Windows 7 wont boot up after installing

[alzdaman]

Hi,

I recently tried to install Windows 7 Ultimate on to a separate IDE Hard Drive but I have failed. I unplugged everything but just my DVD Drive and Hard Drive from the motherboard (the DVD Drive is connected to the Hard Drive through a IDE Cable to the motherboard).

I pressed F12 to boot from the DVD Drive and started the installation. Everything was going fine with the installation, I got to where it says preparing your pc for first use, I get to a "Welcome" screen, then it says "Shutting Down" immediately after. The pc reboots but fails to load up Windows 7 at all, it just reboots in a loop with nothing. I've tried reinstalling again and again and I cant get past this.

Anybody got any ideas as to why this is happening?

Al

 

[gregrocker]

Try booting into Safe Mode to update your display driver.

Check for any other drivers in error in Device Manager.

Check also the Event Viewer or Diagnostics>Performance log for logged errors revealing the cause of shutdown.

 

[krazeegal]

Hi - i am having the same problem as Alzdaman - does anyone have a solution - i have removed all devices - but alas. I am sure my bios needs to be updated but i dont have a floppy drive - i will try and update bios and see if that works.
BTW - i ran upgrade from Vista - so it should at least give me the option of dual boot option - shouldnt it?

 

[gregrocker]

Hi - i am having the same problem as Alzdaman - does anyone have a solution - i have removed all devices - but alas. I am sure my bios needs to be updated but i dont have a floppy drive - i will try and update bios and see if that works.
BTW - i ran upgrade from Vista - so it should at least give me the option of dual boot option - shouldnt it?

Try booting from DVD to Custom install.

 

[krazeegal]

I am up and running - i created a bootable USB and booted up from that - i removed the USB flash drive once i was in Win 7 and then restarted - it booted straight up and into Win 7 - i have checked device manager and all seems to be fine - holding thumbs cos i just ran all the updates and installed software etc

Hope this helps you.

 

[alzdaman]

I should have said in my original message that my mobo has only 1 IDE port on it so I have an IDE card that the HD I was trying to install 7 onto is plugged into. I think the IDE card is what is causing me problems. I might try the bootable usb option and see how that goes.

Al

 

[gregrocker]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2432-usb-windows-7-installation-key-drive-create.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31541-windows-7-usb-dvd-download-tool.html?filter[2]=General%20Tips

 

[johnm32073]

are you using an upgrade or full version???
new computer you built If you you are upgrading go with clean install if you have an upgrade disk. Need more info on the computer you putting it on

 

[johnm32073]

I have a new computer I built I put vista ultimate on it 64 bit then two weeks later win7 came out so I bought w7 Pro upgrade and Bought another hard drive and installed w7 onto it using clean install.I have two hard drives vista on one and w7 on the other I only use w7

 

[alzdaman]

johnm32073 - I am using a full version of windows 7 Ultimate. I'm getting another hd later today and going to try install 7 onto that so I'll let you know how it goes.

My specs:
OS: Windows XP, CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz, Motherboard: MSI P965 Platinum
Memory: 2GB PC4200 DDR2, Graphics Card: Radeon X800 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E
Monitor: Displays IIyama 19" ProLite X486S Monitor, PSU: 550w
Hard Drives: Quantum Fireball 40GB IDE Western Digital 150GB IDE
Hitachi Deskstar 400GB SATA2

gregrocker - thanks for the USB link!