Endless Loop


  1. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
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    Endless Loop


    There have been several comments in this forum that a problem has been encountered while installing W7, ie process fails, then starts again in an endless loop.

    I am still waiting for my copy of W7, due tomorrow. I am wondering, since, I am not going to change partition size, or delete any partitions, I can boot from the hd and still do a clean install. Do you think that this will reduce the possibilty of my encountering the dreaded endless loop?
    Last edited by richc46; 26 Oct 2009 at 11:59. Reason: typo
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  2. Posts : 1,419
    Windows 7 7600 1 X64
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    richc46 said:
    There have been several comments in this forum that a problem has been encountered while installing W&, ie process fails, then starts again in an endless loop.

    I am still waiting for my copy of W7, due tomorrow. I am wondering, since, I am not going to change partition size, or delete any partitions, I can boot from the hd and still do a clean install. Do you think that this will reduce the possibilty of my encountering the dreaded endless loop?
    Welcome to Windows 7 Rich.
    Refer to the top of the forum for installation tutorials.
    As suggested success is achivable by copying the disk contents on to a partition in C:\ drive, making the partition bootable and running the installation.
    For further information refer to the Sticky's at the top of the forum.

    Regards,
    Adrian
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  3. Posts : 1,607
    Windows 7 x64 finally!
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    Rich, I wish I could respond for sure, but many of those cases either go unsolved or have different reasons for it to happen.

    Take a look at this sticky, it contains several things that can be sources for installation problems: Questions to use for help with Installation Issues

    In your case, if it fails I would start by trying to install with only one memory stick and without the graphincs card (if you have onboard graphics). In any case, a clean install is the recommended way to go, so that is a good start.

    Good luck and let us kknow
    Last edited by wallyinnc; 26 Oct 2009 at 11:56. Reason: and Adrian just beat me to it while I was slow typing...
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  4. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
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    I feel that the problem may have been caused by an error on the part of the computer owner. I know, I have two options, regarding booting from the DVD. I can set my computer to boot from the DVD once or make it a permanent change. If I make it a permanent change, any error that is encoutered that will make the computer shut down and then reboot, will cause an endless cycle. I bet this is the primary reason for the problem on a clean install.
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