{"id":5538,"date":"2021-11-16T02:54:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T02:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lgildv5i97.onrocket.site\/answers\/?post_type=question&#038;p=5538"},"modified":"2021-11-16T02:54:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T02:54:19","slug":"windows-server-2008-hangs-before-starting-installer","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/windows-2008\/windows-server-2008-hangs-before-starting-installer\/828.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2008 Hangs Before Starting Installer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have an HP ProLiant DL320 G2, with 640MB of RAM, and an Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz processor. I am trying to install Windows Server 2008 on this system, however I can&#8217;t seem to get into the install portion. After booting, I see the &#8220;Windows is loading files&#8230;&#8221; screen, and that passes. After the Vista-style loading bar, I get to the gray screen (looks like the Vista install screen) and that is where it hangs. The DVD drive is showing constant activity, but nothing else is happening. I just burned this DVD (MSDN DVD), so there are no marks or scuffs on the disc. Could someone recommend to me what I should do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":20},"question-category":[73],"question_tags":[],"class_list":["post-5538","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-windows-2008"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question\/5538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question-category?post=5538"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question_tags?post=5538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}