Windows 7 installation hangs up


  1. poptart
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    Windows 7 installation hangs up


    I had a disc for Windows 7 that I could not get to work.

    I copied it to a flash drive and was able to launch the installation process with no problem.

    The process got to the installation step -- Copied files, but never got to the "Expand files" section.

    Any ideas?
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  3. zigzag3143
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    poptart said:
    I had a disc for Windows 7 that I could not get to work.

    I copied it to a flash drive and was able to launch the installation process with no problem.

    The process got to the installation step -- Copied files, but never got to the "Expand files" section.

    Any ideas?
    You copied a bad dvd onto usb making a bad USB installer. dowbload the image again and re-burn
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  4. poptart
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    The disc would not open on my computer, but did on my wife's computer.

    So I copied it to the flash drive and used the flash drive on my computer.

    Are you sure the dvd is bad? Or could it be just a problem with my machine reading the disc?
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  6. Shinobi73
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    Looks like it can only read the first part of the disk but does not complete the setup.
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  7. poptart
    Posts : 7
    windows xp
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    Fixed


    I recopied the files to the flash drive a second time and everything loaded just fine.

    Thanks for the help. I am sure I will have other problems
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