Vista Install Hangs On "Completing Installation"

[corvette2003]

I recently purchased an HP DV9825NR laptop and love the pc, but the bloatware is quite extreme,and bothering me so I opted to install a fresh copy of Vista Ultimate 32bit.

I put the disc in the drive and went throught the normal progress of a Windows install and finally it came to the "Completing Installation" segment when the system just hangs repeatably for hours upon hours.

I have read many posts in other forums where desktop systems are plagued by this, but how do I get by it with my laptop? All the components are integrated, and the bios is VERY simple to say the least. (no variable turn on or off settings). I used Vlite to make a bootable image of Vista and incorporated the recommended SATA Intel drivers and it still does it. I tried integrating an old copy of XP Home Edition and SATA drivers to see if the instal would work, and it did flawlessly. I was wondering if I should just integrate all the laptop drivers to the Vista boot image and see what happens. I can't remember where, but I recall someone explaining it was the video drivers (the system comes with on board video Nvidia Geforce 8600M GS) I just am unsure of where those files are after unpacking the standard installer .EXE file from HP.

I would really appreciate some help as the system runs XP great but with what I have invested in this unit it seems silly to settle.

Thank you.