Dissonance77

So,
I borrowed Vista Basic from my next door neighbor after explaining the problem to him

It installed without any problems.

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So, I pop in my Ultimate dvd and go for an in-OS install. It even gives me internet support throughout the installation! Things are feeling good!

It seems to install faster, I'm sure this will work.

It gets to the Completing Installation part, does more than it usually does, even blacks out like it's initializing something, and I am seconds away from success!

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That was 48 minutes ago. Still hung.
Are you kidding me?