Subscribe Feed (RSS)Having trouble with windows setup not starting, and just freezing on “Setup is inspecting your computers hardware configuration”?
Here’s a couple handy suggestions:
- If you happen to have one plugged in, try unplugging your external hard drive
Note: This also works for regular Windows XP installs, when they hang on startup and it just shows a blank screen until you unplug the drive.
- if the above one didn’t work, try creating an NTFS partition that is smaller than the whole drive (you can do this using a linux live cd like Ubuntu).
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