Windows setup stops/hangs at "Registering devices"

Hello,

I am trying to install Windows XP to my old Acer Aspire 1300 notebook, and for the third or fourth time in a row the setup terminates (progress bar stops, nothing happens any more) at "Registering devices" step. I copied the setupapi.log, it is in the attachement.
There are a lot of error messages like:

#E361 An unsigned or incorrectly signed file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\xactengine3_7.dll" will be installed (Policy=Ignore). Error 0x800b0110: The certificate is not valid for the requested usage.
#E089 Failed to load the OLE Control "C:\WINDOWS\system32\xactengine3_7.dll". Error 0xc000001d: Unknown Error.
#E291 Failed to register OLE server "C:\WINDOWS\system32\xactengine3_7.dll". Error 0xc000001d: Unknown Error.
#-290 Processing REGISTERDLLS section [DirectXRuntimes.Register]. Binary: "%11%\XAudio2_0.dll", flags: 0x0001, timeout: 60s. ...
... #E357 Registration of "C:\WINDOWS\system32\XAudio2_0.dll" appears to have hung.
#E291 Failed to register OLE server "C:\WINDOWS\system32\XAudio2_0.dll". Error 258: The wait operation timed out.


If you have a clue of what is going on, feel free to share your thoughts - any sensible comments are welcome.

 

problem solved. My system turned out to be too slow and I just had to wait long enough (>40 mins).
I would ask the moderators to delete this thread since I have not found out how I could do that myself. Thank you.

 

Truthfully, you know where I've had some success with older laptops?

Darik's Boot & Nuke.

If you don't want to salvage data, nuke the HDD, and then use a quick format with the Windows Installation.

Can't say it will speed it up with a dying drive, but it has helped quite a few, including the Dell I just finished.

:major

 

TimW, thanks for the reply.
Mekanic, no I don't think this is the right software in my case, thank you for replying as well.

 

I put that up as a last resort.

Funny thing is, that when you "format" with Windows, it rarely re-writes old data, and you CAN recover data after a Windows "format".

Sometimes, your best bet is to start over with every cylinder turned proper, clean as a baby's bum.

Boot & Nuke, will do that.

:major

Just keep the fan on HI...