How come my install of Windows XP keeps getting stuck at the 34 minute mark?
by ossie3016 on June 18, 2010Q: I’m trying to reinstall Windows XP Pro on a laptop after I cleaned a virus but the Windows setup gets stuck at 34 minutes left of installation (installing devices step) and nothing more. I’ve tried a few times already but it always stop there. Any suggestions?
Tags: restore, Windows XP
Try letting the laptop sit for two hours in case it is taking its sweet time.
Here are a few other ideas that might help too:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1100364
Mark (Uber Geek) says: on June 21, 2010 at 8:03 am
thanks for your reply, seems that the HD finally crashed, and setup doesn’t recognize any partition, so now i m just trying to recover some data, and will reformat after that.
I ve been reading all your comments, and i;ve been also learning a lot, so thanks to all of you.
regards.
ossie3016 (Newbie) says: on June 21, 2010 at 9:01 pm