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Windows 7 Installation Freezes On My New Build
My Windows 7 installation freezes every time at the "starting windows" screen right after the little orbs come together to form the windows logo. I have let it sit there for hours and nothing changes. I am doing a fresh installation on a new build.
It seems I have literally tired everything to get this to work (changing bios settings, unplugging unessential usb connections, etc.). When I boot in safe mode the installation gets further along to the "windows is configuring your computer for first time use" but eventually just leads to an error saying that setup cannot finish in safe mode and requires a reboot.
My guess is that maybe this is some sort of driver issue? I have no way of installing any drivers though if I cant even get the OS to install. I am getting extremely frustrated with this and I am amazed that its not working. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
specs:
motherboard: msi p55m-gd41
graphics card: Nvidia GTS 250 512MB
2 x 1GB DDR3
Intel i3 530
250GB Maxtor HD