Windows Install - Freezes on first reboot

[Guest]

I'm trying to install a legal/new copy of winxp Home (full install, not
upgrade) onto a pc.
It boots fine, and goes through the normal process of installation (format
of drive, installation of setup files, then reboots).
However, as it reboots, the WIN XP loading screen, with the rolling bar on
the bottom freezes after one cycle.
I've left the cpu running for about an hour at this point, just to see if it
was copying files, and that is why it was not working, to no avail.
I've also tried another copy of the WIN XP home cd (i purchased two, for two
seperate cpus) and that doesn't work either!
I've tried different HD as well,
nothing works.
any help!?!

 

[Phillip Windell]

There may be drivers for the mother board (particularly the drive
controllers) that you have to install into the new windows installation
right at the beginning of the installation. There is an early point in the
setup where you hold down F6 so that it will later prompt you for
"3rd-party" drivers. You have to create the driver disks (1.4 floppies) on
another machine before you begin the install. The drivers should have come
on the CD that came with the hardware.

 

[R. McCarty]

Likely a BIOS issue, possibly related to ACPI compliancy. More
specific details on the PC ( Vendor, model # ) or motherboard can
help refine our help in assisting you. Personally, when doing a fresh
install, I'll reconfigure BIOS settings and if the BIOS firmware is out
of date by a significant number of revisions, flash it before installing
XP.

 

[Gordon Stephens]

I'm trying to install a legal/new copy of winxp Home (full install, not
upgrade) onto a pc.
It boots fine, and goes through the normal process of installation (format
of drive, installation of setup files, then reboots).
However, as it reboots, the WIN XP loading screen, with the rolling bar on
the bottom freezes after one cycle.
I've left the cpu running for about an hour at this point, just to see if it
was copying files, and that is why it was not working, to no avail.
I've also tried another copy of the WIN XP home cd (i purchased two, for two
seperate cpus) and that doesn't work either!
I've tried different HD as well,
nothing works.
any help!?!

Hi,

I had almost precisely this experience a few days ago - asked here under
this subject : "Installing XP to a newly formatted HD"
and posted back replies giving the answer I found. The URL below gives the
thread archive - watch out for wordwrap - copy all as one line
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...+a+newly+formatted+HD&rnum=1#35adb45a2dbc2ec7

Anyway, essentially, when you get the option to press F6, press F5 (or try
F7 if this doesn't get you to the next stage) and it should offer a couple
of alternatives. I selected "standard PC . . . etc" and everything went fine
from thereon.

Hope this helps,
Gordon.

 

[Plato]

I'm trying to install a legal/new copy of winxp Home (full install, not
upgrade) onto a pc.
It boots fine, and goes through the normal process of installation (format
of drive, installation of setup files, then reboots).
However, as it reboots, the WIN XP loading screen, with the rolling bar on
the bottom freezes after one cycle.

Try installing with only your cpu, ram, video card installed.