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Windows 7 - Problems Installing... |
10-19-2009
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Problems Installing... I seem to be having a lot of trouble getting Windows 7 installed on my PC...
Let me start by posting the specs of my system.
Q6600 CPU
Asus P5E motherboard
2x Seagate 7200.11 500GB HDDs
2GB Crucial Ballistix RAM
Nvidia 8500gt =[
I first had Fedora 11, but decided to switch to Windows 7.
So I put the DVD in, and begun the installation.
Everything seemed fine until the last stage of the installation,"completing installation". I just got a BSOD, but it disappeared before I got a chance to read it.
I tried to install again, but had the same problem at the same place.
This attempt was done with my hard drives in RAID 0...
To try to figure what was causing the problem, I put a third hard drive in, a 500GB Western Digital (I believe...) Hard drive.
I tried the installation again, but this time on the new hard drive and it BSOD'd at the same spot.
At this point, I knew it was either the DVD or my hardware causing this.
I tried installing Windows 7 on another computer I have.
This computer has:
AMD 3200 CPU
ASRock AMN2NF3-VSTA
Some 250GB Western Digital HDD
ATI 1650
It installed perfectly, meaning windows was having some kind of problem with my hardware on the other computer.
So I decided to bring my hard drives down to the other PC, try to install it there, and then bring them back to the other PC, but when it got to the point where you selected which HDD to install windows on, it didn't let me choose them.
I thought maybe there was some kind of problem with RAID, so I un-RAIDed them and then tried.
At this point, the Windows installer didn't even see them, however, the BIOS does detect them.
This happens in both my computers.
When I booted into Windows XP to see if the hard drives were there, I did see them. However, when I try to access them, it says they are not formatted. And when I try to format them, it says that the drive cannot be formatted...
Suggestions?
| My System Specs | | OS Fedora 11 CPU q6600 Motherboard Asus P5E Memory 2GB Crucial Ballistix Graphics Card Nvidia 8500gt PSU Antec Neopower 650W Case Antec 900 Hard Drives 2x Seagate 7200.11 500GB HDDs |
10-19-2009
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That is not a big problem First install older version
ofter that install windows 7 then you will be install successfully | My System Specs | | OS windows 7 CPU AMD Motherboard Asus Memory 1 gb Graphics Card Nvidia Sound Card realtek Monitor(s) Displays 1024*725 Cooling Fan Hard Drives SATA OS Fedora 11 CPU q6600 Motherboard Asus P5E Memory 2GB Crucial Ballistix Graphics Card Nvidia 8500gt PSU Antec Neopower 650W Case Antec 900 Hard Drives 2x Seagate 7200.11 500GB HDDs |
10-20-2009
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#4 | | Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3 |
If your not installing on the raid array then disconnect them and any other unnecessary hardware, Try with the bare minimum, 1 stick of ram, 1 hard drive, 1 graphic card and KB & mouse. You should be successful. Fabe | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built OS Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3 CPU intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz Motherboard Asus P5ND bios 1401 Memory 8 gigs 1066 OCZ Fata1ty Graphics Card EVGA GTX 580 Call of Duty Black Ops Edition Sound Card Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2zs Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24in LCD's 2MS X2 Screen Resolution 1920x1080p @60Hz Keyboard Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX5000 Mouse Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX1000 PSU OCZ 700W GameXtreme Case NZXT Apollo Cooling Corsair H50 CPU/120mm x3 /60mm x2 /Corsair Dominator Ram Hard Drives WD Caviar 500 Black/ WD Caviar 200 Blue Internet Speed Download 19.83 Upload 0.97 Other Info Logitech Z2300 Speakers/ Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones/Avermedia PCI-e Hybrid TV Bravo/Epson NX415 all in one/ 4 Port Powered USB Hub/ LG 10x Bluray Burner /TSST Corp DVDRW External |
10-20-2009
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Well, you have certainly tried many things, but perhaps some questions:
You have a full version of Windows 7?
When you unraided, did you change the bios settings? Any bios updates or reverting to defaults and resetting the values?
Were any of the drives clean or been used by something else. If I had used Linux on a drive, I think I would have wiped it first.
There is a tutorial here about install problems, have you checked that?
Have you tried removing devices or disabling them in the bios, like sound?
This is a total guess, but after a bad install, do you have another computer you could put the drive on to see if any log files might be present explaining the error?
So far, the folks having your type of problem have not posted any resolutions. Maybe they will soon. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebuilt OS Windows 7 x64 CPU i7-930 Motherboard Asus P6T Memory 6 G Graphics Card GTX 480 Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays LG W2753V Screen Resolution 1920x1080 |
10-20-2009
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 CP x64 |

Quote: Originally Posted by mcjugga I seem to be having a lot of trouble getting Windows 7 installed on my PC...
Let me start by posting the specs of my system.
Q6600 CPU
Asus P5E motherboard
2x Seagate 7200.11 500GB HDDs
2GB Crucial Ballistix RAM
Nvidia 8500gt =[
I first had Fedora 11, but decided to switch to Windows 7.
So I put the DVD in, and begun the installation.
Everything seemed fine until the last stage of the installation,"completing installation". I just got a BSOD, but it disappeared before I got a chance to read it.
I tried to install again, but had the same problem at the same place.
This attempt was done with my hard drives in RAID 0...
To try to figure what was causing the problem, I put a third hard drive in, a 500GB Western Digital (I believe...) Hard drive.
I tried the installation again, but this time on the new hard drive and it BSOD'd at the same spot.
At this point, I knew it was either the DVD or my hardware causing this.
I tried installing Windows 7 on another computer I have.
This computer has:
AMD 3200 CPU
ASRock AMN2NF3-VSTA
Some 250GB Western Digital HDD
ATI 1650
It installed perfectly, meaning windows was having some kind of problem with my hardware on the other computer.
So I decided to bring my hard drives down to the other PC, try to install it there, and then bring them back to the other PC, but when it got to the point where you selected which HDD to install windows on, it didn't let me choose them.
I thought maybe there was some kind of problem with RAID, so I un-RAIDed them and then tried.
At this point, the Windows installer didn't even see them, however, the BIOS does detect them.
This happens in both my computers.
When I booted into Windows XP to see if the hard drives were there, I did see them. However, when I try to access them, it says they are not formatted. And when I try to format them, it says that the drive cannot be formatted...
Suggestions? Which partition and disk were you trying to install Windows 7 on?
Are you keeping the Fedora 11, planning on dual booting?
There is a sticky thread with some questions that will help us to understand what we're looking at Questions to use for help with Installation Issues.
Any over clocking CPU, GPU or RAM?
Make sure all non essential devices are removed, only have monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Do you have on board graphics? Take out the graphics card if you can. Use VGA cable if you can.
How much RAM? Some MOBOs have a problem with the amount of RAM and number of cards. Use one card.
Has the BIOS been updated? If not check for update?
Any other cards in the MOBO, TV tuner, Sound card?
Take them out if necessary.
Have only one HD connected.
A couple of people said they solved it by running Disk Check utility. At the Command Prompt, Type chkdsk /r and press Enter.
Let us know if any of these help. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number 76~1.4 OS Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 CP x64 CPU Intel Core i5-750 3.84GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P, SATA 6Gb/s USB 3, f14 Memory 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance CL8 1.5v Graphics Card XFX HD 5770 1GB DDR5 Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889 Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Dell Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Logitech Wave Mouse CM Sentinel PSU Corsair HX650W Case Cooler Master Storm Scout Cooling Corsair H80 2x12cm Noctua NF P12 , 2x14cm case fans Hard Drives Intel X25 M 120GB SSD,
Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache, Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache, Internet Speed Dismal Other Info eSATA ports,
External eSATA Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm,
External USB WD 500GB |
10-20-2009
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#7 | | |
Clear the cmos and set bios to defaults, after that be sure and enable your SATA drives and RAID and other required settings in bios.
Set up your RAID array as before. After that Windows should install for you. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built OS Windows 7 RTM X64 CPU Q9650-4.275GHz, E8600 4.5GHz, E6750-3.8GHz Motherboard Evga 780i FTW Memory G.Skill PC2 9600 1200Mhz 5 5 5 15 2T Graphics Card GTX480 Sound Card Asus Xonar D2 Monitor(s) Displays HannsG Screen Resolution 1680X1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Mouse Logitech G9 PSU ThermalTake Toughpower 1000Watt modular Case ThermalTake XaserV Cooling Xigmatek S1283 Hard Drives GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSD Internet Speed T1 |
10-20-2009
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Found the problem, the default nvidia driver installs and once my computer restarts it blue screens... >_> | My System Specs | | OS Fedora 11 CPU q6600 Motherboard Asus P5E Memory 2GB Crucial Ballistix Graphics Card Nvidia 8500gt PSU Antec Neopower 650W Case Antec 900 Hard Drives 2x Seagate 7200.11 500GB HDDs |
10-20-2009
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A bit of an update...
I managed to install windows 7 with an ati video card plugged in.
Problem is, I am borrowing this card from another computer, so I have to get the Nvidia 8500gt to work.
with the ATI card, everything works fine, I've restarted and shutdown my computer several times and it always boots up fine.
When I put the Nvidia card in, it installs some driver that comes with windows, and then asks me to restart. When I restart, I get the BSOD.
To get back into windows, I just use a restore point.
Anyways, I decided that maybe the official driver from the nvidia site would work. So I got this driver: NVIDIA DRIVERS 191.07 WHQL
I do have the 64bit version of windows 7, and according to this, it works with the 8-series video cards...
Anyways, when I try to install it (with the nvidia 8500gt in) it says that no driver was found that is compatible with my hardware.
Does anyone know why this is, and how I should proceed? | My System Specs | | OS Fedora 11 CPU q6600 Motherboard Asus P5E Memory 2GB Crucial Ballistix Graphics Card Nvidia 8500gt PSU Antec Neopower 650W Case Antec 900 Hard Drives 2x Seagate 7200.11 500GB HDDs |
10-20-2009
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If it is retail then you get MS tech support. They are pretty good with all that money.
Is the card still NVIDIA supportable? 64 bit is a can of worms so I would use any support you already paid for if you've got it. | My System Specs | | Problems Installing... problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:28 PM. |  |