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Copying Windows files hanging at 0% on Lenovo v570
Hello all,
About a week ago my Lenovo v570 began acting up. Long story short, as a last resort (last meaning I was pricing replacement hard drives), I wiped my entire hard drive, hidden partitions and all. I have spent countless hours working to get this thing back in working order and I may, after 30+ hours, be on the right track.
After doing a lot of research and reading a lot of threads, this is where I'm at:
As I mentioned, I completely wiped the hard drive, I created a 100GB partition to install Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (which is the same OS that was pre-loaded) and have left the other 650GB unallocated for now. I formatted the new partition and began to install Windows, which, after all the trouble I've gone through, even getting to this point was a huge step.
Well, as the title suggests, the install hangs at 0% at step 1 of the installation process. I have tried both DVDs as well as using a flash drive (that is already formatted to NTFS) which I used the Windows 7 Download Tool to create. I have gone to the BIOS and mixed and matched nearly every plausible option, without luck. I disabled USB legacy at times, switched from ACHI to Compatibility, disabled the wireless option via BIOS, unplugged all USB devices (unless using the USB install method) and everything else I could possibly think of.
Even before I was forced to completely wipe the hard drive and was trying to salvage my information, I did an install which made it further along (before ultimately getting an error which lead to me completely wipe the hard drive) than this particular install.
My apologies for such a long write-up, just wanted to make it clear the thinks I've done so far as to not waste anyone else's time, but also to make everyone aware of some solutions maybe I have NOT thought of or come across.
Apparently Lenovo is infamous for making such installs difficult, but my hope is that with the help of this community, I can resolve this issue without having to go to them.
Note: I don't consider myself to be a 'rookie' when it comes to working on and diagnosing computer problems, but I am far, far from an expert (such as flashing the BIOS), particularly with any OS post-XP, so please be patient and understanding in your replies.
Thank you all so much! :)