Vista installation hangs at boot screen

Sorry if the way I structured this thread is wrong but I encounter one
major problems when installing Windows Vista.

The version of Windows Vista is Home Premium x86.

The installation seems to hang after the 2nd reboot (that's after the
completing installation and going to setup time/date, user acct and
such). The computer will boot up to the boot screen where the green
loading bar is -moving- but no hdd activity. I waited for 12 hours but
to no improvement. I tried booting in safe mode but it says setup
cannot continue in safe mode. In short, all the advance boot options
I've tried, none worked.

My system specification are:
Compaq Presario SR1748CF
Intel Pentium 4 Processor 640 (3.2 GHz)
1GB PC4200 DDR2-SDRAM
200GB Samsung SP2004C SATA HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE w/ TurboCache 256MB

After some research, I tried going to safe mode again and Shift+F10 to
bring up the Command Prompt and tried to replace the original vista
Nvidia driver to Standard VGA driver but problem continues so I think
it isn't with my graphics card or drivers.

I also attempted to install Windows Vista several times (clean/upgrade)
but with same results.

Need help to solve this, searched many forums but didn't find anything.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

If any additional information (like logs, etc) is needed, do tell me
and I can try my best get them. Thanks in advance.

The next post is the only part in 'setupapi.dev.log' that fails (sorry
if too long):
(basically, I think everything devices ended with "DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP
failed with 0xE000020E for class { xxx }")


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crazye_star

set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e96b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Keyboards)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Sound, video and game
controllers)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.171
dvi: Using exported function 'MediaClassInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\mmci.dll'.
dvi: Class installer == mmci.dll,MediaClassInstaller
dvi: Using exported function 'MediaClassCoInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\mmcico.dll'.
dvi: CoInstaller 1 == mmcico.dll,MediaClassCoInstaller
dvi: CoInstaller 1: Enter 22:12:39.187
dvi: CoInstaller 1: Exit
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.187
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.187
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.187
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Sound, video and game
controllers)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e96d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Modems)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.187
dvi: Using exported function 'ClassInstall32' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\mdminst.dll'.
dvi: Class installer == mdminst.dll,ClassInstall32
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.203
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.250
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.250
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e96d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Modems)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e96e-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Monitors)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.390
dvi: Using exported function 'MonitorClassInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\Montr_CI.dll'.
dvi: Class installer == Montr_CI.dll,MonitorClassInstaller
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.390
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.500
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.500
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e96e-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Monitors)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e96f-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Mice and other pointing
devices)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.500
dvi: Using exported function 'MouseClassInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\SysClass.Dll'.
dvi: Class installer == SysClass.Dll,MouseClassInstaller
dvi: Using exported function 'CriticalDeviceCoInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\SysClass.Dll'.
dvi: CoInstaller 1 == SysClass.Dll,CriticalDeviceCoInstaller
dvi: CoInstaller 1: Enter 22:12:39.515
dvi: CoInstaller 1: Exit
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.515
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.515
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.515
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e96f-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Mice and other pointing
devices)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e970-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Memory technology driver)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.515
dvi: No class installer for 'Memory technology driver'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.515
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.515
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e970-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Memory technology driver)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e971-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Multifunction adapters)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.515
dvi: No class installer for 'Multifunction adapters'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.531
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.531
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e971-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Multifunction adapters)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Network adapters)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.562
dvi: Using exported function 'NetClassInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\NetCfgx.dll'.
dvi: Class installer == NetCfgx.dll,NetClassInstaller
dvi: Using exported function 'NciDeviceInstall' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\nci.dll'.
dvi: CoInstaller 1 == nci.dll,NciDeviceInstall
dvi: Using exported function 'WlanDeviceClassCoInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\wlaninst.dll'.
dvi: CoInstaller 2 == wlaninst.dll,WlanDeviceClassCoInstaller
dvi: CoInstaller 1: Enter 22:12:39.578
dvi: CoInstaller 1: Exit
dvi: CoInstaller 2: Enter 22:12:39.578
dvi: CoInstaller 2: Exit
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.578
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.578
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.578
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Network adapters)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e973-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Network Client)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.578
dvi: Using exported function 'NetClassInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\NetCfgx.Dll'.
dvi: Class installer == NetCfgx.Dll,NetClassInstaller
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.578
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.578
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.578
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e973-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Network Client)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e974-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Network Service)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.593
dvi: Using exported function 'NetClassInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\NetCfgx.Dll'.
dvi: Class installer == NetCfgx.Dll,NetClassInstaller
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.593
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.593
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.593
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e974-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Network Service)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e975-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Network Protocol)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.593
dvi: Using exported function 'NetClassInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\NetCfgx.Dll'.
dvi: Class installer == NetCfgx.Dll,NetClassInstaller
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.593
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.593
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.593
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e975-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Network Protocol)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e977-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (PCMCIA adapters)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.609
dvi: No class installer for 'PCMCIA adapters'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.609
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.609
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e977-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (PCMCIA adapters)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e978-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Ports (COM & LPT))
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.609
dvi: Using exported function 'PortsClassInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\MsPorts.Dll'.
dvi: Class installer == MsPorts.Dll,PortsClassInstaller
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.609
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0x00000000)} 22:12:39.625
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e979-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Printers)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.640
dvi: Using exported function 'ClassInstall32' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\ntprint.dll'.
dvi: Class installer == ntprint.dll,ClassInstall32
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.718
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.718
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.718
set: DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP failed with 0xE000020E for class
{4d36e979-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Printers)
set: Calling DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP for class
{4d36e97b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} (Storage controllers)
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP} 22:12:39.718
dvi: Using exported function 'ScsiClassInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\SysClass.Dll'.
dvi: Class installer == SysClass.Dll,ScsiClassInstaller
dvi: Using exported function 'CriticalDeviceCoInstaller' in module
'E:\Windows\system32\SysClass.Dll'.
dvi: CoInstaller 1 == SysClass.Dll,CriticalDeviceCoInstaller
dvi: CoInstaller 1: Enter 22:12:39.734
dvi: CoInstaller 1: Exit
dvi: Class installer: Enter 22:12:39.734
dvi: Class installer: Exit
dvi: Default installer: Enter 22:12:39.734
dvi: Default installer: Exit
dvi: {DIF_FIRSTTIMESETUP - exit(0xe000020e)} 22:12:39.734


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crazye_star

Did you load the SATA drivers when asked to at the first screen?

My SATA hard drive was detected when Windows asked me, "Where do you
want to install?" so I simply selected from the list and didn't load
any SATA drivers.

By the way, if that's the problem, how do you search for SATA drivers?
From chipset manufacturer, hdd manufacturer or motherboard
manufacturer?

Thanks for replying, Wayne.


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crazye_star

I got the same problem as crazye_star. I think he tried to install from an OS
installed and not from the DVD. The install process copied the files,
expanded them and, when tried to reboot from Vista, the system shows the
black screen with the blank line, then the boot screen with the green line,
and finally this blue screen:
"STOP: C000021a {fatal error}
The initial session process or system process terminated unexpectedly with a
status of 0x00000000 (0xc0000001 0x0010034c).
The system has been shut down."
When trying booting directly from the DVD the process is the same.
It seems that when the boot is initiated from the Wista OS (on HDD or on
DVD), the system hangs with this fatal error.
I disabled all the perpherals not needed in the setup, even the S-ATA
feature, keeping only the IDE channel for my IDE HDD and DVD: same result.
I think that the problem comes from the video card because this error
happend just when switching in graphical mode ...
My motherboard is an Aopen i865POEa-7IF with CPU Intel 2,8 and my graphic
adapter is a Geforce 6200 (AGP 8x) , as crazye_star !!!
I also read on this forum another posts where troubles appeared in systems
using this video card. However the package of this adapter announce "Cerified
for Windows Vista" !
Did somebody tried with another one ?

Marc Delsupexhe;248170 Wrote:
> then the boot screen with the green line,
> and finally this blue screen:
> "STOP: C000021a {fatal error}
> The initial session process or system process terminated unexpectedly
> with a
> status of 0x00000000 (0xc0000001 0x0010034c).
> The system has been shut down."

Well Marc, your problem not exactly the same as I don't have a blue
screen but the boot screen just stayed there and the green loading
moves and no more further. However I can go into safe mode and use
command prompt. But you do have some similarities with my problem, so
any kind souls who is able to provide some help to both of us?

Thanks.


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