Windows 7 Install is stuck at "Setup is Starting"

Hi,
I am attempting to install windows 7 x64 onto my pc and it hangs at the "Setup is Starting..." screen. I waited for the screen to go away overnight but to no avail.
My system's specs are:
Phenom II x3 720 be
MSI 790GX-G65 Motherboard with integrated video and the latest bios
2 Gigs of ram (going to expand to 6)
640 gig Seagate sata hard drive in IDE mode
firewire and integrated audio have been disabled
usb enabled but usb compatibility mode disabled
no floppy drive and it has been disabled
onboard lan has been disabled
There was an instance where the installation got past that screen and asked me to choose a drive to install but none were selectable. I used seagates utility to set up the drive with ntfs but that didn't solve the issue. Is there anything else that I should try?

Which DVD ROM are you using, also check the following thread where the installation process was very slow and
some changes in the BIOS related to HyperTransport solved the problem.
Your being the new Phenom II cpu, cannot say if this option is there in bios or not, just give it a try....
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/2aec8bd7-c05d-4de0-a31a-92458c8c3bf7
And you sure that the installation media is good.

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Hey Muhamad,
Contact your computer manufacture to inquire about an updated Basic Input/Output System (BIOS).
Modify your computer's BIOS the following ways:
Change the Plug and Play settings. For example, if Plug and Play functionality is currently being controlled by the BIOS, change it so it is controlled by the operating system.
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Windows 7 Install Stuck at Setup is Starting.

First I had an issue with the installer sitting at blank picturesque background for about 30 minutes. Then I finally got the first dialog box asking me for the language, etc. I did all that and now the installer is hung at the Setup is Starting screen, with the cursor going, my HDD indicator going, but nothing, for a little over an hour. Anyone have any ideas?
Not sure what kind of info might help, I'm trying to dual boot Win7 x64 on another partition, with WinXP x32 as my main system OS.

Hi,
Do you have a floppy drive? If not, please disable any setting related to floppy in BIOS. Based on my known, floppy setting may cause similar issue.
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Stuck on "Setup is starting windows"

Been at this for 3 days, no one at Apple support has encountered my problem, and haven't found a solution anywhere on the net. Here is the scenario:
Computer is a new iMac 20" 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 4GB RAM, and using the included Boot Camp Assistant 2.0 that cam pre-installed.
After running Boot Camp, I chose to partition 32GB for the Windows installation. I have tried with 2 original personally purchased Microsoft authentic CDs (Microsoft just sent me the SP3 a few days ago). One is a new Windows XP Home Edition OEM Service Pack 3, the other is the same but Service Pack 2. Once Boot Camp prompts to insert the CD and I click to install, the iMac restarts, and I get the Windows Setup blue screen. Along the bottom I see how it starts loading all the preliminary drivers needed for installation, and then... and then.... "Setup is starting Windows" across the bottom white strip, and that's the end of it. I hear the CD stop spinning after 30 seconds, and nothing ever happens after that. No next screen to choose which partition to format or anything.
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I'm exhausted, and really have tried all my previous tech experience at no avail. Any kind sould who can actually respond with a workable solution will be greatly appreciated.
In God's Harmony,
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SOLVED
Well, I'd like to thank all of you for your input. After much prayer and extensive search, I was finally able to install Windows XP SP3 on the new iMac. I kept the 32GB partition created by Boot Camp 2.0, but I did 2 things differently when trying to do it this time. The apple keyboard (since it is so short, really Apple, you had a usable length with the Pro models 10 years ago) was connected to a 6 foot USB extension cable to reach the back of the monitor. This is because the iMac is on a computer desk with a pull-out desk to place the keyboard and mouse. But I disconnected the extension, and plugged it direct this time. I didn't leave the Windows XP SP3 disc in this time, I just restarted, and while it restarted I pressed and held the OPTION key. An icon of just the "Macintosh HD" came up on the screen, at which time I inserted the Windows CD, a few seconds later, an icon for the CD appeared to the right of the Mac HD icon. I selected the CD, and again it went through loading drivers getting ready for windows setup, same as before. I cried out to the Lord, and YESSSSSSSSS, it finally asked me if I wanted to format a windows partition! Needless to say, it went through the entire process fine.
I didn't need to update to Boot Camp 2.1, sp3 is working fine. Installed and ran a few programs, connected to the internet, and so forth. Although I left the network connection to the internet disabled, don't want to use the Windows side for the net, too many virus problems possible.
I shut down the computer, re-connected the USB extension cable, and when I went into the Windows side, guess what? The mouse and keyboard locked up completely. I connected the apple keyboard direct again, and then I had control again. Using the USB extension cable on the Windows side is the only problem, because the Mac side works fine with it. This will be a new post because I really need the extra length because of the distance. But thanks to all.
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Acer Laptop stuck at "Setup is Starting Services," can't move on AT ALL!

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Hi Olivia,
Thanks for your structured and logical description.
It sounds really serious. According to my understanding, you can't start your computer normally.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217073
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I no longer want to use vmware fusion to run my windows session, can I use boot camp to launch my vmware windows install or do I have to start again with a brand new installation?

Hi,
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Thank you for your response GabeAlan, am i able to back up my virtual windows without access through VMware fusion? its locked me out since i upgraded to Yosemite, i prefer to see if i can avoid having to pay to upgrade to the latest fusion

MSI 770-C45 - Windows Install stuck on 'system is starting windows'

Hello,
I am trying to get a machine setup, everything seems to be booting fine and nothing wrong hardware wise. When I attempt to install Windows XP Pro SP1 or Windows 7 Pro, I don't get to the 'select partition' step. It gets stuck on 'system is starting windows' each time.
I have flashed the bios to the latest (1.4) and it didn't help it either. When looking online I just find too many individual problems and answers to this issue. I am at work now so when I get home I will update with more info as well as try a few more troubleshooting steps.
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Couldn't edit post so just posting again with the real specs:
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Re-install Windows 7, Hangs at "Setup is Starting"

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Factory reset, Windows install stucks at dowork.cmd

Hy!Recently I had to factory reset my TPT2 32Gb. The boot list was perfect, after i plugged the usb stick and started the device, the recovery software was launched and soon after the windows install. The windows install stucked at a point
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Link to image
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Install Windows 7 with Bootcamp 2HD setup in a MBP

Hello Everyone,
I have a 2010 MBP with an SSD for my main drive and a rotational 750gig for my secondary "storage" drive. I have windows installed via parallels on the second drive for games. But I have realized that when I play games windows taxes my system and I think I could get better performance out of my games if the game was running natively on my system. I only want to have windows installed because some of my favorite games will never make their way over to the Mac platform, no matter how much I cry and begg the developer. Here is my situation:
I have the current bootcamp software and I am able to launch bootcamp.
Bootcamp runs and creates a separate partition on the second drive, the one that I want it on and then restarts like normal.
I have my CD/DVD drive connected via USB and it is recognized by bootcamp and my MBP before the restart. When the restart takes place the drive spins the windows setup disk but does not try to install windows.
My next step is to manually restart the MBP and hold the option key which gives me the option to boot into my Mac OSX disk, Recovery, Windows Install, or BFI Boot (or whatever the windows boot partition of the install disk is). When I choose the BFi or whatever the boot partition of the windows install disk is the screen goes blank and then asks to boot from CD or DVD. I hit the enter key before time runs out and it starts the install. The bar progresses accross the screen and the CD/DVD drive spins up like normal. When the progress bar reaches the end of the screen (the black and white one that says loading windows files) the progress stops and the CD/DVD drive slows and stops. There is a pause and then it starts to spin up again but only to half speed and the screen remains the same (like a hang). I have waited for some time and the screen never changes and the drive evenutally stops spinning.
I think this is a hang but I do not know what could be causing it. I have read that bootcamp will not load from USB, no problem since I can get the MBP to sort of load and install windows from USB anyways. I just cant get past the initial "loading windows files" screen.
Has anyone else experianced this? I have searched the web and this board for this but it seems like I am the only one that has experinaced this situation. Does anyone know what could be causing the hang? I did purchase a new copy of windows 7 HP but it was a download so I had to create a bootable disk. I made two one from within Disk Utilities and one from within my virtual Windows environment.
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You are correct, the SSD is in the normal HD drive bay and the storage HD is in the DVD drive bay. I wanted to install windows on my non-SSD drive since I only have a few gigs of space on that drive. I have read that for bootcamp to work to completeness the DVD drive must be in the correct bay and not by USB. But I also read that since the latest update bootcamp recognizes non-bay DVD drives like the ones attached via USB.
I can get the installation to start, as I originally said. But it hangs on the "loading windows files" screen. This is my problem. I can get everything else to work, bootcamp makes a partition and all that.

Frozen on "setup is starting windows" blue screen tried everything...

Hi, I have tried the bootcamp section but no reply so far. My situation is this - I have an intel imac running 10.4.9, boot camp/XP SP2... everything was running fine. I went away for a week... to my knowledge no one used my computer. I came back and ran os x, everything was fine... I rebooted into windows, black screen, no sign of windows at all... only the standard detection of hardware etc as usual but no windows. Rebooted, same again. Repeat 10 times, same every time. Tried safe mode, everything... never got any further. Booted into os x, fine... tried again in windows... nothing. Decided to format, removed the windows partition, started boot camp process from scratch... got up to the "setup is starting windows" part (after all files have been loaded from the xp cd to prepare for setup) - froze. Rebooted, tried again - froze at same point. Left it for an hour... no change. Have tried formatting completely, zeroing over entire HD, burned multiple fresh copies of windows... re-slipstreamed... never gets any further. Hardware testing using os x cd comes up clean...i have latest firmware... latest security upgrade from apple...tried with all peripherals unplugged... same same same.
At this point I'm thinking something to do with firmware maybe...since that is the only thing I have been unable to change. Im stumped. Have looked all over the discussion pages and none of the solutions people have been given have worked for me.
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SOLVED
Well, I'd like to thank all of you for your input. After much prayer and extensive search, I was finally able to install Windows XP SP3 on the new iMac. I kept the 32GB partition created by Boot Camp 2.0, but I did 2 things differently when trying to do it this time. The apple keyboard (since it is so short, really Apple, you had a usable length with the Pro models 10 years ago) was connected to a 6 foot USB extension cable to reach the back of the monitor. This is because the iMac is on a computer desk with a pull-out desk to place the keyboard and mouse. But I disconnected the extension, and plugged it direct this time. I didn't leave the Windows XP SP3 disc in this time, I just restarted, and while it restarted I pressed and held the OPTION key. An icon of just the "Macintosh HD" came up on the screen, at which time I inserted the Windows CD, a few seconds later, an icon for the CD appeared to the right of the Mac HD icon. I selected the CD, and again it went through loading drivers getting ready for windows setup, same as before. I cried out to the Lord, and YESSSSSSSSS, it finally asked me if I wanted to format a windows partition! Needless to say, it went through the entire process fine.
I didn't need to update to Boot Camp 2.1, sp3 is working fine. Installed and ran a few programs, connected to the internet, and so forth. Although I left the network connection to the internet disabled, don't want to use the Windows side for the net, too many virus problems possible.
I shut down the computer, re-connected the USB extension cable, and when I went into the Windows side, guess what? The mouse and keyboard locked up completely. I connected the apple keyboard direct again, and then I had control again. Using the USB extension cable on the Windows side is the only problem, because the Mac side works fine with it. This will be a new post because I really need the extra length because of the distance. But thanks to all.
In God's Harmony,
RODDY

K8T Mstr2-FAR7: "Setup is starting Windows" but never is

I am having a problem of reinstalling WXP x64 on SATA HDD. The installation process stalled after display of "Setup is starting Windows" was closed and black screen stayed. I tried it again with all peripheral devices, PCI cards, printer, etc removed except the monitor but to no avail.
I attempted to install WXP x64 on PATA for experimental purpose and on the way I hit F6 and loaded SATA drivers then the same problem repeated.
I installed WXP x64 on PATA without loading SATA drivers, then I installed SATA drivers but the SATA HDDs were indicated to be "Uninitialized"
I tried installing WXP x86 on SATA and found there was no such problem.
The WXP x64 shown in my sig was installed on K8T Master2-FAR. About a year ago the mobo was replaced with the present one and all HDDs were moved to the present mobo. After the move I confirmed all previously install OSes worked. But now I am having difficulty reinstalling WXP x64.
I used the same SATA drivers as were used when the OS was installed on the old mobo, and then tried a newer version downloaded from PlanetAMD. I checked MSI and VIA websites but could not find any for WXP x64.
Any suggestion is appreciated.

Note that following overlaps my latest post to my other thread.
The following is what I did since:
I run WD's diagnostic utility(Vendor of SATA HDDs is Western Digital) but it returned "NO ERROR".
I installed Windows XP x86 on the SATA-1, partition #2 with no problem. Then the drive H: was all of a sudden, found to be healthy and all the data in it became visible!! There is no check disk occurred while booting the OS. I tried booting all other OSes and two of them did not cause CHKDSK, and other three did cause CHKDSK. I let them run CHKDSK but no error was reported. You may wonder what happened with D:, E:, F: and G:. Well, unfortunately I had already reformatted those partitions before I installed the Windows XP x86. Note that D:, E and G: were totally inaccessible while F: and H: were still accessible but most data were invisible. Thus, I can infer that data in F: could have reappeared if it was not reformatted.
What conclusion can be drawn from my ordeal? It appears that the SATA driver from VIA does not support Windows XP x64 to be installed on MS-9617. Which of the driver or the mobo is to be blamed? Since MS-9617 which is newer than MS-9130 which has no such problem, my MS-9617 is most probably defective. Any comment on the above is appreciated.
Why the data disappeared and then reappeared? I am unable to figure it out. One may say that CHKDSK when once run just fixed it. But it repeatedly happend and repeatedly reported a lot of errors, seemingly be never ending, so that I reset to end it. Since then I cancelled CHKDSK every time when booting OS except after I noticed that the data reappeared.
I would appreciate it if anyone provide possible explanation as to how it could have happend.

"Setup is starting Windows...."

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After the assembly of the above parts, I loaded xp-64 with no problems. However, contrary to what MS states, not all applications that run on xp-pro run on xp-64 so I attempted to load xp-pro. I did get it to load once and upgraded the bios from 1.1 to 1.4. I re-partitioned & reformated the drive and attempted to start over. I did get it to load once but there were driver errors related to the NVIDIA chipset. When I attempted to use live update to update the drivers, I got errors and the OS failed. After re-partitioning & reformating the drive, attempts to load XP Pro failed as it hung on "Setup is starting Windows". Online tech support recommended trying 1 of the sticks of ram, then the other which didn't resolve the problem. Then they suggested that I RMA it. As it took longer than my friend was willing to wait, I purchased another board (new bios) and it hangs on "Setup is starting Windows". MS lists this as a driver problem. Any suggestions as to what I might be missing?

Same problems whether RAID is disabled or enabled.
I'm going to try an IDE drive today though I don't understand how that will help with the drive/chipset issues that were experienced the one time that I did get it to load.
I also don't understand why XP-64 loads without problems while XP Pro doesn't when according to MSI, either OS should work with this system.
According to Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310760) when loading XP on a system results in the system hanging at "setup is starting windows"
An incorrect mass-storage device (such as a SCSI or IDE controller) driver is being loaded, or the driver was not written for Windows and is not compatible. Contact the device's manufacturer or download the latest driver for the mass-storage device.
(I used the drivers on the FD included with the MB.)
There is a device connected to your mass-storage device that is preventing Windows from being installed. Remove any devices (such as scanners, tape drives, removable drives, and so on) from the mass-storage device controller. If the computer is IDE-based, verify that you have the master and slave designations set properly. If the mass-storage controller is SCSI-based, verify that the termination and bus speed is set properly.
(Only "devices connected are the SATA HD, CD & DVD which are jumpered properly correctly, PS2 KB & MS.)
The computer does not have the latest BIOS revision. Contact the computer's manufacturer or check the manufacturer's Web site. Many manufacturers have updated their BIOS revisions to properly support Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI).
(The first MB was 1.1 which I did flash the 1 time that I was able to load XP Pro. The second board has 1.4.)
An ACPI Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) is being used during Setup. Force the use of a non-ACPI HAL during Setup.

Any ideas for starting mssql in a windows live environment from a drive that has windows installed

This will probably be a strange question,
If you have a server that has mssql and you boot the server into a live windows environment ( loaded into memory on the server much like a live distro of linux.) is there any way to start mssql in that live environment? im guessing here, maybe
load the hive, copy some things to the live environment?
this can be done with linux and mysql and any other application/software installed in linux without issue. i was wondering if there was something similar that could be done in a windows live environment.
thanks for reading.

Hi anita,
I’m writing to follow up with you on this post. Was the problem resolved? If not, as other post, you need to explain the detail about your issue about starting SQL Server.
What is a live windows environment, in addition, we need to verify if you want to start SQL Server Service after installing SQL Server instance in your Windows Operation System.
Usually, if you start SQL Server service, you can use SQL Server Configuration Manager, SQL Server Management Studio, net commands from a command prompt, Transact-SQL, or PowerShell. There is an article about how to start , stop, pause, resume, or restart
the Database Engine and so on.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh403394.aspx
Thanks,
Sofiya Li
Sofiya Li
TechNet Community Support

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