Solved crash after installing on first boot

[bakerboy]

after installing windows 7 my computer restarts and windows 7 atempts to load is freezes and i have to hold my power button down, in next boot it gives me options for how i would like to boot i pick "last good know config"
windows then boots and goes past the point at which is was freezing before now it says "setting up your computer for first use" is its at this page for about ten seconds and then the computer reboots
i have tried booting with every option it gives me non help

my system
core: core2 duo E8400 ( no overclocking)
Mobo: Gigabyte EP45-UD3L
Ram: 2x1Gb Kingston hyperx 1066
GPU: Asus 8600GT

i have XP running in duel boot

 

[baarod]

When it asks about last known good configuration look for the memory test option. Your RAM or GPU is likely crapping out.

 

[bakerboy]

no problems were found any other suggestions??

 

[baarod]

You'll need a command prompt -- boot from your Windows installation CD and press shift+F10 at the first screen. A command window will display, change to the root of your windows drive and dir /a *.log | sort. This is a chronological list of log files on your system drive. Use notepad <logfile> to examine each, in reverse order and post any "interesting" issues as needed.

 

[bakerboy]

sorry but im a big noob with command prompt im sitting at it now on my win 7 pc
what should i enter

 

[baarod]

I'm going to assume that Windows is installed on drive C: so

c:
cd \
dir /a *.log | sort

the hard drive will make awful crunching noises and output something like

04/15/2009  07:19 PM         1,310,720 edb.log
04/15/2009  07:21 PM            47,698 aswAr.log
04/15/2009  09:45 AM            12,770 ReportingEvents.log
04/15/2009  09:46 AM               433 Notice.log
04/15/2009  09:46 AM           152,515 setup.log
04/15/2009  09:46 AM           199,726 Setup.log
04/15/2009  12:37 PM           109,179 setupapi.app.log
04/15/2009  12:38 PM         4,385,305 setupapi.dev.log
04/15/2009  12:53 PM           172,124 CBS.log
04/16/2009  12:00 AM            23,706 setupact.log

now make note of the file last listed and find out where it is

dir /s setupact.log

which returns something like

 Volume in drive C is 7
 Volume Serial Number is B4C7-2504

 Directory of C:\Windows

04/15/2009  07:13 PM            26,791 setupact.log
               1 File(s)         26,791 bytes

 Directory of C:\Windows\Panther

04/12/2009  06:26 PM           585,759 setupact.log
               1 File(s)        585,759 bytes

 Directory of C:\Windows\Panther\UnattendGC

04/16/2009  12:00 AM            23,706 setupact.log
               1 File(s)         23,706 bytes

 Directory of C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\Panther\IE

04/12/2009  08:26 PM               580 setupact.log
               1 File(s)            580 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
               4 File(s)        636,836 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  11,359,551,488 bytes free

make note of the directory and open the file with notepad thusly

notepad C:\Windows\Panther\UnattendGC\setupact.log

now put on your Sherlock Holmes hat and look for clues as to why startup, didn't. Read the file from end to beginning as the failure is likely logged at the end of file.

You see what we're doing -- the thing that caused startup to fail is likely the last thing logged. By searching for log files and displaying them in chronological order we can examine each file from latest to earliest looking for the root cause of your problem. Make sense?

 

[bakerboy]

Found completion flag [True], reboot requested flag [True] --> rebooting computer before proceeding with deployment...

Making sure that SystemSetupInProgress is cleared.

An immediate reboot or shutdown was requested/required... rebooting / shutting down computer

Flushing registry to disk...
Flush took 1109 ms.

WinDeploy.exe exiting with code [0x0]

it appears as if some thing needs to reboot to work but after the reboot it still thinks it needs to reboot (correct?)

 

[baarod]

Found completion flag [True], reboot requested flag [True] --> rebooting computer before proceeding with deployment...

Making sure that SystemSetupInProgress is cleared.

An immediate reboot or shutdown was requested/required... rebooting / shutting down computer

Flushing registry to disk...
Flush took 1109 ms.

WinDeploy.exe exiting with code [0x0]

it appears as if some thing needs to reboot to work but after the reboot it still thinks it needs to reboot (correct?)

Issue is likely before that -- do you have a floppy drive in the computer? Or some other way to copy those log files off to the computer you're posting on? You can attach them to a post and I'll take a look at them.

copy <logfile> a:\

 

[bakerboy]

im just rebooting back in to xp to view the file i dont have a floppy drive in the computer but i can put one in if it is needed

Setupact.log
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[baarod]

That doesn't look like the latest log from the timestamps in the file. Since you can get at the logs in XP lets just use explorer's find facility to list all the logs and sort by timestamp. Then send me the most recent 2-3 logs. You don't have to use MediaFire -- click the paperclip icon and attach there (might have to zip the files)

 

[bakerboy]

all the time stamps on my computer are mixed up its saying it 7 am when i was doing this stuff
here is all the logs on my 7 drive the latest one is the one i sent to u
hope you can help me man ive been trying to get this working for 6 months
i cant up load .rar files so ill just go with the other host again
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[bakerboy]

im being dragged out i wont be able to replay for about 2 hours

 

[bakerboy]

has there been any luck ??

 

[bakerboy]

update
after trying to run win 7 about 10 time i had a look in the log and it had a lot of new data hope this helps solving the problem

montr_ci.dll: ============BEGIN OnInstallMonitorDevice============
montr_ci.dll: Retrieving driver details....
montr_ci.dll: ============END OnInstallMonitorDevice============
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0x2 and device DISPLAY\ACR077C\5&1B50118D&0&UID256.
montr_ci.dll: DIF_NEWDEVICEWIZARD_FINISHINSTALL
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0x1e and device DISPLAY\ACR077C\5&1B50118D&0&UID256.
montr_ci.dll: DIF_DESTROYPRIVATEDATA
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0xc and device DISPLAY\ACR077C\5&1B50118D&0&UID256.
montr_ci.dll: DIF_ALLOW_INSTALL
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0x18 and device DISPLAY\DEFAULT_MONITOR\5&1B50118D&0&UID257.
montr_ci.dll: DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES
montr_ci.dll: Retrieving driver details....
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0x15 and device DISPLAY\DEFAULT_MONITOR\5&1B50118D&0&UID257.
montr_ci.dll: DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0x22 and device DISPLAY\DEFAULT_MONITOR\5&1B50118D&0&UID257.
montr_ci.dll: DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0x20 and device DISPLAY\DEFAULT_MONITOR\5&1B50118D&0&UID257.
montr_ci.dll: DIF_INSTALLDEVICE
montr_ci.dll: ============BEGIN OnInstallMonitorDevice============
montr_ci.dll: Retrieving driver details....
montr_ci.dll: ============END OnInstallMonitorDevice============
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0x2 and device DISPLAY\DEFAULT_MONITOR\5&1B50118D&0&UID257.
montr_ci.dll: DIF_NEWDEVICEWIZARD_FINISHINSTALL
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0x1e and device DISPLAY\DEFAULT_MONITOR\5&1B50118D&0&UID257.
montr_ci.dll: DIF_DESTROYPRIVATEDATA
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0xc and device DISPLAY\DEFAULT_MONITOR\5&1B50118D&0&UID257.
Input Install: Not a PS2 device.
dispci.dll: ============BEGIN DisplayClassInstaller============
dispci.dll: DisplayClassInstaller: Unrecognized DIF request 0x6
dispci.dll: ============END DisplayClassInstaller==============
montr_ci.dll: MonitorClassInstaller: Unrecognized DIF request
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0x6.
dispci.dll: ============BEGIN DisplayClassInstaller============
dispci.dll: DisplayClassInstaller: Returning 0xe000020e for DIF 0xc
dispci.dll: ============END DisplayClassInstaller==============
montr_ci.dll: DIF_DESTROYPRIVATEDATA
montr_ci.dll: Returning 0xe000020e for function 0xc.
2009-04-16 14:01:50, Info CBS Trusted Installer signaled for shutdown, going to exit.
2009-04-16 14:01:50, Info CBS Ending the TrustedInstaller main loop.
2009-04-16 14:01:50, Info CBS Starting TrustedInstaller finalization.
2009-04-16 14:01:50, Info CBS Ending TrustedInstaller finalization.

 

[Orbital Shark]

Have you tried booting in safe mode?

I can see from this that it is mostly to do with DISPLAY & MONITOR.

Try safe mode & let us know what happens.

 

[bakerboy]

i have tried in safe mode a load of time and still nothing

 

[Orbital Shark]

Ok,

Have a look at this thread & read post #9

http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/6158-build-7068-wont-install.html

You may want to disable your video card during installation (just as a thought). Don't worry it will still work. If you get confused by any of the steps then please don't hesitate to ask.

 

[bakerboy]

attempting this now

could norm takes me 40-60 mins to do a full clean install

 

[bakerboy]

restarting now moment of truth...........

starting windows!!!

Freeze during starting windows restarting in last good known config

starting windows

here it comes

god dam it it didnt help
also every thing looked the same so idk if the it was turned off or not

 

[baarod]

Disconnect all USB devices -- I've found a match for your issue so it's not just you:

Windows 7 crashes during install...

Also, try to restart with your monitor DISCONNECTED! Sounds weird but that's where all this is pointng to!