clean xp home install stalls our at 22 mintues

[rck]

I am attempting to do a clean install of xphome on my c
drive. I went through all the preliminaries after boot off
of the CD rom. The program went through everything through
Supply yur date and time settings. At that point the
screen said Setup will be complete in 22 minutes. The
lower left box said Installing Star menu items. That box
is still blank and the clock still says 22 minutes--for
the past 1 1/2 hours. Nothing is happening. Please tell me
how to proceed. Do I need to start over and hope, or....?
Thanks.

[Harry Ohrn]

Try rebooting and see if the setup will continue. Do not press a key when
you see the message displayed or the XP C D will boot again. Just let it
pass to setup and see what happens.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"rck" > wrote in message
...
> I am attempting to do a clean install of xphome on my c
> drive. I went through all the preliminaries after boot off
> of the CD rom. The program went through everything through
> Supply yur date and time settings. At that point the
> screen said Setup will be complete in 22 minutes. The
> lower left box said Installing Star menu items. That box
> is still blank and the clock still says 22 minutes--for
> the past 1 1/2 hours. Nothing is happening. Please tell me
> how to proceed. Do I need to start over and hope, or....?
> Thanks.

[rckausen]

Thank you. I tried that and it appeared to respond past
networks and appeared to stall again about half way
through completing setup. I'll try it again. Maybe I can
baby it along.
>-----Original Message-----
>Try rebooting and see if the setup will continue. Do not
press a key when
>you see the message displayed or the XP C D will boot
again. Just let it
>pass to setup and see what happens.
>
>--
>
>Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
>www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
>"rck" > wrote in message
...
>> I am attempting to do a clean install of xphome on my c
>> drive. I went through all the preliminaries after boot
off
>> of the CD rom. The program went through everything
through
>> Supply yur date and time settings. At that point the
>> screen said Setup will be complete in 22 minutes. The
>> lower left box said Installing Star menu items. That box
>> is still blank and the clock still says 22 minutes--for
>> the past 1 1/2 hours. Nothing is happening. Please tell
me
>> how to proceed. Do I need to start over and hope,
or....?
>> Thanks.
>
>
>.
>

[Ron Uzenoff]

Rick,

You may wish to make sure that the only devices connected to your computer
are the mouse, keyboard, video cable from the monitor, and possibly your
speakers --- everything else should be disconnected (e.g. printer, scanner,
camera, network cable, phoneline etc.)


Ron
"rck" > wrote in message
...
> I am attempting to do a clean install of xphome on my c
> drive. I went through all the preliminaries after boot off
> of the CD rom. The program went through everything through
> Supply yur date and time settings. At that point the
> screen said Setup will be complete in 22 minutes. The
> lower left box said Installing Star menu items. That box
> is still blank and the clock still says 22 minutes--for
> the past 1 1/2 hours. Nothing is happening. Please tell me
> how to proceed. Do I need to start over and hope, or....?
> Thanks.

[rckausen]

Thank you. I ended up withy a fata error "Internal Setup
data structures are corruptted (phase 0)". I will start
over.
>-----Original Message-----
>Rick,
>
>You may wish to make sure that the only devices connected
to your computer
>are the mouse, keyboard, video cable from the monitor,
and possibly your
>speakers --- everything else should be disconnected (e.g.
printer, scanner,
>camera, network cable, phoneline etc.)
>
>
>Ron
>"rck" > wrote in message
...
>> I am attempting to do a clean install of xphome on my c
>> drive. I went through all the preliminaries after boot
off
>> of the CD rom. The program went through everything
through
>> Supply yur date and time settings. At that point the
>> screen said Setup will be complete in 22 minutes. The
>> lower left box said Installing Star menu items. That box
>> is still blank and the clock still says 22 minutes--for
>> the past 1 1/2 hours. Nothing is happening. Please tell
me
>> how to proceed. Do I need to start over and hope,
or....?
>> Thanks.
>
>
>.
>

[Harry Ohrn]

I'd suggest that at the beginning of the setup you delete the existing
partition, recreate the partition and reformat using the full format not the
quick format. If need be you can use the Recovery Console. There are
instructions on how to partition and how to format here
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm I also suggest that you check
out the info at the end of this page
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"rckausen" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you. I ended up withy a fata error "Internal Setup
> data structures are corruptted (phase 0)". I will start
> over.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Rick,
> >
> >You may wish to make sure that the only devices connected
> to your computer
> >are the mouse, keyboard, video cable from the monitor,
> and possibly your
> >speakers --- everything else should be disconnected (e.g.
> printer, scanner,
> >camera, network cable, phoneline etc.)
> >
> >
> >Ron
> >"rck" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I am attempting to do a clean install of xphome on my c
> >> drive. I went through all the preliminaries after boot
> off
> >> of the CD rom. The program went through everything
> through
> >> Supply yur date and time settings. At that point the
> >> screen said Setup will be complete in 22 minutes. The
> >> lower left box said Installing Star menu items. That box
> >> is still blank and the clock still says 22 minutes--for
> >> the past 1 1/2 hours. Nothing is happening. Please tell
> me
> >> how to proceed. Do I need to start over and hope,
> or....?
> >> Thanks.
> >
> >
> >.
> >