Win 7 clean install - stuck on "Completing installation"

Squirrel93 said:
About 30-50% of CPU usage and just over 1 gB RAM when opening 4 tabs in Firefox at once. Admittedly, I did download a game from Steam at the time.
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50% CPU usage is too much for a simple firefox and 1 GB of RAM memory is also too much even with 10 opened tabs.
To me CPU usage is 00 to 02 and RAM usage is around 100 MB to 150 MB maximum with multiple opened tabs (about 12 tabs) and not to mention that my complete hardware is a LOT weaker than yours.And yes the results are ALMOST the same on XP AND Windows 7.On Windows 7 the CPU is around 04 (on XP 00 to 02) and MEM usage around 190 MB (on XP 100 to 150 MB),but it is a very small difference than it is in XP so I do not count that.
In short firefox works perfectly on XP and Windows 7.

However the differences in your case are WAAAAAY BIGGER and considering you have such a stronger hardware than mine almost 15 years old,firefox should fly to you and instead it barely works.And as you said the SAME thing also happens with other programs and not just firefox.

So do the following:

NOTE: Disconnect the internet LAN cable and do NOT connect it again until I say so!

You should completely erase your entire HDD using let's say KILL DISK and then install Windows 7 again on UNALLOCATED SPACE which will be the only thing you will see there in the list (after erasing entire HDD using KILL DISK).So select that UNALLOCATED SPACE and click NEXT and Windows 7 will automatically create one partition which uses the entire HDD and then install Windows 7 on it.

After that install SP1 and ONLY SP1!
After that completely disable the Windows 7 update function!
After that install the BASIC DRIVERS ONLY in this order:

-chipset driver (if any)
-graphic driver (if any)
-audio driver (if any)
-LAN network driver (if any)
-wireless LAN network driver (if any)

After that install let's say Mozilla Firefox program and once that has been done,open it,go to options and completely disable update function.Exit firefox.

Now connect the internet LAN cable back in the computer and after that try to use the internet using installed firefox.


Let us know how things work now!




Cheers!
 
S.T.A.R.S. said:
50% CPU usage is too much for a simple firefox and 1 GB of RAM memory is also too much even with 10 opened tabs.
To me CPU usage is 00 to 02 and RAM usage is around 100 MB to 150 MB maximum with multiple opened tabs (about 12 tabs) and not to mention that my complete hardware is a LOT weaker than yours.And yes the results are ALMOST the same on XP AND Windows 7.On Windows 7 the CPU is around 04 (on XP 00 to 02) and MEM usage around 190 MB (on XP 100 to 150 MB),but it is a very small difference than it is in XP so I do not count that.
In short firefox works perfectly on XP and Windows 7.

However the differences in your case are WAAAAAY BIGGER and considering you have such a stronger hardware than mine almost 15 years old,firefox should fly to you and instead it barely works.And as you said the SAME thing also happens with other programs and not just firefox.

So do the following:

NOTE: Disconnect the internet LAN cable and do NOT connect it again until I say so!

You should completely erase your entire HDD using let's say KILL DISK and then install Windows 7 again on UNALLOCATED SPACE which will be the only thing you will see there in the list (after erasing entire HDD using KILL DISK).So select that UNALLOCATED SPACE and click NEXT and Windows 7 will automatically create one partition which uses the entire HDD and then install Windows 7 on it.

After that install SP1 and ONLY SP1!
After that completely disable the Windows 7 update function!
After that install the BASIC DRIVERS ONLY in this order:

-chipset driver (if any)
-graphic driver (if any)
-audio driver (if any)
-LAN network driver (if any)
-wireless LAN network driver (if any)

After that install let's say Mozilla Firefox program and once that has been done,open it,go to options and completely disable update function.Exit firefox.

Now connect the internet LAN cable back in the computer and after that try to use the internet using installed firefox.


Let us know how things work now!




Cheers!
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Thank you for your reply! I did use KillDisk to wipe the old partition and then Installed Windows 7 on the unallocated space, do I have to do this again? The HDD is split into 2 partitions: the one I wiped (approximately 97 gB) and one I didn't wipe (around 830 gB). I don't think the Win7 installation ever gave me the option to wipe the bigger one or change the HDD into 1 single partition.

It would feel tedious to do this again. However, if you are sure that would do the trick, then I will follow your advice. Firefox is not as slow as it was a few days ago, but my RAM usage is constantly over 1.2-1.25 gB, even with just one Firefox tab running. Can't be normal, can it?

PS: How do I get hold of the drivers before reconnecting to the Internet?
 
If you only want one bid drive instead of it partioned into 2 drives then you should be able to use disk management to merge the partitions together, haven't tried it though.

The motherboard driver disk will have all the drivers including the ethernet.
 
johnb35 said:
If you only want one bid drive instead of it partioned into 2 drives then you should be able to use disk management to merge the partitions together, haven't tried it though.

The motherboard driver disk will have all the drivers including the ethernet.
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Thank you! Used Disk manager to merge the partitions. The local computer store made 2 from the beginning, but I never saw the point.
So... I'll be able to install SP1 without Internet connection, or have I misunderstood STARS?

And I did find the correct CDs after digging around in some boxes. Stupid of me not to remember them... I'll try reinstalling tomorrow morning. Should be less painful this time around.

(If not, I'll probably be back, hehe...)
 
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I wiped the old partition and reinstalled Win7. Installed the motherboard, audio and graphics drivers, but can't find SP1 in Windows Update.

CPU usage is fluctuating between 0-60% (mostly 2-10%) with one Firefox tab open. RAM usage was 700-750 MB for a little while, now back up at 1.2-1.5 GB.

I googled it, and someone at another forum said it's normal for a 64-bit Win7 with lots of RAM to use about 1 GB when idle. Mine is currently at 1.38, but seems to settle around 900-980 when no programs are running. I have 4 GB RAM in total. Explorer.exe is actually quite fast now (In Computer>Properties, "performance classification" or whatever it would be called in English is all between 5.9 and 7.1). It's just Firefox that lags up sometimes. Maybe not that big of a deal, though.



EDIT: I was going to start a new thread, but might as well ask here if anyone knows: My laptop suddenly won't connect to the Internet. The WiFi is fine, other computers and phones can connect both with cable and wirelessly. The computer claims the problem pertains to Mozilla Firefox, but neither Internet Explorer nor Chrome can connect. I get 5 bars in the bottom right corner as if all were well, but cannot surf the web. Skype seems to work, however. When I try to share Internet connection from my iPhone to the laptop, it cannot connect using that either. So there must be something wrong with the network card, I figured. I ran diagnostics, and it claims to have solved a network card problem every time but no difference.
 
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Thank you! Downloading the 64 one now.

Firefox and something called WinSAT are both using a lot more memory than all other processes.

In Device Manager, something called Network Controller has a yellow exclamation mark. I can't automatically update its driver, and manufacturer is unknown. Could this be a contributing factor to my slow browser? Thanks!
 
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