Windows Setup Hangs When "Setup Is Starting Windows" is displayed

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kooper

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Hello everyone...

Went from one little problem to a new one it seems... I've been searching for what to do and I figured I'd ask you guys. As the topic title says, whenever I try to install windows the setup just stops at that one part... I've read so many different reasons why with many different situations. First let me give you my specs...

Motherboard: ASUS P5N-D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131232

Processor: Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034

Video Card: GeForce 9600 GT 512MB PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133239

Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288

DVD Drive: ASUS [insert a lot of media types here]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156

Now when I go into the BIOS I see all my of RAM and it detects my processor type just fine. I've read many things to try... One such thing was to disable USB through the BIOS, which I did, also taking out any components I don't actually need. I've unplugged my USB mouse, all I have going in there is my monitor and keyboard.

Inside I've taken off all connections for external USB and Firewire. Is there anything else in the BIOS I should look for, or disable? What if I took the harddrive to a different computer and formatted windows on it there and brought it back? I don't believe its the disk itself because I've used this very disk many times before on my other computers.

Another suggestion was to update the BIOS of my motherboard... When I go to the ASUS website I've gotten a .bin for the updated bios.. But I have no idea how I'm going to flash it. The site goes on explaining how to do it via DOS and a floppy but I don't have a floppy drive on my new machine, is there some way I can make some sort of CD for it? If so do you think that doing this will honestly help?

Been reading topics and such for a couple hours now and haven't found any sort of working solution yet... Please feel free to give ideas to help me out.

I really appreciate your time, thank you
 

roadrunner197069

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Is your e8400 CO or M0. If your lucky and got the E0 you might need the bios update. Your mobo manual tells you how to flash with a usb stick.

Also if your Heat sink isn't on good you might be overheating. Whats the temps in bios?
 

kooper

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Well, I have absolutely no idea about the E0 or not, how can I tell? And what exactly does that mean?

I'll read through the motherboard manual and update the bios anyway, because they are old regardless... All I can see is that doing good.

EDIT: I updated the BIOS, it was actually really easy... It doesn't seem to have changed the problem however.

EDIT: I found where it gives me the temp readings for the CPU. It says it's running at 58C

Sorry my lack of knowledge, and thank you.
 

kooper

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I just wanted to give a quick update... I decided to see if perhaps the hard drive was at fault, so I loaded up Darik's Boot and Nuke in order to see if it would detect the drive... And it did without fail...

So I'm guessing my harddrive itself is ok... I guess that narrows down the problem a bit? The BIOS shows the correct amount of RAM as being present so should I assume it's ok? Honestly, pretty frustrating because from all my searching it seems the problem can literally be anything it seems.

Tomorrow I'm going to get get some other OS disks from friends and see if it's just my disk, or if another OS will work at all (maybe Vista, Ubuntu or something)

I refuse to give up!
 

kooper

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Well I found a solution to my problem! Apparently all I had to do was click F5 when windows was installing so I could choose a specific type, and then choose generic machine or something along those lines (It was like 2 AM last night, forgive me). So now windows is installed! Hurray!

It seems everything is working fine now... Well besides nothing working such as USB ports on the motherboard... I'm sure it's just drivers or something software wise, I'm sure I'll be fine from here on out.

Thank you for the help
 

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Hello everyone, so i had a issue installing Windows 7, my screen would freeze on the "Starting Windows" and the 4 different colored lights would not show up. After some time of doing some research, i finally was able to solve my issues.

My Specs: Asus a8n-sli deluxe Motherboard
VGA: 8800 GT x 2 in SLI
4 GB DDR 400 RAM
AMD Opteron @ 2.6 GHZ Dual core
WD Raptor 74 GB

Those are the important specs. After reading for several hours, i discovered that many people have a few components similar to mine. The majority of the fixes were not solving my problems either. So i decided to try a few things.
Here is what i did.

I disabled a lot of things within my BIOS, mainly the USB, and all other ports that were not in use. I unplugged everything that was not in use. This did not solve it.
At this point i began to use a PS/2 keyboard.
I dropped my hyper transport to X1 instead of auto. This did not solve it.
I disabled my Floppy Drive. This did not solve it.
I then began to wonder if my video cards were the issue. So i disabled the SLI from within my BIOS, and set it to single card mode. This finally solved my issue!! So i am now installing windows 7 without a problem, i hope this helps someone else in need :)
 

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I had the same problem. The fix for me was simply unplugging all the cables (USB, Network, Firewire) from the computer, and letting it start up. After I got to the "Install Windows" screen where you select language I plugged my USB keyboard and mouse back in and was off and running.
 

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I recently had the wait (and waited for 45 minutes) at the pretty colors. I removed many things from my system. The things that solved it was disconnectiong an old IDE CD drive. Since I'm going to replace it next week, I've just left it unplugged. Worth disconnecting hardware that you can install Win7 without.

ASUS M4A78 Plus with AMD7850
Windows 7 Home Premium
WDC WD10001FALS 1TB
MSI NX8400GS 256MB
 

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I fixed a similar issue.

I was installing Win7 64 bit on a new machine, but using an ATI 4850 GFX card with dual DVI outputs. The monitor would go dead after 'Starting Windows' but the PC would stay on. I used a DVI to VGA connector that came with my gfx card, and then was able to finish the Windows install, load up the ATI drivers, and then switch back to DVI.
 
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So I removed the Grafik Card and made huge progress, got through the 4 colors screen and came to setup. And clicked for my settings and started it, now it's stuck again. At the "Setup is starting..." Have the "Asus - M4A785TD-V EVO" Motherboard. Any hints? Thought I should be done when it got further then the 4 colors but now I'm stuck again :)
 
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Yep, unplugging the USB and firewire fixed for me. I was able to boot up normally after yanking my Radio Shack external USB hub. VERY ODD. It had never done that before, but thanks for the heads up on this post!

-lt
 

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Hello,
I have been doing a lot of OEM builds with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
I experienced the same problem initially but found a easy solution. What a lot of people seem to be missing is: Most BIOS' come with floppy drive set to 1.44MB. This will cause slow install performance and will make Windows Setup hang at "Setup is Starting" Simply go into your BIOS and check your drive configuration and If you don't have a floppy drive, set it to none. Viola.
 
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I had this problem as well, with an ASUS P7P55D-E motherboard and Corsair xms3 RAM. The solution I found was to remove the second stick of RAM, then install Windows, and then reinstall the second stick of RAM.
 

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Worked for me thanks! ;)
 

Airspeed

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My problem, the same hang with "Starting Windows" while installing, Windows 7 64 bit version, on an ASUS P5N7A-VM was resolved after I did two things:

(1) disconnected the floppy, and disabling the floppy in the BIOS (though I still had the problem afterwards)

and then, BINGO!:

(2) taking USB all the way back down to legacy in the BIOS, i.e. disabling the USB 2.0 controller. This seemed to work for me, though I did F5 at the startup, though then I chose start normally. The install proceeded. I am using a USB keyboard and mouse.

I almost threw away the machine though - I am sick of stuff not working right out of the box, especially with recent hardware. Why, why can't they get it right the first time? I paid roughly a grand for all of my Windows 7 licenses for my four computers, and a stupid, stupid, stupid USB 2.0 setting on a recent board is making this thing hang up on installl? Gimme a break! :fou:

One of my engineering friends gave up - he switched his entire company to Apple, even though it meant they (his company) had to re-write much of their own code. Vista did it to him - he's never going back, he told me. :kaola:
 

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DUMBER THAN DUMB: I just reconfirmed this. Now with Windows 7 64 installed, it will hang on boot if the USB 2.0 controller is enabled, with the option set to full speed. If I knock it down to High Speed, the Windows will boot, but Mouse & Keyboard, both USB, won't work. If I disable the USB 2.0 controller in the BIOS, Windows is happy!

Hey - it might even be happier if I connect my old monochrome green monitor!
 

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Now updated the BIOS to the latest and greatest, and guess what:

WINDOWS 7 64 STILL HANGS WHEN THE USB 2.0 CONTROLLER IS ENABLED.

Dumb, dumb, dumber than dumb!....
 
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hi, just wanted to let you know: I fixed the problem by disabling USB in BIOS. I connected my USB keyboard using PS2 connector/reduction. Now Windows Setup is formatting the partitition. After setup is finished I'll enable USB in BIOS, hopefully it will work....

OS: WinXP x64 SP2
2x GTX 260
XFX 790i Ultra SLI (BIOS ver P09)
2GB DDR3 OCZ3P20004GK
Intel Quad Extreme QX 9770

good luck.
 
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Windows XP x64 installatipon finished. Installed nvidia 790i board drivers. Enabled USB in BIOS. Now USB works in Windows environment, USB mouse, USB flash disk.
 

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I had this problem as well, with an ASUS P7P55D-E motherboard and Corsair xms3 RAM. The solution I found was to remove the second stick of RAM, then install Windows, and then reinstall the second stick of RAM.
I am using ASUS P7P55D-E as well and encountered the same hanging problem. I used the solution you suggested, and it works! :bounce: Thank you so much.
 
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