Common Installation Problems and Their Solutions

MosesBleek said:

Hello people,

Im having lots of problems with windows 7, whenever I try and install (both 32 or 64 bit edition) it would either hang at 36% (very rarely) or it would go through the whole process, restart to "installation complete" process and then 30secs into that it hangs (almost everytime). There is no BSOD or error messages, just a freeze. I know you've mentioned stripping the desktop to the bare minimum but just incase my problem might be a little more precise that you folks might have come across?

Many thanks for your time and support.

How long are you waiting, Try leaving it overnight.

I know you've mentioned stripping the desktop to the bare minimum but just incase my problem might be a little more precise that you folks might have come across?

Just try the solutions one by one, and if none of them work, post back.

Hi Jonathan,

How long are you waiting, Try leaving it overnight.

During the installation you can physically see the dots moving and actually move the mouse cursor around.... when it freezes none of these activities indicate movement ie.. mouse cursor fails to move, and dots stay stationary. I have waited a couple of hours before to see if its loading a large file or something but still no indication from the hard-drive..just a strong blue light which stays on, which could be another sign.

Just try the solutions one by one, and if none of them work, post back

I've given up, it will take considerable time just to see if windows 7 would work, Just installed windows XP, without halting without freezing, without stripping it. And it works like a charm.. feels like another gimmick from Microsoft. Anyway thanks for your help and support. Wish you all the best with windows 7,
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Tadaaaa, Fixed it! my problems consisted of memory RAM, Sound Card and Mass Storage Controller driver, and other stuff related to the motherboard drivers. Huge thanks to the guys (dolls?) who mentioned about keeping the system to the bare minimum.

**Recommended Reading if your installation keeps Freezing and after installation...**
Requirements:
1) Make sure you have a DAY OFF.. this **** will take time.
2) Watch the news on regular intervals...there are serious world problems out there other than your PC not working (feel good factor).
3) You must...a big must get the correct/updated drivers for your wireless or network adapters..need the internet for downloads... oh and if you got your motherboard drivers.. that would also help.

First off

As mentioned above in all the posts.. strip any extra hardware that isn’t essential such as memory RAM, if you have onboard sound and a pci sound card...take the pci sound card out (this was what caused some of my problems). Take out extra usb connections etc etc. Your installation should go through just fine (If not then prob your ram sticks need replacing). Installation Problem Solved...

Next problem...
Windows kept freezing randomly.... Run windows in safe mode.. and begin searching & updating all your drivers through safe mode (this is why it’s important to have the internet access). Go into device manager and pluck away at the problematic hardware’s, (the ones with explanation marks) some of the problems with mine were motherboard drivers. Download good registry management software... like 50% of the issues were bad registries that win7 had made. After I had cleaned up on that my machine was running smooth. Get a good anti-virus and internet security program...just so that you’re not camping on bad viruses. Do all the updates through windows update... hopefully you begin to notice your machine running smooth.

Recap:
1) Be prepared to spend alot of time on this.
2) Take out additional non-essential hardware, as discussed above by the grand master posts before me (cheers guys..(dolls?).
3) Get the latest updates for all drivers and motherboard drivers.
4) slowly put additional hardware back in one by one.
5) Download: 1) Registry management software (I used Registry Booster) and clean up your registries. 2) Anti-Virus and Internet Security Software.
6) Keep checking for updates and actively do this as this (it’s a new OS by Microsoft lol).

Hope this helps anyone who thought they were knee deep in it. Again guys thanks for all the help before.. but the **** made sense in the end...

"...At least with windows your guaranteed to face a problem, a problem which you actively engage to solve and learn something technical and then help others with this problem; instead of looking at a student with a cheap t-shirt telling you what you need to buy to sync with your MAC...”

Exactly what happens the very next second after you tun on your machine?

All working well, BUT

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I get - Error code 80070103

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