cannot get windows 7 to install

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trikjester

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So i've formatted my boot drive a dozen times by now, pretty sure I shouldn't have had to do that. the problem I'm having is that the install is taking longer than normal, for instance, I tired installing windows 7 and towards the completing installation phase it stayed on the boot screen for several hours. is it possible my boot disk is going bad

my setup is
intel core 2 duo
8 gb ram
1 70gb 10krpm hdd
4 500gb hdd
512mb evga

anyhelp or advice would be appreciated
 
There might be a problem with ur disc drive, or the installing disc, or with ur boot device.

Try installing Win 7 from a 4GB or greater Usb drive
Detailed steps:
Format the usb drive in NTFS format.
open command prompt, start-programs-accessories-cmd.
Type the following commands without quotes and press enter.
"diskpart"
"list disk"

Now note the disk no of the usb key, disk 1 or disk 2. Be careful while selecting the disk. Use size as reference.

type the following in sequence

select disk 1 (where disk 1 is the disk number of usb drive)
active
list partition
select partition 1
active
exit

Now insert you disc, or mount the iso on a virtual drive(using deamon tools)
From cmd, browse to boot directory the real/virtual cd drive.
G:\cd boot (where G: is the drive letter of the virtual drive)

Now, when u are here, type this
g:\cd boot\> bootsect\nt60 h:
where h: is the drive letter of the usb drive.

Now exit cmd.
copy all files from the mounted image to the usb drive.
Then boot from the usb drive.


If this works, then ur disc drive is creating a problem.

If this does not work, download a fresh copy of win 7, and burn it on dvd or mount it and install using usb drive.

If both these methods do not work for you, then there is a hardware problem,(boot device, or something else), which is beyond my expertise of knowledge.
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Diskpart does not recognize USB drives in Windows XP.

Only works with Vista.
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I assumed he was upgrading from vista to win 7.

trikjester said:
finally got windows 7 to install, now it doesn't show all of my hard drives, loose connection or faulty install?
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Right click my computer from desktop, click manage.
Goto disk management utility. There u will see the unrecognized space as unallocated space. Right click on it, select new partition. Give a size, a drive letter and format it.
 
trikjester said:
So i've formatted my boot drive a dozen times by now, pretty sure I shouldn't have had to do that. the problem I'm having is that the install is taking longer than normal, for instance, I tired installing windows 7 and towards the completing installation phase it stayed on the boot screen for several hours. is it possible my boot disk is going bad

my setup is
intel core 2 duo
8 gb ram
1 70gb 10krpm hdd
4 500gb hdd
512mb evga

anyhelp or advice would be appreciated
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I had the same exact problem with a laptop. I tried installing win7 from DVD, then from USB, I reformatted a few times and still I was not getting a smooth install. It would install okay, but on reboot, it would freeze on the "starting windows" screen forever. On two installation attempts, it did boot but it was very slow and would not recognize any usb drives (thumb drives or usb external drives). I tried to repair with the original DVD a few times and it did not help.

Now, that I got the original vista installed (from the manufacturer's recovery partition) the diagnostic tools that came with the laptop are showing a bad disc that could fail at any moment. An attempted repair of files that are apparently corrupted on the win7 partition, failed and also reported a bad disc. After working on this all day, it wasn't until this afternoon that I started narrowing it down to a possible bad disc. The laptop is two weeks old, and so I've contacted Acer for a repair.

So, if you can, do some diagnostics on your hard drive. I'd hate for your HDD to be about to die without you knowing it.
 
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