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Problems installing windows 7
Hello new to the forum. For years I thought I should join a windows forum, so I did.
I hope this does not turn into a rant. I’m not sure what I hope to get out of this thread hopefully I’m not the only one having weird problems during installs.
I recently built up a new HTPC I included most of the components in my registration.
1st off I did get a clean install but it took3 time to do it. The 1st install went pretty much ok I had some driver issues but after installing mobo updates it was good. I changed my mind on the build and had to order some more hardware the main thing was a 6.0 Gps HD. Using Acronis true image I made a total of 3 backups. I figure when I get the new computer assembled I could restore the image. Well that didn’t work. It went though the process and it took an extraordinary long time 1.5 hours generally less than 30 min.
Each time it got to the “windows is preparing your desktop” and no farther, tried 3 times. So it prompted me to 2nd install it was a little glitchy had to redo the drivers a few times. It wasn’t until the next day after I was completely done that I realized my Power DVD 11 did not work, it would start to play but would become unresponsive and have to force closed. I could have reinstalled PDVD but with the other issues I had I wanted a clean install.
I had no idea where the error began so I did the 3rd install. After I got all the basic programs and software updates I installed PDVD and tested that it worked and it did. I was wise to create a restore point. It was very late so I left it doing a big widows update (105 updates.)
The next day today PDVD was whacked again. So I used the restore point and restored it to pre updates and PDVD was working again. I continued to install each program checking PDVD and creating a restore point each time.
I got all my software installed and it was still working but I realized I had not turned off the automatic updates and the 105 were there for the next shut down. So I let it all install and it worked after the restart, PDVD still played.
So I did my final setup process I do. It’s a way for me to manage all my different 1tb external drives. I use to hold my BD backups. I assign each a specific letter. So if I plug say an M drive it comes up as the M drive. Yes each is labeled. The other thing I do and this is a kind of anal but in properties of the recycle bin I increase the size of each to the max. It might prevent an accidental deletion.
So as I was right clicking the recycle bin I accidentally left clicked it and the window was kind of froze so I right clicked it and now it definitely was froze. After a couple of minutes I rebooted. Then completed the install.
So I went out to watch a movie and bask in the glory of getting er done and PDVD was whacked again. So I went back to the last restore point before the HD letter assignment and it works again.
So apparently I have to be ready to restore a backup if something gets stuck.
These are the kind of things that do go wrong and people who have Macs say never happens to them.
Sorry for the rant.