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My Windows 7 instal cannot continue
Hi
Today I wanted to install Windows 7 on my pc. On my pc I had Windows Vista. I placed an iso file of Windows 7 on my pc. I mounted the iso file as a virtual drive. From that drive I started the executable to install Windows 7.
The install started and I could see the progress bar. The install got to a point that it warned me that the current Windows folder would be renamed to Windows.old and I could still reach the files in that folder. I clicked OK to let it continue. Then the install restarted the pc. from there on the Windows install never continued and I keep seeing a black screen forever.
I think that my mistake was to start the installation from a virtual drive on my pc. This virtual drive is not available when the machine restarts itself.
I tried several things to solve this.
- I tried starting the pc in safe mode. But then I get a windows message saying that I cannot continue opening the pc in safe mode untill the windows 7 install is finished.
- Then i tried to solve this issue by creating a dvd that has the Windows 7 install files on it. I changed the boot option on the pc to the dvd drive. But onfurtunately the setup on the drive is not started.
it looks like my pc is still waiting to continue the Windows 7 install, but the files on the virtual drive are not there anymore. What else can I do to stop the Windows 7 install and start all over again?
Regards
Jerry M.