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  1. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional x32
       #1

    problem when installing


    okay i have a weird problem

    i have a copy of W7 ultimate..x86 and x64

    i tried to install it to a blank HDD

    it gets through the select which bit to install, and what language, and does the partition bit...it gets to the install,... and gets stuck on the gathering files.. then shows a message that allocated file are not available.

    i remade my disk, and started my computer..but it doesnt boot the install, it shows the error

    BOOTMGR not found
    ctrl, alt + del to restart
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  2. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #2

    Hello liamf91.



    Did you use the Windows 7 installer to format the partition Windows was on previously?
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  3. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional x32
    Thread Starter
       #3

    is there any program which i can run through like a bootdisk.. which will show me the partitions so i can delete them...and not a copy of windows.
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  4. Posts : 34
    Windows 7, Ubuntu 9.10, Vista
       #4

    Maybe you need to specify the SATA drivers for your motherboard before installation?
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  5. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional x32
    Thread Starter
       #5

    there wasnt anything on it... it was a complete new and clean hard drive
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  6. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional x32
    Thread Starter
       #6

    well considering, it worked before, yeh it must work... i read that i need to use windows recovery thing, to sort the BOOTMGR
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  7. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional x32
    Thread Starter
       #7

    but it wont load my bootdisks
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  8. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #8

    I would suggest, after you have copied out or made back-ups of the data you need to save to external media, use Step One of this tutorial at the link below to do a wipe (secure erase) to the entire Hard Disk Drive, running this then using the outline in Step Two #2 to create/format and mark Active a single 100GB partition using diskpart will get you the best possible space to clean install Windows 7 to.

    SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation

    DISKPART : At PC Startup

    How to Do a Clean Installation with Windows 7


    You shouldn't have to add any drivers at all.
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  9. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional x32
    Thread Starter
       #9

    thanks ill use this if i can get my bootdisks to work

    the weird thing is, the disk i used that showed the install (when i made the partitions)...but now it doesnt work

    my bios is set for my dvd-drive as primary boot, then my HDD
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  10.    #10

    Your DVD is not booting.

    Where did you get Win7? If you burned it yourself, confirm the ISO and burn another DVD using ImgBurn at 4x speed with verify.

    Boot from CD - How to Boot your Computer from a Bootable CD or DVD - Boot to CD If you cannot get the DVD to boot following these steps, repeatedly tap the one-time BIOS Boot Menu key given on first boot screen to choose DVD drive to boot. Make sure "Press Any Key to boot DVD" prompt occurs.
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