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clean install over XP Pro
I'm trying to install W7 on my wife's PC that currently has Windows XP Pro SP3 32 bit. The PC is a year old and has AMD II X250 cpu's on an ASUSTeK Computer INC. M3N78-EM motherboard with 4 Gb RAM and a 500 Gb hard disk, a NVIDIA GeForce 8300 display adaptor and an Iiyama 17 " monitor.
When it first failed I thought it was due to only having 1.85 Gb free of 60 Gb on drive C, so I used Easus to delete drive E with 437 Gb and increase drive C to be the whole 500 Gb. Still no joy, so I looked at the installation guides on the web and realised I had to change the boot sequence in the BIOS so that the CD drive came bvefore the hard disk.
If I try to boot from the W7 Home Premium family pack CD I get the option to boot from CD or DVD, which I accept by hitting a key. The screen then displays "Starting Windows" with a progress bar, after which the Microsoft logo is displayed and then finally the Windows 7 splash screen is displayed. After this, nothing further happens. The mouse cursor moves with the mouse but the keyboard doesn't appear to be active. The CD continues to spin for a while before it too gets bored and shuts down.
If I start running XP and then use Windows Explorer to start the setup.exe on the CD I get an error message telling me that I have the incorrect version for the PC.
I've tried looking for a solution on the internet but so far have drawn a blank, all instructions have the belief that at the stage I reach I should be seeing the installation dialogue.
When I installed W7 on my PC I didn't get the dialogue that I expected about formatting the hard disk, but at least the installation started and succeeded, that was on a Vista Home Premium and I guess it was an upgrade install as there is a windows.old file on the PC now.
If anyone can please help me with this I'd be very grateful.
regards,
Trevor