Windows 7 Install Menu Won't Appear

Basically I'm trying to do an install on a partition.
1. I tried using a DVD to install Windows 7 and it would go through "Windows is Loading Files" and then the "Starting Windows" icon appears.

2. After that the install menu is suppose to show, instead the background appears along with the mouse but the menu doesn't.

3. I thought maybe it was a problem with the file or disc. So I tried using another file of Windows 7, and I tried using another disc but still stuck at the same spot.

4. Next I tried to install off a flash drive and still same thing happens, the install menu won't appear.

I'm not sure if it's called install menu but basically it's the screen where you select "install now"

I've done many clean installs before but I've never seen this happen and I am totally stumped on why this is.

Please help.

Thanks,
Eric

hello Eric ,
it may help if you fill in your system specs. also dose your mouse more at all?
if so did you give it a little time to see if maybe it's trying to load something?

scrooge

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Is this a DVD you burned using ImgBurn at 4x speed after verifying the ISO? Where did you get Win7?

Are you booting the DVD to install. Follow the steps in Perfect Reinstall link in my signature below.

Try wiping the HD. Test the HD. HD Diagnostic

Reset the CMOS. Clear CMOS - 3 Ways to Clear the CMOS - Reset BIO

scrooge said:

hello Eric ,
it may help if you fill in your system specs. also dose your mouse more at all?
if so did you give it a little time to see if maybe it's trying to load something?

scrooge

I will work on providing the system specs, I do not have daily access to the computer. I believe the mouse does work. The thing is, I've waited around 5-10min for the install menu show when booting of the DVD but I hear the disc stop whirring after awhile so I assume that it's not loading. What I do know about the system is...
-Original OS it has on 1st partition is Windows XP
-2GB of RAM
-Can't remember the hardware models but this is a custom built desktop, does that have anything to do with it?

gregrocker said:

Is this a DVD you burned using ImgBurn at 4x speed after verifying the ISO? Where did you get Win7?

Are you booting the DVD to install. Follow the steps in Perfect Reinstall link in my signature below.

Try wiping the HD. Test the HD. HD Diagnostic

Reset the CMOS. Clear CMOS - 3 Ways to Clear the CMOS - Reset BIO

When I tried using the DVD, the DVD was burned using ImgBurn but not at 4x speed, but at the recommended speed instead. However, the disc worked perfectly for another install on another computer so the ISO and disc isn't the problem. I don't believe there was a problem in me formatting the hard drive partition into a NTSF type.

Have read any of the links posted?