lysander

This is a very long shot but as you are dealing with a PC which I presume has
been in use for some time, I had similar problems some time back. The
culprit astonishingly was a Smartcard reader which I used to permanently
leave plugged into a USB port. Removed that and the loading returned to
normal speed. It used to take literally ten minutes to load between
functions if I left that device attached - but not every time which did not
help diagnosing the cause.

"Tom VL" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm having problems with the Windows Vista installation.
> Every time I try to start the installation when my computer's starts the
> setup freezes when the loading bar with the green moving blocks come up. When
> that happens I reset my computer again and again, and eventually it will come
> to a point where it takes me into the installation.
>
> Even then it literally takes 12 minutes to load up the first screen, when
> you have to select your language, etc.. and the time in between the next
> couple of screens takes that long as well.
>
> When it comes to the point where my installation tells me it's about to
> reset the computer, everything happens all over again. It freezes again when
> the loading bar comes up (each time it freezes at a random time). Then after
> resetting a couple of times it takes me to the completing installation
> screen, then it freezes again and so I have to reset a couple of times.
>
> Then it finally takes me into the OS, but tells me I have to reinstall Vista
> because something went wrong.
>
> I have tried the following solutions:
> -Reburning the dvd at 1x AND 2x speed.
> -Tried an OEM edition of Ultimate.
> -Installing XP first then installing vista onto another partition.
> -Installing XP first then installing vista through the image mounting
> solution.
> -Installing XP first then installing vista by upgrading.
> -Used 2GB of Ram instead of 4GB.
>
> Here are my computer's specifications.
> -Core 2 Quad (Q6600)
> -MSI P965 NEO-F
> - 4 GB DDR2 800
> -XFX Geforce 8800 GTX
> - 1 Maxtor Sata2 Hard drive (160GB)
> - 1 Sata dvd+-r writer
> - 630 Watts PSU
>
> Is anyone able to help me please?
> Thanks,
> Tom.