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Windows 7 Installation, Starts then nothing but mouse & screen
Hi all
I'm probably being thick and really would appreciate being pointed in the right direction.
I currently have Windows XP SP3 installed on drive C
Drive D is empty - Used to have Windows XP
Drive E is my data drive.
I put the Windows 7 64 Bit DVD in, it boots up and states loading files, then I see the coloured dots make the Microsoft window, then a blue screen with coloured lines and what looks like leaves. The mouse works, but that's where it all stops. I don't see anything else. Do I need to do anything special at this stage to proceed?
What I want to do.
I want to install Windows Ultimate onto Drive D but keep my Windows XP install as Dual Boot for now. I imagine, the CD would give me options to install like XP used to on drive of my choice, format my D drive and install.
My PC
Pentium Dual Core E5300 @ 2.60GHZ
NVIDEA GeForce 8600 GT 512Mb graphics card
Gigabyte G31M-ES2L motherboard
I could not tell you which ones but 1 of my hard drives is SATA and the other two
are the old connection. They are all 80Gig. I think the set up is like this.
Hard Drive 1 SATA - Master, DVD SATA - Slave
Hard Drive 2 Old Connection, Hard Drive 3 - Slave
Really appreciate if someone can help me out on what I am doing wrong.