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Same happened to me...
Hi just to let you know, I have been trying to install Windows 7 from Vista from both a 32 bit upgrade and 64 bit clean install - both were hanging on 'Starting Windows' screen. Getting back to Vista gave me a message that Windows & could not be loaded as it was incompatible. I had run the compatibility checker without issue.
Having read your thread, I noted that I have 2 banks of 512Mb RAM (original fit) plus 2 banks 2 Mb RAM = Total 5Mb), which worked fine under Vista. I remove the 4Mb modules, leaving the 2 512Mb (total 1Mb as built) - the install now goes sweet as a nut.
I was using full retail versions so this is a bug in Win 7 - it clearly doesn't like mixed modules of RAM.
Regards
Dave