well, gave it about another 4-5 hours, still hanging up after the reboot and resolution change. I've given up for now and simply reinstalled Vista, going to spend some more time tomorrow and attempt it once or twice, including trying to use a different card other than a 9000 Series Nvidia, it...
So far, I've unplugged all external devices, including the USB Keyboard and PS/2 mouse, as well as anything else non essential inside my tower. Also, whenever I get to this point, my HD light stops showing any signs of activity. I know that the HD is still good, so nothing wrong on that end...
I bought a fresh install copy of Windows 7 Home Premium, when I went to install, formatted my main drive. It is currently hung up on "Completing installation", I keep getting the . .. ... repeating, however on the first two attempts it blue-screened on me, and the green bar at the bottom never...