Vista Business-Clean Install-Hangs after First (1st) ReBoot during 'Completing Installation' HELP!!!!

Am trying to install Vista Business to my laptop:
Dell Inspiron 8200
1 gig RAM
100 GB hard drive
ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 video card w/64 megs RAM

The upgrade advisor tells me everything should work, but that I won't be
able to run Aero.

Doing a clean install, the first part completes -- the system reboots after
'Installing Updates' -- after the reboot, 'Completing Installation' runs for
a minute or so, then the system hangs. Keyboard is locked, hard drive
activity stops and the only way out of it is to hold the power button until
the device shuts off. Powering back on brings up an error that the
installation was terminated and needs to be started over. Have tried about
10 times so far, same thing. Reading through the posts here I found
reference to removing the DVD before the reboot, which I tried but this
didn't help.

Microsoft support says to contact Dell, Dell support says to contact
Microsoft :( Has anyone run into this? From what I've been able to find in
this newsgroup, the video drivers are being installed after the first reboot
(I think)...? Am at a loss as to what, if anything, to try next -- any help
would be >>>much<<< appreciated!!!! Thanks!!!!

[rexx]

Hey Ben, when you're doing the clean installation , try loading the sata driver for your HDD before starting the installation. I read in a post that the system needs this driver @ the completing/upgrading installation part; but it does not promp you for this it just hang for hours waiting.


If that still doesn't work , install a lower version-basic/home premium- and then do a upgrade. But be sure the visit this link before you perform the upgrade :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946078

Hope this help you ben.

[vistavista]

Rexx can you please tell me how to loads the sata driver for my HDD before starting the installation?? please tell me im having a big problem here... it goes through everything and just hangs while Completing the installation part** thank you

[Gajendra1]

When you install Vista or Win 7, setup can not find your Hard Drive.

• Copy your SATA drivers to a disk. (Floppy, CD, USB)
• Click Load Drivers.
• Click Cancel
• Click Browse.
• Choose your Sata Controller. Click OK
• Click OK.
• Click Unhide.
• Continue with setup.

[vistavista]

Thanxs Gajendra1..... but when you mean copy your sata drivers to a usb, im not really sure what my sata drivers are or where can i find them.. can you please tell me how to do that ?? sorry i know im a nooby.

[Gajendra1]

Well to copy the same what I want you to do is just explore your MBoard CD for a folder called SATA/RAID or RAIDAnd then you have to open that folder and then copy all the files and sub folders from that particular folder to a disk.