Just reinstalled vista, stuck at loading screen.

[Cael]

Hey guys,

I just felt like reinstalling vista and doing a complete wipe of my HD. When I put the CD to install it, I deleted my partitions and created new ones, and I installed vista on one of them. The installation than proceeds as normal but it ends up freezing at a black screen, where only the mouse cursor is usable. I then manually shut off my computer and started it up, and it gets stuck at the windows loading screen.

I've already gone into my bios and did a default reset, but that didn't do anything. I also tried reinstalling vista two times but it doesn't help. Anyone know what the problem could be?

*note this was on a dell laptop.

I think you should make sure that the drive you are installing to, is really
properly formatted,
and clean before you start the new install. I had to use my XP install disk
to do the necessary, and then stop when the drive is ready. Then Vista works
correctly,

Piet

"Cael" <Cael.3ls2bg@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> Hey guys,
>
> I just felt like reinstalling vista and doing a complete wipe of my HD.
> When I put the CD to install it, I deleted my partitions and created new
> ones, and I installed vista on one of them. The installation than
> proceeds as normal but it ends up freezing at a black screen, where only
> the mouse cursor is usable. I then manually shut off my computer and
> started it up, and it gets stuck at the windows loading screen.
>
> I've already gone into my bios and did a default reset, but that didn't
> do anything. I also tried reinstalling vista two times but it doesn't
> help. Anyone know what the problem could be?
>
>
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[Cael]

How do I make sure the drive is properly formatted? The only XP disk I have handy is a reinstallation disk for an old computer, but it doesn't recognize any of the hard drives if I use that one.

[Cael]

Anyone have any ideas?

On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:50:07 +0530, Cael <Cael.3ls2bg@DoNotSpam.com>
wrote:

>I just felt like reinstalling vista and doing a complete wipe of my HD.
>When I put the CD to install it, I deleted my partitions and created new
>ones, and I installed vista on one of them. The installation than
>proceeds as normal but it ends up freezing at a black screen, where only
>the mouse cursor is usable. I then manually shut off my computer and
>started it up, and it gets stuck at the windows loading screen.

More support for the old adage "Don't fix what ain't broke".