Trouble with Win7 installation

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  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Trouble with Win7 installation


    Hello to everyone.
    I recently wanted to re-install Win7 on my pc and bump on a weird problem.
    When i try to boot from the cd the cd boots fine but it will never show the first install screen of the windows installer. The wallpaper and the mouse cursor appears. I tried with 3 different discs and from bootable usb flash. The discs are fine because I tested them both on different pc and virtual machine and it boots and installs fine. At the moment I am posting from the win7 installation on the same pc, from the same disk i did the installation 1,5 year ago. To be honest I don't remember if i made any hardware changes to my pc but i think i didn't. I also tried to reset my bios settings to default but same thing happened.

    My pc specs are
    Asus P5kPremium deluxe (intel p35)
    8GB Ram
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2400MHz
    ATI Radeon HD 4850
    3x500GB HDD (2xWD + Seagate)

    The versions of windows I tried are
    Win7 Ultimate x64 retail disk
    Win7 Ultimate x64 disk (containing both 32bit and 64bit)

    I attatched a pic to explain better what i mean
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  2. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #2

    Try with only 2gb of ram.
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  3. Posts : 867
    XP, Vista, W7 64bit Home Premium
       #3

    How long did you wait? -also i gather you cant get to custom install - mine similarily seems to freeze on that same screen(wallpaper and mouse) for about 15 minutes - could be a little more with yours, so i ask how long did you wait? - then it seemingling hangs again for about 15minutes before it continues - annoying, but it is doing something in the background as it takes about 40minutes in total to install.
    Last edited by whest; 10 Jul 2011 at 05:41.
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  4. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #4

    Do you have more than one optical drive? It's quite possible that the laser optics is not reading the disk correctly.

    Also, check the disk for hairline cracks that emanate from the hole in the centre of the disk.

    Not so long back an optical drive in my then Dell computer cracked several disks in that manner before I realised what was going on. Apparently the the drive wasn't aligned properly and was vibrating while the disk was spinning, which caused the disk to splinter.

    Whest is right though, an upgrade installation takes a lot longer than a clean install.
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  5. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #5

    [quote]At the moment I am posting from the Windows 7 installation on the same pc[quote]

    Why are you reinstalling?
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  6. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    theog said:
    Try with only 2gb of ram.
    just tried without success

    whest said:
    How long did you wait? -also i gather you cant get to custom install - mine similarily seems to freeze on that same screen(wallpaper and mouse) for about 15 minutes - could be a little more with yours, so i ask how long did you wait? - then it seemingling hangs again for about 15minutes before it continues - annoying, but it is doing something in the background as it takes about 40minutes in total to install.

    If this isn't the case have you tried updating the bios?:
    ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support-
    I only waited about 5minutes. Maybe I will leave it for 15+ minutes to see what happens.
    F1 in Silverstone is going to start in 1 hour so IŽll have something to do while waiting:)
    I didnt do a bios upgrade, dint needed so far, but it is something i must look into.

    seavixen32 said:
    Do you have more than one optical drive? It's quite possible that the laser optics is not reading the disk correctly.

    Also, check the disk for hairline cracks that emanate from the hole in the centre of the disk.

    Not so long back an optical drive in my then Dell computer cracked several disks in that manner before I realised what was going on. Apparently the the drive wasn't aligned properly and was vibrating while the disk was spinning, which caused the disk to splinter.

    Whest is right though, an upgrade installation takes a lot longer than a clean install.
    I dont think it has smth to do with the dvd-rom drive. Same thing happens when i tried to install from usb, which i created on my second pc

    [QUOTE=theog;1484329][quote]At the moment I am posting from the Windows 7 installation on the same pc



    Why are you reinstalling?
    It started to become sluggish and i am bored to start cleaning up. I thought a fresh install would be faster but it seems I was wrong
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  7. Posts : 867
    XP, Vista, W7 64bit Home Premium
       #7

    Sorry bout the bios suggestion as i was half a sleep and read over re-install as install so i deleted it when i realised.

    I'll wait till u see if install gets going before i make any more suggestions.
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  8. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #8
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  9. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #9

    Hello erelim, welcome to Seven Forums!


    It can't hurt to try, perhaps a complete wipe secure erase of the entire Hard Disk Drive will help, have a look through these tutorials linked below and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.
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  10. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Hello again, it seems that Whest was right. I don't know what the reason is but after 12minutes (and yes I timed that 3 times ) the installer window appeared and the installation proceeded and completed successfully.Thank you all for your help, especially Whest, I would have thought of that.
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