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Windows Vista Ultimate installtion freezes after "Windows is loading files" prompt

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Zerhyn

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It appears that nothing was working because my CPU heatsink was not bolted down correctly. And my CPU temps were idling around 100 C. I went back and correctly installed it and now they are at 40 C.

This is a lesson in not being impatient while putting new components together.

Excuse me while I go pull out my new gray hairs.




****Update again****

Just tried installing Windows Vista Ultimate x64. After hitting any key to run off the DVD, it went into a windows is loading files, it completed that task, now it stays on a black screen.

And it appears it is frozen again. wahoo!

Is there something very simple i could be doing wrong here? or set something up wrong.


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So apparently need to load SATA drivers when installing WinXP. I downloaded the drivers from intels website for ICH9R chipset.

In BIOS, I went to "On-Chip ATA Devies" set the RAID MODE to AHCI (IDE, RAID, AHCI were the options) and proceeded to try and install the OS through F6 and load the drivers.

I have a slew of options so I chose the one relevent to the ICH9R.

INTEL(R) ICH9 SATA AHCIController (Desktop ICH9R)

I select that one and then on the next screen hit Enter to continue and windows setup still freezes.

I also went back to BIOS and ATA devices and attempted the RAID configuration but that also failed.

And the IDE setting is what was using during the post below.

So i am really confused.

WinXP Pro SP1
Intel C2D 6850 3.0 ghz
MSI P35 Platinum
MSI NVIDIA 8800GTX
2 GB OZC




If winxp sp2 is needed. I will probably go out and buy Windows Vista. And would buying Vista solve this dilemma?





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OLD POST
When doing a fresh install on to a SATA hard drive. Windows goes through the normal loading of the drivers and such process. But when it gets to "Setup is starting Windows". It gets hung up.

I have switched between IDE CD/DVD and SATA CD/DVD drives to see if that could be a problem. But there was no difference.

During the loading screen I pressed F5 and manually selected ACPI Multiprocessor. Which of course didn't work. Which doesn't surprise me because I don't really know what it means.

I have followed these steps here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310760
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217073

WinXP Pro SP1
Intel C2D 6850 3.0 ghz
MSI P35 Platinum
MSI NVIDIA 8800GTX
2 GB OZC

Windows appears to not like me these days.
 
I hit F6 and it takes me to a screen that starts off with "Setup was unable to load support for the mass storage device you specified."

It has

<none>

So i assume it doesn't recognize it.

Am i going to need a floppy drive for this?
 
Originally posted by: Zerhyn
I hit F6 and it takes me to a screen that starts off with "Setup was unable to load support for the mass storage device you specified."

It has

<none>

So i assume it doesn't recognize it.

Am i going to need a floppy drive for this?
Click to expand...

yes, or an XP disc with SP2
 
I am having a hard place finding a place to download SATA drivers. I found a forum site with a post that contained this...

Si3112r.inf
Si3112r.mpd
Si3112r.sys
SIISUPP.VXD
SIWinAcc.sys
TxtSetup.oem
With these files on a floppy, once loaded at the beginning of the XP install procedure, it will find your SATA HDD & offer you the option to install XP on that drive.

So i am currently looking for these files
 
Got them at Filefront.com by searching silicon_v10033.zip, which is for an Asus board. But I got the mentioned files from there. And now i need to find a way to supply power to my Floppy...
 
i found a folder containing a silicon image folder for IDE, but not for sata...

on the motherboards cd that is
 
OK after entering F6 and inserting the floppy disc i get this...

Silicon Image Sil 3132 SATALink Controller for WindowsXP/Server 2003
or
....................................................................Windows 2000

I picked the top one and the Windows Setup still froze
 
I connected an IDE drive and It still froze during set up.

I'll be out the rest of the night. Any more suggestions or things i might have done wrong, just let me know. THanks for the help!
 
Updated!

So apparently need to load SATA drivers when installing WinXP. I downloaded the drivers from intels website for ICH9R chipset.

In BIOS, I went to "On-Chip ATA Devies" set the RAID MODE to AHCI (IDE, RAID, AHCI were the options) and proceeded to try and install the OS through F6 and load the drivers.

I have a slew of options so I chose the one relevent to the ICH9R.

INTEL(R) ICH9 SATA AHCIController (Desktop ICH9R)

I select that one and then on the next screen hit Enter to continue and windows setup still freezes.

I also went back to BIOS and ATA devices and attempted the RAID configuration but that also failed.

And the IDE setting is what was using during the post below.

So i am really confused.

WinXP Pro SP1
Intel C2D 6850 3.0 ghz
MSI P35 Platinum
MSI NVIDIA 8800GTX
2 GB OZC


If winxp sp2 is needed. I will probably go out and buy Windows Vista. And would buying Vista solve this dilemma?

 
Just tried installing Windows Vista Ultimate x64. After hitting any key to run off the DVD, it went into a windows is loading files, it completed that task, now it stays on a black screen.

And it appears it is frozen again. wahoo!

Is there something very simple i could be doing wrong here? or set something up wrong.
 
It appears that nothing was working because my CPU heatsink was not bolted down correctly. And my CPU temps were idling around 100 C. I went back and correctly installed it and now they are at 40 C.

This is a lesson in not being impatient while putting new components together.

Excuse me while I go pull out my new gray hairs.
 
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