I have been trying to either clean install windows 7 or preferably restore a system image. The problem is in both cases they run about 3 -6 minutes and my screen goes blank and hdd activity ceases (hdd light stops showing activity). What to do? To verify problem wasn't the computer, linux installs fine. The only thing that seems to be written before failure is the 100mb system reserve file, viewed in linux live distro.
Bad disk ?
Where did it come from ?
Did you actually install Linux on the hard drive ?
Last edited by AddRAM; 19 Jan 2015 at 18:41.
I'll answer both.
The disk is from msdn - I used to run the msdna software program at a local university. The disk has been used at least 40 times, and is scratch free.
The image was made on the same machine, before i went away to linux for a bit. The image was created in windows, with their image option to an external drive.
The original win install was done with the same disk.
Linux has been on the hdd since 10.12.14. Before that windows. The windows that was imaged.
The drive has to be wiped of linux code using Diskpart and the clean command with your install dvd at 1st boot.
Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
Same problem after running clean command, then attempting.
Will format then try. Was ext4.
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