To answer the question about the Teac drive. You may or may not see POST screens when first starting the laptop. If you don't see anything then enter the BIOS (setup) screens and disable fast boot and any logos that have an enable/disable option. Restart the computer after saving and exiting. Then watch the screens at startup. All the hardware should be identified by the BIOS and displayed on the screens. If your internet connection is either a wired network connector or a wired dialup modem you may be able to disable those items in the BIOS. If the hardware failed for some reason then that could account for the install hang. If you have the laptop connected to the internet/phone wiring then disconnect and try to resume the installation.

0

Ok. Just before it freezes the screen flickers a bit. Then it stops working. Might it be related?

0

The screen will flicker multiple times during an install. You didn't address any of the items I mentioned in #7. Especially the internet connection.

0

It is not connected to the internet. And I dont see the CD drive in the bios screen as soon as the computer starts.

0

Do you see other hardware identified? What screens do you see?

0

Only the hdd and ram. nothing else

0

Kind of confusing because the CD works. It still should show in the POST screens. Try booting to the BIOS> and looking in there to see if it configured. Laptops are a little different than desktops because they have swappable drive bays. Even though yours doesn't, the BIOS may still have settings in need to adjustment. The hang may be the optical drive or the controller for it. For whatever reason Windows may not be able to configure the drive. Is the drive a faster model than the original? You don't have any floppy disks, USB devices or PC Cards inserted do you? You aren't using a docking station are you?

0

Too late now but before you decided to format & reinstall the operating system did you attempt any kind of diagnosis to see why the system got so sluggish and internet connection failed? It is entirely possible the inbuilt network adaptor has failed in which case your installation is hanging when it gets to the "Installing devices" section. You may just be up for a motherboard replacement. You need to weigh up the pros/cons of investing any more time/money into a system of it's age/limited power. Goin' Fishin' (Some day)

0

Argentus Richard59 mentions the same thing I touched on in #7. Richard's post may be more straight forward. I think you whould be able to disable the network adapter, if that is what you use to get on the internet. Could be a modem issue too, same solution. Some hardware is hanging the system.

0

Thanks a lot.

0