Win2k installation hangs ....

[Computerguy]

.... at
"Please wait while Windows installs networking components".

when I try to reinstall Win2k on a friend's computer!

The system is somewhat old but was working fine before the latest probems.
It has:
P3 500MHz
512MB RAM
iWILL VD133 motherboard
Linksys Network card
NVidia TNT2 video card

The original problem appears to have been due to a bad power supply since
the monitor kept displaying "no signal". However, when I changed that
Windows booted up but hung somewhere during the process. I thought that the
faulty power supply had caused some problem with the hard drive so I decided
to repair windows. That failed, hanging up in the middle of the bootup. I
then bought a new hard drive, formatted it and installed Win2k from the CD.
Same problem - hangup while installing network components. I then stripped
things down to the bare minimum - no network card, no sound card - and tried
to reinstall Win2k. Same problem. The only thing left to change is the MB
but, since I use an external PCI network card I don't know why that would
cause any problems.

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA,
-GB

 

[Dave Patrick]

What drive controller is in use? You may need to F6 and supply the
manufacturer controller driver.

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[Computerguy]

Hi Dave,

It uses the onboard (VIA chipset) IDE controller. The fact that the
installation successfully gets through the first pass (loading some files
and rebooting) suggests that the drive controller should be OK, doesn't it?
I just don't understand why the installation should hang at the "Installing
network components" stage.

Suppose I delete all the files in the WinNT folder and then try to reinstall
would that help? What about the boot.ini file? Is there anything that I can
change there?

TIA,
-GB

What drive controller is in use? You may need to F6 and supply the
manufacturer controller driver.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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... at
"Please wait while Windows installs networking components".

when I try to reinstall Win2k on a friend's computer!

The system is somewhat old but was working fine before the latest probems.
It has:
P3 500MHz
512MB RAM
iWILL VD133 motherboard
Linksys Network card
NVidia TNT2 video card

The original problem appears to have been due to a bad power supply since
the monitor kept displaying "no signal". However, when I changed that
Windows booted up but hung somewhere during the process. I thought that
the
faulty power supply had caused some problem with the hard drive so I
decided
to repair windows. That failed, hanging up in the middle of the bootup. I
then bought a new hard drive, formatted it and installed Win2k from the
CD.
Same problem - hangup while installing network components. I then
stripped
things down to the bare minimum - no network card, no sound card - and
tried
to reinstall Win2k. Same problem. The only thing left to change is the MB
but, since I use an external PCI network card I don't know why that would
cause any problems.

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA,
-GB

 

[Dave Patrick]

Hi Dave,

It uses the onboard (VIA chipset) IDE controller. The fact that the
installation successfully gets through the first pass (loading some files
and rebooting) suggests that the drive controller should be OK, doesn't
it?
I just don't understand why the installation should hang at the
"Installing
network components" stage.

*** Can be mis-leading.

Suppose I delete all the files in the WinNT folder and then try to
reinstall
would that help?

*** My boilerplate method.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very
important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive
controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later
you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver
for your drive controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en




What about the boot.ini file? Is there anything that I can

change there?

*** No, nothing required.



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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect