hanging during install

KingCobra · #1 17th Jan 05, 04:59 AM

Yes, moen has a very good point. Ran across this myself before. If available try doing an install off WinXP without SP2 or does the copy your using only have SP1 on it? If you have available more than one copy of WinXP try a different disk, or try to install that copy on a different computer to rule out any problem with the disk itself.

~*McoreD*~ · #2 17th Jan 05, 06:03 AM

Yes after moen pointed out that I remember this happening to one of my computers too. It had Windows XP SP1 installed. I formatted and tried installing Windows XP incl. SP2 and the installer hung just right there you described. It copied the files, restarts and attempts to boot for the first time. The computer hangs at the Windows XP boot screen.

I formatted again and installed Windows XP incl. SP1. Some PC Configurations don't seem to like XP SP2. I don't know which exact hardware is incompatible with SP2 but SP1.

Please try installing Windows XP incl. SP1

Cheers,
McoreD