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Acer Aspire - New- Installing XP

  • 08-11-2006 3:08pm
    #1
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Acer Aspire - Brand New - Got from Bangkok.

    This is a strange one, sister sent my brother a new Acer Aspire there from Bangkok. It had linux on it so was no good to him.
    It did not come with XP so I have XP Corp, I set the PC to boot of the CD, it went in, I deleted the 4GB partition with LINUX on it, and created 2 60GB partitions as it is a 120GB drive.
    I then proceeded to format one of the 60GB partitions in NTFS, and install the software. It goes grand, copies the files, reboots and get to the stage where it installs drivers.
    Then it hits a wall. @ about 34 minutes to go when installing the drivers, the mouse icon freeze, this also freezes the keyboard. The installation keeps going but when it reaches the section to pick your country and keyboard layout I cannot do this as it is froze!!

    I wiped the drive again and tried an install, I then wiped the 2 partitions and made 1 120gb partition but it still stops at the same place!!
    any ideas?

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    scratched disc?
    download again from mvls and burn another copy.


  • #3
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    did you try restarting the setup process a couple of times? Setup generally logs the process and if it keeps getting stuck at a particular point it will try to pass it.


  • #4
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    I don't think so to be honest, I installed XP off that CD about 1 week ago, I have XP home so I will try that.
    Looking on Google is seems to be an issue possibly, that no one has solved with HW.
    Thanks


  • #5
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    I did alright, I tried to install over the copy of window, when it asks.


  • #6
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Just to update on this, after spending near 12 hours over the last few nights I cracked this.

    Seems it is a hardware issue between Acer and XP.

    When the machine freezes you shut it down as quick as possible, probably freeze at 34 or 33 minutes left, installing devices.

    You then reboot but take the CD out.

    Then XP will ask for the CD, you don't insert it again, but press SHIFT+F10
    This will give you command prompt.
    Type "cd.."
    Then type "setupapi.log"
    Notepad will open.
    Go to the end of the file and see what is the last INF file called, not it and the say the last 2 others, something like BATTERY.INF, MACHINE.INF.

    No close the file
    TYPE "CD INF"
    Then rename what ever the last INF was to *.OLD or something like that,
    Close the command window,
    Put back in the CD,
    Press OK to continue with the installation.
    If it freezes again, you know that was not the INF file, go back and start again, get to the command prompt, instead of going to read the LOG file, go in to the INF folder,
    Rename back the last INF file you renamed.
    Then goto the 2nd last one on your list and rename.
    Try the installation again and see if it still freezes. If it does, repeat again until it does not freeze.

    Mine was BATTERY.INF.

    It has not had any effect on the laptop as of yet.

    Thanks for your help anyway.


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