Give it time...mine sat there for 25 minutes before it continued on. How
long have you waited before trying again?
Jeff
"John Olinger" <JohnOlinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:083677E6-BA03-445F-83B5-B3DAF498046C@microsoft.com...
> Yes, all important data is backed up to external HDD and DVD.
>
> So, I've been content to install a clean Vista. But now, it doesn't get
> past expanding files 0%.
>
> Hard drive is IDE/ATA. Shuttle ST62K, P4 3.0, 1.5gb RAM, 160gb Hitachi
> Deskstar HDD, Sony DVD-R.
>
> --
> John Olinger
> DELTYME
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Could be a number of things. Some RC burns had issues if they were done
>> at
>> high speed, so caused errors during setup. Could be faulty memory or the
>> hard disk seized. What happens if you restart with the DVD? and without
>> it?
>> Is the drive intact?
>>
>> Hopefully, as a professional, you made a proper backup prior to the
>> upgrade
>> attempt. You may be stuck with restoring it.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "John Olinger" <JohnOlinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9BF48B44-9E6D-4185-9056-1D77CD83C98A@microsoft.com...
>> > Frustrating, disappointing, slow, and plain bad are a few words I'd use
>> > to
>> > descibe MY experience with Vista thus far.
>> >
>> > My recent foray after testing Vista with Virtual PC was to upgrade my
>> > home
>> > system.
>> >
>> > I proceeded cautiously. As a Microsoft Certified Professional and
>> > Microsoft
>> > Small Business Specialist, I know that is a must. Who really knows
>> > what
>> > is
>> > going to happen? Microsoft certainly doesn't.
>> >
>> > Anyway, I ran the Vista Advisor to be sure that my system was
>> > upgradable.
>> > All checks came back OK with a couple of warnings stating that I should
>> > visit
>> > WindowsUpdate after the upgrade. As stated by the Windows Vista
>> > Upgrade
>> > Advisor, "Your computer can run Windows Vista". So I started the
>> > upgrade.
>> >
>> > At Expanding Files 21% after a reboot, the system simply frooze. No
>> > error
>> > message. I had to hard reset the PC.
>> >
>> > So now I've scoured the internet and newsgroups, and I've found no
>> > solution.
>> > Surely, there is a solution other than wiping the PC clean. But who
>> > knows?
>> >
>> > --
>> > John Olinger
>> > DELTYME
>>
>>
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