Vista installation freezes after "Windows is loading files..."

Hello

I'm having a lot of trouble but can't get any proper information.
Vista installation freezes after the first screen where you can see the
progres-bar which says "Windows is loading files...". After that the green
progress-bar appears and that's all.

Only two things happen there:
1: the progress-bar is running for hours
2: the progress-bar stops running
But in both cases that's all i've ever seen from Vista.

I nearly tried all possibilities (completely changed memory, changed
DVD-Drive, tested all possible BIOS-Settings, deactivated/activated all
on-board components etc.).
No success.

XP is running on exactly the same system but separate HD without any problem.
I bought additional 80 GB SATA Samsung just to have Vista completely
separated.

My System:
Board: MSI 975x Premium (MS-7246)
CPU: Intel 940 D
RAM: 2x1024 MB Corsair (CM2X1024-5400C4)
HD: SATA Samsung 80 GB
GPU: NVIDIA 7900 GT (256 MB)

The sad thing is that all friends running older systems don't have any
problems.

I would really appreciate all suggestions & hints.

Hi Mr.zylinder,

I understand your frustration!

Is this an upgrade? or a clean install?

Have you run the upgrade wizard? Run that & post the data here...

Hoping for an answer too!

Eric

"mr.zylinder" wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm having a lot of trouble but can't get any proper information.
> Vista installation freezes after the first screen where you can see the
> progres-bar which says "Windows is loading files...". After that the green
> progress-bar appears and that's all.
>
> Only two things happen there:
> 1: the progress-bar is running for hours
> 2: the progress-bar stops running
> But in both cases that's all i've ever seen from Vista.
>
> I nearly tried all possibilities (completely changed memory, changed
> DVD-Drive, tested all possible BIOS-Settings, deactivated/activated all
> on-board components etc.).
> No success.
>
> XP is running on exactly the same system but separate HD without any problem.
> I bought additional 80 GB SATA Samsung just to have Vista completely
> separated.
>
> My System:
> Board: MSI 975x Premium (MS-7246)
> CPU: Intel 940 D
> RAM: 2x1024 MB Corsair (CM2X1024-5400C4)
> HD: SATA Samsung 80 GB
> GPU: NVIDIA 7900 GT (256 MB)
>
> The sad thing is that all friends running older systems don't have any
> problems.
>
> I would really appreciate all suggestions & hints.

I tried both.
I even installed XP again on the HD i planned to use for Vista and started
the installation out of XP then. It starts without any problems, copies the
files and starts expanding it.
Then it automatically reboots and that's it. Same behaviour.

With the upgrade wizard you mean Vista Update Advisor?
This runs fine and only shows some minor issues (new driver for Realtek
audio required & compatibility issues with Windows Messenger)

The rest says "No action required"

"EricW" wrote:

> Hi Mr.zylinder,
>
> I understand your frustration!
>
> Is this an upgrade? or a clean install?
>
> Have you run the upgrade wizard? Run that & post the data here...
>
> Hoping for an answer too!
>
> Eric
>
> "mr.zylinder" wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I'm having a lot of trouble but can't get any proper information.
> > Vista installation freezes after the first screen where you can see the
> > progres-bar which says "Windows is loading files...". After that the green
> > progress-bar appears and that's all.
> >
> > Only two things happen there:
> > 1: the progress-bar is running for hours
> > 2: the progress-bar stops running
> > But in both cases that's all i've ever seen from Vista.
> >
> > I nearly tried all possibilities (completely changed memory, changed
> > DVD-Drive, tested all possible BIOS-Settings, deactivated/activated all
> > on-board components etc.).
> > No success.
> >
> > XP is running on exactly the same system but separate HD without any problem.
> > I bought additional 80 GB SATA Samsung just to have Vista completely
> > separated.
> >
> > My System:
> > Board: MSI 975x Premium (MS-7246)
> > CPU: Intel 940 D
> > RAM: 2x1024 MB Corsair (CM2X1024-5400C4)
> > HD: SATA Samsung 80 GB
> > GPU: NVIDIA 7900 GT (256 MB)
> >
> > The sad thing is that all friends running older systems don't have any
> > problems.
> >
> > I would really appreciate all suggestions & hints.

Hi Guys ..

Amazing! I have the exact problem as Zy has! Same MoBo, RAM Size, and
256MB nVidia NX7600. There's a small difference though, I have TWO Hard
Drives: a WD 320GB SATA + 100GB EIDE.

I've done every thing as Zy did, but same problem!

I've alos installed Windows XP SP2 Fresh Install, then ran Vista (from
within Windows XP), and it asked me weather to Upgrade OR Fresh install
(previous widnows will NOT work). Same problem. Copy files, reboot, then
die!

I'm planning to do one more thing later tonight: Un-Plug ALL USB &
External Devices (WebCam, Printers, etc.), and give it another!

I was so frustrated that Vista Installed in approx. 30 minutes on my 2
GHz Notebook PC & my 3 GHz Office PC! <sop> And here I am stuck with
this Super MSI 975X MoBo, with 2 GB RAM .. <sop>

To add more frustration, I've looked all over MSI WebSite for Tech
Support related postings .. none were available <I'm starting to lose
faith in MSI>

Keep'ya posted!


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"Saifullah" wrote:

>
> Hi Guys ..
>
> Amazing! I have the exact problem as Zy has! Same MoBo, RAM Size, and
> 256MB nVidia NX7600. There's a small difference though, I have TWO Hard
> Drives: a WD 320GB SATA + 100GB EIDE.
>
> I've done every thing as Zy did, but same problem!
>
> I've alos installed Windows XP SP2 Fresh Install, then ran Vista (from
> within Windows XP), and it asked me weather to Upgrade OR Fresh install
> (previous widnows will NOT work). Same problem. Copy files, reboot, then
> die!
>
> I'm planning to do one more thing later tonight: Un-Plug ALL USB &
> External Devices (WebCam, Printers, etc.), and give it another!
>
> I was so frustrated that Vista Installed in approx. 30 minutes on my 2
> GHz Notebook PC & my 3 GHz Office PC! <sop> And here I am stuck with
> this Super MSI 975X MoBo, with 2 GB RAM .. <sop>
>
> To add more frustration, I've looked all over MSI WebSite for Tech
> Support related postings .. none were available <I'm starting to lose
> faith in MSI>
>
> Keep'ya posted!
>
>
> --
> Saifullah
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>
>

"Saifullah" wrote:

>
> Hi Guys ..
>
> Amazing! I have the exact problem as Zy has! Same MoBo, RAM Size, and
> 256MB nVidia NX7600. There's a small difference though, I have TWO Hard
> Drives: a WD 320GB SATA + 100GB EIDE.
>
> I've done every thing as Zy did, but same problem!
>
> I've alos installed Windows XP SP2 Fresh Install, then ran Vista (from
> within Windows XP), and it asked me weather to Upgrade OR Fresh install
> (previous widnows will NOT work). Same problem. Copy files, reboot, then
> die!
>
> I'm planning to do one more thing later tonight: Un-Plug ALL USB &
> External Devices (WebCam, Printers, etc.), and give it another!
>
> I was so frustrated that Vista Installed in approx. 30 minutes on my 2
> GHz Notebook PC & my 3 GHz Office PC! <sop> And here I am stuck with
> this Super MSI 975X MoBo, with 2 GB RAM .. <sop>
>
> To add more frustration, I've looked all over MSI WebSite for Tech
> Support related postings .. none were available <I'm starting to lose
> faith in MSI>
>
> Keep'ya posted!
>
>
> --
> Saifullah
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Saifullah's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=21471
> View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=668058
>
> http://forums.techarena.in
>
> Same issue, exepct I have K9N SLI platnium, maybe it's a MSI thing?

On Jan 27, 2:26 pm, mr.zylinder <mrzylin...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm having a lot of trouble but can't get any proper information.
> Vista installation freezes after the first screen where you can see the
> progres-bar which says "Windows is loading files...". After that the green
> progress-bar appears and that's all.
>
> Only two things happen there:
> 1: the progress-bar is running for hours
> 2: the progress-bar stops running
> But in both cases that's all i've ever seen from Vista.
>
> I nearly tried all possibilities (completely changed memory, changed
> DVD-Drive, tested all possible BIOS-Settings, deactivated/activated all
> on-board components etc.).
> No success.
>
> XP is running on exactly the same system but separate HD without any problem.
> I bought additional 80 GB SATA Samsung just to have Vista completely
> separated.
>
> My System:
> Board: MSI 975x Premium (MS-7246)
> CPU: Intel 940 D
> RAM: 2x1024 MB Corsair (CM2X1024-5400C4)
> HD: SATA Samsung 80 GB
> GPU: NVIDIA 7900 GT (256 MB)
>
> The sad thing is that all friends running older systems don't have any
> problems.
>
> I would really appreciate all suggestions & hints.

I finally figured out my problem with VISTA freezing at loading files.
It was a hardware problem. I finally tracked it down to an
incompatible stick of RAM. I would suggest that any hardware that is
installed is 1 compatible with your motherboard and 2nd is up to snuff
with Windows Vista. After swapping each piece of hardware, I finally
tracked it down to the RAM. Would have been nice if at least there
were some error messages. What else is new though. Good luck!

First thing you should disable Jmicron from bios, put HDD ide on IDE blue connector from mobo. Try in this way.

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I have had this problem for awhile now. Originally I believed it was related
to my optical drive itself, because even booting off of the MSDN version of
the disk (I got a copy curteousy of my employer) it would do the same thing.

None of the steps suggested here, or on any other thread relating to this
problem has solved the issue.

The only thing I can see that seems to be a comonality, is that the other
users that listed their motherboard, stated that they were using MSI
motherboards. I am also using an MSI motherboard, but according to their site
it is fully compatible with Vista.

I'm kind of at a loss here. Does anyone know what else the problem could be?
And yes, I checked my RAM. It is both compatible, and in good working order.

System Stats:
AMD Athlon X2 +3800 (Dual Core)
2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2
250GB Raptor 10,000RPM SATA
eVGA GeForce 7900 GT KO x2
MSI K9N SLI Premium mobo

"mr.zylinder" wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm having a lot of trouble but can't get any proper information.
> Vista installation freezes after the first screen where you can see the
> progres-bar which says "Windows is loading files...". After that the green
> progress-bar appears and that's all.
>
> Only two things happen there:
> 1: the progress-bar is running for hours
> 2: the progress-bar stops running
> But in both cases that's all i've ever seen from Vista.
>
> I nearly tried all possibilities (completely changed memory, changed
> DVD-Drive, tested all possible BIOS-Settings, deactivated/activated all
> on-board components etc.).
> No success.
>
> XP is running on exactly the same system but separate HD without any problem.
> I bought additional 80 GB SATA Samsung just to have Vista completely
> separated.
>
> My System:
> Board: MSI 975x Premium (MS-7246)
> CPU: Intel 940 D
> RAM: 2x1024 MB Corsair (CM2X1024-5400C4)
> HD: SATA Samsung 80 GB
> GPU: NVIDIA 7900 GT (256 MB)
>
> The sad thing is that all friends running older systems don't have any
> problems.
>
> I would really appreciate all suggestions & hints.

That is really funny, I recognized that most of people having the same installation freezing troubles have both SATA and UATA discs. Yeasterday I had an idea to cut off two SATA drives I have together with 2 UATA drives .. ooups .. and the installation finished and VISTA running!! But to disable the drives in BIOS is not enough! After the installation finished I tryied to re-connect two other SATA drives, unfortunatelly the system has frozen up after starting. What should this mean Microsoft??

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