blaster x-fi
and (not sure if this matters) a microsoft multimedia usb keyboard and a
razer copperhead mouse.

Thnaks for any reply.

 

[Guest]

Oh shoot i'm sorry, I guess it hangs on the second loading screen, right
after it finishes loading files.

 

[Guest]

Try unplugging your Copperhead before you boot. I had the same problems with
mine when i upgraded from XP. It would boot fine with the razer unplugged.
Just plug it in when its at the password screen.

 

[Guest]

Try unplugging your Copperhead before you boot. I had the same problems with
mine when i upgraded from XP. It would boot fine with the razer unplugged.
Just plug it in when its at the password screen.