very slow install

#1 tybos

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Posted 10 February 2005 - 06:05 AM

I made a quite modest CD (with SP2, hotfixes, Office XP, few drivers) and i burned it on a CD-RW to test it.
But the process lasts an unreasonnable time (started yesterday at 9.00 AM and isn't done yet). So more than 28 hours.
Is it dued to the CD-RW ?
Pliz help ...
Thx
Tybos

#2 bucketbuster

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Posted 10 February 2005 - 07:06 AM

tybos, on Feb 10 2005, 06:05 AM, said:

Is it dued to the CD-RW ?

That's possible.
Do you use your burner or your cd/dvd-drive to install?

Some cd/dvd-drives do have problems reading cd-rw's.

#3 tybos

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Posted 10 February 2005 - 08:42 AM

I use my burner (Yamaha F1) which is my best CD drive too.

I really wonder why it is so slow.
The initial formatting was very slow too, does the computer need reading from CD to format a partition ??

I'll wait until the end of the install but at this speed, it will end tomorrow eve ...

Thanks

#4 bart of borg

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Posted 10 February 2005 - 11:00 AM

You definitely have a problem there....no way it shouild be that slow - even a 386 would be done by now.....

#5 mandrake83

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Posted 29 August 2006 - 04:41 PM

I have this problem too... I don't do a lot of changes I just change the boot screen in winntbbu.dll. The partition and copying files is ok, but after the reboot the installation is VERY slow. It shows that "39 minutes remainig"... 20! minutes after it shows "37 minutes remaining". So it VERY VERY slow!! I use the test vmware workstation....
Can anyone help me??? What can be the problem??

And here is my winnt.sif:

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]

OemPreinstall=Yes
UnattendSwitch="yes"
TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1

[UserData]
ProductID=VWV7H-TF8FC-BDGGD-GDPCK-T3Y9W
FullName=""
OrgName=""

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

#6 mandrake83

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Posted 29 August 2006 - 11:59 PM

Okay I wait for a night but the installation is still at "37 minutes remaining".....So something doesn't works correctly....Please help me!

#7 Aegis

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Posted 30 August 2006 - 12:16 AM

Umm...mandrake you might wanna remove your PID.

#8 PaulIA

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Posted 30 August 2006 - 08:08 PM

Mandrake: If you're using VMWare, you're splitting your machine resources up. Is it possible that you've allocated too much RAM to your VM session and you're swapping to disk all the time? I've done this once when I first started using VMWare and my VM session ground to a virtual halt :blushing:

Tybos: If you're taking that long to install, I'm with the others in saying you've maybe got a problem with the R/W media. However, I'd think you'd be able to hear the heads on your drive seeking back in forth if it was having problems reading the disc? Do you notice if the drive light is on constantly or does it cycle on/off?

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