Vista will not complete it's install

[Guest]

I ran the install several times it goes through all the phases gets to the
completing install portion reboots....you get the Microsoft green scrolling
bar then the screen goes blank and it sits there and never changes...Try to
bring into safe mode but it said that you can't until installation is complete

Not sure what to do to get around the blank screen during it's final
phase...have tried to install 3 times....no luck

 

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[Guest]

I've had this same problem and haven't had any luck with it.

Toshiba Satellite A105 with Intel graphics chipset
Vista RC1 32-bit downloaded from Microsoft's CPP program.

I've read where some people think it's a video driver issue, but it's
happening to people with ATI, NVidia, and Intel chips. Also, it seems to me
like the whole system is just hanging. I get a few seconds of hard drive
activity and then no response. Restarting just tells me the install was
unsuccessful and that I should try again. Which I have done. From a boot
and an XP install, both clean and upgrade. Same issue all around.
Installing generic graphics controllers in place of my Intel ones don't make
any difference, either... Sure wish someone knew what was going on here.....

 

[JW]

I found that there are times during the Vista install where you don't see
any activity for minutes on end so when it appears to hang be sure and wait
for about 20 minutes before you give up. These periods of inactivity
appeared to me longer when I as doing a Vista upgrade then when I did a
clean install.

 

[Guest]

Well, in my case, I have left the system on overnight in this state, and
still no response.

 

[Hampton Albert]

I was having this problem last night. I even went as far as making sure
there were no issues with the upgrade advisor but, I still could not
complete the install and it would roll back over and over again.

I found that when I removed my antivirus ( McAfee Corporate) It upgraded
like a champ.


Hope this helps

 

[Guest]

I'm getting this issue whether I'm upgrading from XP, trying a clean install
from XP, or trying a clean install from a DVD boot. I've tried on both my
primary partition and setting up a dual boot from two separate partitions.
Basically, no matter what the install scenario, I'm getting a blank display
after the system gets to the "Completing Installation" phase, and it never
recovers from it.

 

[JW]

How long did you let is stay in the "completing Installation phase" on of
my installs took about 20 minutes in this phase if I remember correctly

 

[Guest]

The "Completing" phase usually displays for ten minutes or so?... then the
screen goes black. And never comes back. I've left my computer in this
state for 24 hours and I never get any type of response back. Just a black
screen and no keyboard input or hard drive activity. After powering down and
restarting, the Vista screen loads and says the installation was unsuccessful
and that I should try again. Booting to safe mode only tells me that
installation cannot continue in safe mode.

I guess at this point there's not going to be a fix, and since MS has
finalized the Vista code, they're not interested in supporting RC1. Guess
I'll just have to buy a copy in February... If I decide I want to spend one
to two hundred dollars on a product I couldn't even install during its RC1
phase (I know it's a beta and not perfect and all...but it does seem a little
pathetic that a widespread beta was released that couldn't even be installed.
And I'm not the only one who's encountered this issue, either...)

 

[KJ King]

I had problems installin gtoo,
only way i could get around it was to make a second dvd.
i used winimage to extract files to directory and copied contents to a dvd

I use iso image (bootable)to start install process and just put in second
dvd when i put in
dvd key.

since then have installed four times no problems

 

[Guest]

Well, I tried the second DVD method. Maybe I'm not going about it right,
because after I entered my reg key, I switched the discs and when it got to
the actual copying files phase, it told me the file was corrupt and to
restart the install. Apparently there's something wrong with how I made the
second disc.
When you used WinImage, were you extracting the files from the original .iso
file (the one downloaded from the CPP website), or were you basically making
a copy of the DVD burned from that file?

 

[Guest]

I guess it´s a bit late to comment on this, but I'm curious if you have
solved your problem. I have exactly the same problem trying to install the
official Vista release on a clean partition. It hangs forever after the last
reboot to finalize the installation. I've tried the automatic startup repair
utility as well, but it hangs forever analyzing my system.....

The funny thing I made my first Vista installation on this machine a week
ago and had the same kind problem. But one day I found the computer up and
running with a full Vista installation! I had XP on that machine as well, and
by mistake I had rebooted the machine and it went into the Vista startup
without my attendance. After that everything worked fine. Now I have replaced
the disk in this machine so I had to make a new installation again. Guess
what happened: Now I'm back in the situation when the installation hangs. I
have waited for hours to be sure it's not just slow progress with no result.
This is really strange and I don't know how solve this problem.

 

[Guest]

I have had the same problems upgrading from Windows XP Home with Vista Home
Premium. Have installed vista 3 times now without result. This was an actual
purchased product. I am now going to my retailer for a refund. This is
Microsofts retail product and has the same problems from RC1. Until Microsoft
fixes this problem, I will not be purchasing a copy of Vista. This is
unnacceptable for a retail product to behave in this manner.

 

[Guest]

Well, I guess I had better luck.
I bought Home Premium today and upgraded from XP with no problems at all.
System runs great. It's nice to finally see it...

 

[Guest]

Exactly the same issue as per below, upgrade edition of Vista home premium,
attempting the install from with in windows xp pro, copies all files then
crashes, try to enter safe mode and get a message saying windows set up not
complete.


System specs AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 1.5 gig ram, Sata drive with 60 gig set
aside for Vista.

Very annoying, Vista to me seems like a compelling reason to switch to
linux, after all if linux fails well you get what you pay for.


Anyone had a fix?

 

[Guest]

i get the same thing happening, except i blue screen and reboot
instantaneously.
therefore, i cant determine what the problem is.

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem, and i agree; it is very unacceptable

 

[Guest]

I was having problems with home premium upgrade using a purchasde DVD - it
kept failing on the final step with software/hardware error. Eventually got
it to work by installing Xp (disc with SP2 included) from scratch on clean
partition, then only updated drivers required to access internet, then
installed Vista using new install, rather than upgrade & it worked like a
charm.

Now all I have to do is reinstall all my software ........

John