Problem installing windows 7

ok i m going to try that but if anything comes to your mind please let me know.
Thank you all! myzr7 everything of course!

i ve tried that also Tews!I ve run the setup.exe and when in the screen appeared installing windows or something like that with the microsoft logo on it the dvd drive stoped working and i ve waited and waited and then took the dvd out and back inside the dvd drive and waited...i ve tried everything thats why i m so desperate...(excuse me for my english :) thank tou all for supporting me!)

spawn786 you still haven't answered whether or not you are using the 64-bit version.

I am using the 64-bit version and i said before that i m gonna try the other (32-bit) and i 'll let you know

Guys look at the top of the second page.i ve said that i m going to try that :)

yeah that's all I saw was "ok i m going to try that". I didn't know what that was referring to.

I think maybe we are continuing to try and solve a problem that was already solved by wally on page 1.

hey guys...I am hvaing the exact same issue
windows 7 installed fine on my laptop
and I am trying to install now on dell dimension 5100
the machine passed the installation compatability test with no issues
it installs normally then when it restarts to complete installation I get the Windows Starting screen - but it never changes and the windows logo does not appear either
I have tried both 32 & 64 bit versions - same result with both versions

I did upgrade the dvd drive so it is not the machine's default hardware - but it works fine with everything else
is this a drive issue? - I am planning on trying the partition installation as suggested earlier in this post and I will reply with my results
any other suggestions though would be appreciated