Hi Leigh,
Some thoughts: What motherboard? Is there a BIOS update available for it?
Did you disable boot time protection in the BIOS? Also, when upgrading, any
existing antivirus software should be uninstalled (not just disabled, but
totally removed).
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Leigh" <Leigh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Trying Vista Home Basic Upgrade..system in brief is a Dual Core2.8, 2gb
> Ram,
> ATA HD, x1950 pro graphics card...
> I have tried to upgrade in two ways:
> 1 - Upgrading from windows & dowbloading the latest setup files: this goes
> fine until the system tries to re-boot, then the system will hang when the
> windows progress bar is on the screen. Sometimes the system will re-boot
> sometimes just lock. I have tried leaving the system for in excess of 10
> hours when it appeared to be locked. I have also tried removing all
> unneccesary hardware, and reduced the system to one stick of RAM
> 2 - Booting from the DVD for a clean install: I get the windows is loading
> files grey progress bar, then the same problem when the system gets the
> windows progress bar