Xp install hangs on installing devices

Windows General. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by mombodog Unsolved. XP install freezes when installing devices 34 minutes remaining. Hi there,. I have just brought a new AMD inspiron machine from Dell which obviously came with Vista which i obviously dont want to keep just yet, untill service pack 1 comes at least.

Last reply by jamez kann Unsolved. Everything goes fine at first, but the installation appears to hang on "Installing Windows" with 33 minutes remaining, at the point where the message above the progress bar says "Installing Devices".

It has been sitting this way for the last hour, cycling through the pretty slides on the rh side of the screen. I have reset the boot order so it boots from the CD first. I have read as many messages as I can that appear to deal with the problem, and the only possibly relevant one that talks about problems while installing devices is a message about upgrading the BIOS. I would install from the CD shipped with the computer, but I can't find it. If there is a problem with the BIOS, I will need instructions on upgrading it I have access to the net from the newer machine.

All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 7. Did you delete and recreate partitions? Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forum! I will certainly help you out with this issue. Remove any external hardware , such as attached devices that are not required for setup for example, printers, external serial devices, and Universal Serial Bus [USB] devices other than the primary keyboard. Remove any internal cards that are not required for setup, such as sound cards.

Modifications of the settings are at your own risk. Method 2: How to install or upgrade to Windows XP. Right now I'm going to try to disable and unplug everything I don't need, as well as disconnect the unneeded sata drives. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

I can't afford to lose the info in My Docs yeah, I should have made a backup but I did this install specifically because it is simply a file refresh. Thanks for any assistance. Joined Jul 26, Messages 2, A few things to try. You always try the repair option on the second page of setup, where it finds previous versions of XP. I just used it to fix a porked copy of Pro after a Vista install attempt. Click to expand Bump for help.