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It seems you may have a bad image on the DVD, you mention somewhere you may be able to download another ISO of Windows 7; though don't go into specifics; that may be your best bet, then use ImgBurn to burn it to DVD and try that?
Yes, that is my next step to try and fix this after I ruled out the concept of a bad optical. I have read that faulty RAM (although I don't believe this to be the case) can be of cause. So I have downloaded memtest86+ but I have no idea how to use it using a USB - could you provide me with some instructions?
I believe the method in this tutorial will show a way to add Memtest86+ to a bootable USB stick; you do know a USB stick has to be capable of being booted from, not all are.
Install Windows 7 from USB Pen Drive/External Hard Disk Using Grub4Dos
Okay, thankyou very much. I am also concerned that as I continue to repeat this process of failed installations while an ISO downloads - if I luck out like I obviously did on my original installation that when the computer restarts during the installation pocess the BIOS structure with it booting from USB as first priority will loop the installation process as opposed to continuing on and booting from the intalled files on the internal hard drive. Does this make sense? Should I pull the USB external hard drive as soon as it restarts (if I am lucky?).
If there is nothing at all on the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that you would not want to lose, have a look at this tutorial at the link below; it over-writes everything, all the previous Windows code and any/all data and gives you a clean slate to start the install to; doing this has helped others in similar situations.
SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation