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    Windows XP Installation Fails with 34 Minutes Remaining

    H all,

    I have been trying to complete a clean install of XP and it gets stuck at 34 minutes remaining. The system gives no error message it simply reboots right back into the setup and proceeds to fail again. If it is a driver problem how do I install drivers on a system without ever having it actually boot up, and what order do i to this in because the problem could be in the motherboard drivers or in the video card drivers.

    Thanks for any help

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    Re: Windows XP Installation Fails with 34 Minutes Remaining

    • Let the XP hang up at 34 minutes remaining for the first time
    • remove the CD from the CDROM and reboot
    • Dont enter the CD when the installation asks for it, instead open the DOS prompt (Shift + F10)
    • goto C:/Windows and type setupapi.log, hit enter
    • The setupapi.log file opens in a notepad
    • Scroll to the very last few lines in the file and search for the word “inf”
    • You will notice that in the last few moments the installation created a file with the extension “.inf” before dying out (in my case it was the faulty modem for which XP created the file mdmcxpt.inf).
    • It means that the device mentioned in the last few lines is faulty and you have to make the installation skip through it.
    • Close the notepad and go to the folder C:/windows/inf in command prompt
    • Browse through the files to find the “.inf” which was related to the faulty device.
    • Straightaway delete the inf file (eg: del mdmcxpt.inf)
    • now put in the XP installation CD and Continue the installation

    It will not put in the drivers related to the faulty device and so it wont freeze this time !!

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    Re: Windows XP Installation Fails with 34 Minutes Remaining

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    Re: Windows XP Installation Fails with 34 Minutes Remaining

    Hi

    had same prob... swapped video card with a different one i had laying around. Installed win XP no probs, configured XP. Swapped out video cards and redid drivers.... works great

    hope that may help some one

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    Re: Windows XP Installation Fails with 34 Minutes Remaining

    Yes swapping video card has worked for me in the past but not this time. Tried different CD, DVD drive and a brand new hard disk still the same problem. Stripped out all excess memory, hard drive and optical drives this had no effect.Was told by tech support guy at work to disable onboard sound in the BIOS and restart the installion, it worked first time.
    Motherboard, First International Computer,Inc. KA31,VIA Apollo Pro694X North-Bridge and Via Super South.

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