Windows Vista reinstall blocked to "expand the files (27%). »

I have some problems with my PC main (on my laptop at this time) and decided after 3 years, time to reformat. From what I've heard supposed to be simple in vista, pop in the disc and click on reinstall windows. He grayed out button keep old files, but that was OK since I tried a clean install. then he went forward and said she'd keep everything in windows.old, fine, I'll just delete myself later.

Anyway, I take reinstall, it goes through a reboot or two and gets to the Windows installation, extension files, I've been watching it for over an hour now and it has not exceeded (27%). Not sure what will happen if I force to restart now and try again. Please help and advise.

Stats:
Dell (I know, I know, never) Dimension 9300
Intel Duo DUal Core 2.6 ghz
NVIDIA 6800GTS
4 GB of RAM
350 GB HARD drive

-Dan

p.s. It's 32-bit Vista Home Premium, the same disc that came with the computer in the first place, original vista without SP the disk.

UPDATE:

OK, once sitting around an another hourish in waiting for a response from the installation has puched from 27 percent and is now at 70%, heres hoping it continues, so for those of you who else having this problem, go see a movie, go back and hope it's worked.

If you have an Installation of Vista genuine disc (not an OEM disc and a recovery from Dell disk), then I can help you. If this isn't the case, you need to contact Dell, as is their recovery process and not from Microsoft and we have no information on its operation.

Assuming you are using a real Dist Vista Installation, the installation obviously didn't at this point so you should cold shut down the system and reboot to restart the process.  Before that, I would clean the disc gently with a tissue from the Center to the edge to remove fingerprints or tasks that can cause the problem.

When the option to format, choose full format rather than a quick format (just to make sure that it has nothing to do with the problem).

Then try the re-installing and hope it works this time.  If it will not re - install from the disc, then try to find an another Vista Installation authentic drive of the same size of the bit to borrow and try.  If not, then press F12 immediately after pressing the Start button to access system diagnotics (at least this is how it works on my Dell - use whatever method works for your if you have installed the diagnostics program) and run all the options to see if it finds problems with your system (I hope not).

If not, then contact Support technique Dell (if out of warranty a phone call can cost money, but I think that the chat option is free even after the warranty runs out and see if they have any suggetions to offer.)

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

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