Windows 7 Installation Froze At "Completing Installation"

[No one]

Hi,

Wether doing an Upgrade, or a Clean Install, they both freeze at the last step.
By freeze, I mean frozen, mouse doesn't move, no dots moving, no motion on the screen. The screen is like a picture.
I tried disabled USB devices through the BIOS, clean boots, copying the contents on to the hard drive and run installation from there, disc check, unplug all usb devices including mouse, after first reboot, burned ISO to disc at all different speeds. Tried ten discs all burned at every speed. Contacted support 4 times, but 2 of the times, told me to call, which I really don't have time for, and I think that is it.
I am trying to install the 32 Bit version, or X86, of Windows 7 Ultimate Retail/Final.
I tried searching up for answers, on the internet, here, Microsoft and other sources, tried every one of them no luck. Please tell me if you find any good sources that might help.

Thanks,

P.S. I want the poll, just to see how many people actually got the installation to run smoothly.

 

[No one]

Also, I tried to leave it on overnight, same. I also tried installing on a new partition

 

[Saltgrass]

Are you running two monitors?

Do you have a setupact.log in a windows\panther or in a hidden $windows~bt folder in the root directory? If you do could you post the last 10 or so entries.

 

[No one]

No, I am not running two monitors, if I did, I would of unplugged one.

Anyways, I think this is it, tough not sure which one. This was the only one I could find, in my Windows Drive:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2009-11-03 06:08:09, Info UI Determining if we are in WDS/Unattend mode
2009-11-03 06:08:09, Info UI No need to hide autorun
2009-11-03 06:08:09, Info [0x0a000a] UI Autorun:Autorun core successfully initialized!!!
2009-11-03 06:08:09, Info [0x0a000b] UI Autorun:Autorun UI successfully initialized!!!
2009-11-03 06:08:11, Info UI AppWindow has layout style 0
2009-11-03 06:08:11, Info UI NavWindow has layout style 0
2009-11-03 06:08:11, Info [0x0a011c] UI WizardDialogPost::SetActive
2009-11-03 06:08:18, Info [0x0a018e] UI Passing command line parameter ("F:\Sources\setup.exe /HideWelcome /uilanguage:en-US /targetlanguage:en-US") to IBS.
AudMig: No audio endpoint migration settings found 0x2
AudMig: No audio endpoint migration settings found 0x2
AudMig: No audio endpoint migration settings found 0x2
AudMig: No audio endpoint migration settings found 0x2

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Thanks for the reply,

 

[Saltgrass]

I certainly an no expert in this area, but it looks like you might be having a problem migrating your audio drivers to the new install. Do you by have a removable sound card?

If it id not a removable sound card, I might do something like uninstalling the drivers, or disabling the sound device or turning it off in the bios. Once again, I am totally guessing here and have not tried any such procedures. But the aim would be to not make the install have to migrate the driver, IF that is where the problem lies.

 

[No one]

Hi,

Ok, I will try that, and will see what happens.

 

[Krypto]

Only had one hitch my sound card was not intially recongized but i eventually got it working so far so good.

 

[JessicaD]

Also, I tried to leave it on overnight, same. I also tried installing on a new partition

No one,

It is an issue with the SATA drivers for installation. You may have to download a driver for your SATA adapter for your motherboard and install that at the beginning of the Windows 7 install. What is your motherboard?

Also, should you still encounter issues, Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here Windows 7 Category. It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You are welcome to also check the threads available there for additional assistance and feedback.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

 

[No one]

No one,

It is an issue with the SATA drivers for installation. You may have to download a driver for your SATA adapter for your motherboard and install that at the beginning of the Windows 7 install. What is your motherboard?

Also, should you still encounter issues, Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here Windows 7 Category. It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You are welcome to also check the threads available there for additional assistance and feedback.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

Will find out.

 

[No one]

JessicaD,

My mother board is :
Motherboard manufacturer's name: ECS MCP61PM-HM
HP/Compaq name: Nettle2-GL8E

Link: Link Removed - Invalid URL

I will try TechNet later, to see some results.

 

[JessicaD]

JessicaD,

My mother board is :
Motherboard manufacturer's name: ECS MCP61PM-HM
HP/Compaq name: Nettle2-GL8E

Link: Motherboard Specifications, MCP61PM-HM (Nettle2) HP Pavilion Media Center m8200n Desktop PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)

I will try TechNet later, to see some results.

No one,

The following driver should prove to fix your problem. Let us know!

NVIDIA DRIVERS 191.07 WHQL

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

 

[Captain Halibut]

...It is an issue with the SATA drivers for installation. You may have to download a driver for your SATA adapter for your motherboard and install that at the beginning of the Windows 7 install. What is your motherboard?...

Jessica, can you explain your best way to get those drivers into the install? The "load drivers" button hasn't always worked for me. I've expanded *.exe's on another machine, put them on a CD and tried that, but it's only worked once. And only seems to allow one usable "load" per session. (Probably the one & only time I managed to get to a working desktop).

 

[No one]

No one,

The following driver should prove to fix your problem. Let us know!

NVIDIA DRIVERS 191.07 WHQL

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

Ok, I have a 32BIt system, but you recommened a 64bit, should I find one my self?

And what do you mean "install that at the begining of the windows 7 install"?

 

[No one]

I'm deciding to buy 7 Professiononal or Ultimate Upgrade.

Does the Upgrade copy allow you to do a Clean install?

 

[No one]

I'm deciding to buy 7 Professiononal or Ultimate Upgrade.

Does the Upgrade copy allow you to do a Clean install?

If, I can't get the ISO version to install.

 

[Captain Halibut]

What I'd love to know is where did the simplicity of RC1 vanish to?
That install went into an old P4 with Sata1 sans any problems at all.

 

[No one]

Still, I perfer the "Official" version instead.

 

[JessicaD]

Ok, I have a 32BIt system, but you recommened a 64bit, should I find one my self?

And what do you mean "install that at the begining of the windows 7 install"?

No one,

My apologies, I provided the link assuming you had a 64 bit machine. Through that same site you can find the 32 bit version and those should work perfectly.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

 

[JessicaD]

Jessica, can you explain your best way to get those drivers into the install? The \"load drivers\" button hasn't always worked for me. I've expanded *.exe's on another machine, put them on a CD and tried that, but it's only worked once. And only seems to allow one usable \"load\" per session. (Probably the one & only time I managed to get to a working desktop).

Captain Halibut,

Have you previously tried it with Windows XP or Windows Vista / 7? The drivers should always worked as long as they are not in an .exe file. With Windows XP -- things got more complicated. However, with Win 7 you shouldn't have a issue.

Please let me know if you encounter issues. Also, should you require additional assistance Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here Windows 7 Category. It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You may want to check the threads there for additional support.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

 

[JessicaD]

I'm deciding to buy 7 Professiononal or Ultimate Upgrade.

Does the Upgrade copy allow you to do a Clean install?

Sorry, for the multiple posts -- I just saw this queston as well. You can perform a clean install from a Windows 7 upgrade version however you will have to have a valid previous copy of Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista installed to validate the upgrade and activate the product key. Please note that when migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 you will not have an "in place upgrade" option. You will however have the option to select "custom" install when prompted. The Windows 7 install process will then copy all of your data in "My Documents" over to a Windows.old folder within Windows 7 itself. All applications and documents stored in other locations will have to be reinstalled / transferred manually.

For more information on the Windows 7 Upgrade, please go here: http://bit.ly/3DvynK

For additional assistance with the migration of Windows XP to Windows 7, please go here: http://tinyurl.com/mhbep4

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team