After install, it starts to boot to Windows and freezes

Hello, I'm looking for a little help.

I'm fixing my friends' computer...
I created a new partition using Fdisk (as none had
previously been created), and then started the Win98SE
installation, all of that went normal. And for the first
official (get to your icons on your desktop and all that
stuff) startup it comes up with the "Updating
Settings", "creating shortcuts" boxes, and then it's a
blank (1st boot) wallpaper and then just freezes, can't
move the mouse, can't hit Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing...I've
tried it 3 or 4 times and it just does nothing. Any idea
on what could be wrong? Thanks in advance for your help,
and don't be shy to e-mail me either. Thanks!