John Barnes

Vista doesn't load the kernel. Vista has a new procedure where it lays down
a clean IMAGE of the entire system. You don't say if you are doing an
upgrade from another system or a custom install of a full version and
whether you are trying x86 or x64. When you say freeze, are you getting
anxious or how do you know it is frozen? Vista takes a lot longer to
install than XP and maybe you aren't letting it proceed before you assume it
is frozen. Upgrades can take hours. Custom installs can take up to an hour
+ depending on the speed of the processor and memory.

"Tom VL" <TomVL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello again,
>
> Indeed the setup tells me it has to reboot a couple of times.
> Then everything happens again, as in the freezing happens again.
> The setup does not start over again.
>
> Basically it restarts my pc.
> It gets to the part where it loads in the kernel. Freeze, I reset
> This time it will either; freeze when it's loading the kernel or freeze
> when
> it says "Please wait while windows is loading for the first time". I
> reset,
> again.
> Then it takes me beyond the "Please wait while windows is loading for the
> first time" screen again it takes me into Vista, where it tells me the
> installation failed and that I should reinstall Vista.
>
> I had no error screens popping up so everything should be alright. I think
> it's because of the freezing and resetting that the installation get's
> screwed up?
>
> If this is still unclear, I could try to record it with my digital camera
> and post a link.
>
> Thanks again,
> Tom