Stuck at "Setup is loading" screen.. :-(

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  1. Posts : 13
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #1

    Stuck at "Setup is loading" screen.. :-(


    Hello all..
    Trying to install windows 7 on a different partition to multi-boot with windows xp sp3.
    Downloaded the "7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso" file and burned a DVD.
    Booted from the disc and all went well with the "press any key to boot from CD or DVD" / "setup is copying files"..
    Post this screen, the windows logo appeared and it took about 3 minutes for the screen where you choose your language,etc to appear.
    Then comes trouble The screen remained idle for about another 3 minutes before the "Setup is loading" appeared and it stops here forever.... pls help!

    Note: I tried installing from my pen drive as well..., but the same exact result..

    The information requested as below:

    Current Operating System, pre-install
    • Do you have a single OS on your computer, are you planning on multi-booting with this installation? - Yes
    • Are you multi-booting now? - No
    Current Hardware
    • How many internal hard drives (HD) are connected to your system? - One
    • Are they IDE or SATA? _ SATA
    • How many DVD drives are connected to your system? - One
    • Are they IDE or SATA Drives? - IDE
    • Any external HDs used? - No
    • Are they connected by USB or eSATA? - NA
    • Check Disk Management for any HDs listed with a yellow triangle and explanation point? - Checked and none found.
    • Is this a New Clean HD? - No
    • Have you pre-formatted the HD? - Yes, the partition im trying to install Windows 7 on is an empty 100GB NTFS partition.
    Windows 7 installation details
    • Which build number and version of Windows 7 are you installing? - 7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso
    • Are you installing a 32 bit (x86) or 64 bit (x64) OS? - 32bit
    • Where did you get the ISO file from? www.mydigitallife.info
    Installation Media
    • Using a USB memory key? - Tried this one too
    • From another partition or hard disk? - No
    • From a DVD? - Yes
    The procedure and speed of burning the ISO to DVD has been the most frequent cause of installation failure
    • How did you burn the DVD? Briefly describe the steps you used. - Inserted a blank DVD into the writer, just clicked the ISO and clicked Next.
    • Which ISO burning software did you use? - Nero 7 startsmart
    • At what burning speed and with Verify checked? - 16x

    Other
    • Any Over Clocking of the RAM or CPU? - No
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  2. Posts : 13
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Anybody any suggestions? I have seen a couple of threads with the same problem but no solution has been mentioned there as well
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  3. Posts : 120
    Win 7 Ultimate x64 & x86
       #3

    I see you burned the DVD at 16x.... how about doing it at the slowest speed your program will allow. Sometimes burning that fast can cause issues. That's the only thing I can think of if it is stuck on Loading startup... at that point I don't think it is looking at your hardware.
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  4. Posts : 13
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Hi.. thanks for your reply.. guess the dvd is ruled out as the trouble causer... a few hours back, i tried running the same setup via this dvd on my other intel p4 system.. And it worked like a charm..! (I just proceeded with a few steps to test it and not finish the entire installation, noticed that the stages were much much faser than it was on my AMD system)
    What could be conflicting with this system?
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  5. Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       #5

    Try clearing the cmos first. Worked for me and I was having the same problem.

    Just be sure and renable your SATA drives and other important stuff.
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  6. Posts : 13
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    I read somewhere that updating the BIOS would help and found that mine was a bit old version.. so had the BIOS updated (which is equiavalent to having the CMOS cleared...) i got the "BIOS checksum error, press F1 to continue " message during the next reboot which is an indication of a successful flash...
    any other suggestions?
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  7. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #7

    Well, as others have suggested in separate threads, try disconnecting all non-essential hardware from your computer and running Setup again.
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  8. Posts : 1,797
    Windows 7 Ulti. x64
       #8

    Karthik, Welcome to SevenForums
    Thanks for taking the time to enter all your specs and answer the questions. Have you tried to remove the 500 gig stick of ram. Win 7 has been seen to have problems with odd ram configs. Good luck to you with this .
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  9. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #9

    500 gig ram stick?? I gotta get me one of those!!!
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  10. Posts : 13
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Jonathan King said:
    try disconnecting all non-essential hardware from your computer and running Setup again.
    All that i have connected apart from the 2 ide optical drives and the SATA hard disk is the ps/2 keyboard, usb mouse, the graphic card and a tv tuner card..

    will try disabling the usb mouse but i'm afraid i dont have the expertise to have my pci & pci-e cards removed from the mobo.. is there a way to have them disabled?

    also, read somewhere that you need to have proper SATA drivers installed in case you are using a SATA HDD? Is there really something called a SATA driver as xp/vista/7 automaticallly detects them.. i searched the entire net and was not able to fine one provided by either seagate or asus...

    Additionally, i just updated the driver for my tv tuner card...
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