Re: XP Install
From: R. C. White (rc_at_corridor.net)
Date: 12/07/04
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:18:13 -0600
Hi, Peter.
What kind of hardware is involved here? Specifically, what kind of hard
drives?
When Win2K first arrived, nearly 5 years ago, we frequently encountered a
problem at that point: when the text portion of Setup was finished and the
computer tried for the first time to boot from the HD (rather than the CD)
and start the GUI phase of Setup. The problem was that the Win2K CD-ROM did
not have the proper drivers for whatever HD we were trying to use as the
boot device. The symptom usually was a BSOD with Stop code 007B,
Inaccessible_Boot_Device.
The WinXP CD-ROM is 20 months (or more) newer than the Win2K CD-ROM and has
drivers for many more of the newer HDs, but some of the newest one still
must be installed from floppy during Setup. SATA drives, for example, often
need drivers that are not on the WinXP CD. Even though you don't report
Stop 007B, your symptoms sound like missing HD drivers might be the problem.
To install these drivers, we must have them on a floppy diskette. (If a
drivers diskette did not come with the drive, you will need to get the
drivers from the manufacturer and put them onto a floppy, since Setup
doesn't know how to install them from any other source.) Then boot from the
WinXP CD-ROM and watch for the invitation, early in the Setup process, to
Press F6 to install drivers for SCSI or other mass storage devices. Press
F6 quickly, then wait while Setup seems not to notice and continues to
install hundreds of files. Finally, it will stop with instructions onscreen
for how to use that floppy to install the drivers. Then Setup will run to
conclusion, including rebooting from the HD.
If that is not the answer in your case, please post back with a description
of your hardware configuration, especially your hard disk drive, including
size, partition and format details - and which interface (SCSI, SATA, IDE?)
it uses.
RC
-- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@corridor.net Microsoft Windows MVP "Peter Downes" <pjtdownes@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23kXt$rI3EHA.1124@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Hi Richard > > It hangs while doing the inplace upgrade at > > "Setup is being restarted.........................." > > Does not progress past this. I cannot afford to lose apps. > > Thanks > > > "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message > news:OPufQpI3EHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >> Hi, Peter. >> >> I'm not David, but my recommendation is to boot from the WinXP CD-ROM and >> either do a clean install or, if you want to preserve installed > applications >> and data, an "in-place upgrade" as described in this KB article: >> >> How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q315341 >> >> If I've misunderstood your dilemma, please post back. The beginning of > the >> thread has scrolled off the server, apparently. >> >> RC >> >> "Peter Downes" <pjtdownes@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:OY5bn2H3EHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >> > David, The user had some problems with the graphics card and disabled >> > it >> > in >> > XP. He could not recover from this stupid mistake. He gave it to a >> > technician who decided to over-install. This aborted half way. I was > given >> > the problem to sort out. I have recovered a corrupt boot.ini with > bootcfg. >> > I >> > have repaired various file system problems on the disk. I have now >> > disabled >> > all unnecessary hardware, and am trying to continue the previous > upgrade. >> > This upgrade just seems to hang at the mentioned point. >> > >> > >> > "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> > news:98186C3D-F208-4366-913B-071426BF3D18@microsoft.com... >> >> Peter, Let me ask you a question first, what happened to the previous > XP >> >> Proffesional install? Then maybe I can answer your question. >> >> >> >> "Peter Downes" wrote: >> >> >> >> > I am trying to reinstall an XP Professional machine that had been >> >> > interrupted halfway thru a prevoius reinstall. >> >> > >> >> > It gets to "Setup is being restarted..............................." >> >> > and >> >> > then seems to hang. >> >> > >> >> > Any ideas on how to get past this?
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