Windows 10: Clean windows install stuck on “setup is starting”

hello! so my computer had this problem where it would install windows 11 my computer can't handle windows 11 right now without my consent probably once a month or so, and every time it did this i'd have to go into my settings and revert it, was pretty annoying, but at least fixable, but a few weeks ago i went to revert it to windows 10 as usual and somewhere along the way my screen went totally black for a while, maybe 30 minutes, which it had never done before, so i foolishly turned off the computer and turned it back on expecting that to reset the install, but all it did was corrupt my win

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Clean Install Workaround for Vista

You may remember this news story on techPowerUp! a couple of days ago relating to the lack of clean installs when using the Upgrade Editions of Vista, which required an old OS to be installed. However, Paul Thurrott has managed to find a workaround for this issue, which ironically lets users do a clean install Vista without any previous version of Windows, albeit a little tedious. Here are the steps:

• Boot from the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD as normal
• When prompted for a product code, leave this blank
• Select the version of Vista you have purchased and let Vista install
• When you boot to your desktop for the first time, run the Vista setup from Windows
• This time enter your product key
• When asked whether you want to do an Upgrade of Custom install, select custom and choose a clean install
• Windows will now install for a second time and you should be able to activate it

Remember, these steps are only advised for use in order to achieve a clean install of Vista, it is only legal to use the upgrade editions if you have previously purchased the appropriate version of Windows.

Source: DailyTech

 

Windows stuck in setup is Starting

Hi Abram Pinto,

I'm trying to do clean install of windows, but it stuck at Setup is starting for hours.

It ask for preference language which i leave it to default i.e US and click Next, and install now, after that it stuck on setup is starting.

 

Windows 10 installation stuck at "Setup is starting"

Before the installation screen I can open CMD (specifically the first step in the installation which is selecting the language) my problem was that after this step it will say "setup is starting" but it will take hours to go to the next step and maybe stuck.

with that command I didn't face any issues with the installation. it went through the steps faster instead of taking hours.