Device Manager - Access During Windows 7 Installation

How to Access Device Manager During Installation of Windows 7​

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This tutorial can be used to disable problem devices during install of Windows 7. This can solve some problems including hanging and crashing during installation.

For this tutorial I have selected to do a 'Custom (Advanced)' install on a newly created un-active partition.

Here's How:

1, Boot normally with the Windows 7 DVD in your CD/DVD drive. When prompted to 'Press any key to boot from CD DVD....' just press any key.​

NOTE: You only have 8 seconds to take action​

2, Select your regional settings & click 'Next' to continue

3, Click 'Install Now'

4, Click to accept the terms of the licence agreement then click 'Next'

5, Select the type of install and click 'Next'

6, Click 'Drive options'

7, Click 'New'

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and enter partition size then click 'Apply'

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8, Click 'Next' to start the copying process of the installation




9, Install will restart after the copying process has finished.



Now for Safe Mode:

1, Before bootup, press F8 to enter the boot menu​

2, Select 'Safe Mode' and the boot process will begin

3, Once booted you will be presented with the following warning
NOTE: Do not click 'OK' or press Space/Enter

4, Press SHIFT+F10 to open the Command Prompt

5, Type compmgmtlauncher into Command Prompt and press 'Enter'
NOTE: It can take a few seconds to display Computer Management

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6, Click on 'Device Manager'

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You can now disable (not uninstall) any device that you believe is causing the failure to boot

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E.G. If your GFX card is whats causing the issue then you can disable it, causing Windows to use the default 'Standard VGA Adapter'. Once you have booted to your desktop you can download & install the latest drivers

Related Tutorials

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• How to Add "Device Manager" to "My Computer" Context Menu in Vista and Windows 7​

 

[syed097]

thanks man

 

[Nighthawk7118]

I have been struggeling with this for days. Endless loop without finishing the install. I disabled the video controller and it completed the install. Thanks

 

[Orbital Shark]

I have been struggeling with this for days. Endless loop without finishing the install. I disabled the video controller and it completed the install. Thanks

Glad it worked for you and welcome to the forums

 

[Nighthawk7118]

After W7 updates and restart - apparently there is some problem with loading the settings for my video card. I went back in and disabled it again and every thing seems to work fine except the default windows display setting. I suspect the problem may be with the video card.

 

[Orbital Shark]

Once you disable the video card, Windows will default to the Standard VGA Adapter, you then need to do 1 of the following...

1, Delete the VGA Adapter in Device Manager and reboot, allowing for Windows to configure drivers for the card properly.

2, Download the latest drivers from the manufacturer site then install them


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[Nighthawk7118]

I took no2 and installed the new driver. When it rebooted with the new driver it went to a black screen. Went into safe mode and disabled the driver, rebooted and it works fine - other than the poor graphics. Do you think the video card might be bad?

 

[Dude]

This solved my install. Tried for two days to install seven and it kept hanging. Vista installed but seven wouldn't. Used this and disabled the video card and like magic it finished installing. Thank you!!

 

[Gautamster]

Still nothing worked for me. I did same as according to device manager installation still after completing installation, and after checking video performance and all, still not showing any desktop. The whole installation goes right but still no desktop of window 7. Window xp works fine on the same machine.

 

[cmaro21]

No need to go into Safe Mode

Great tutorial Orbital Shark, I wanted to update you on one thing, you don't need to enter safe mode to do this in between reboots.

Let the computer reboot, once it says "completing installation..." with the infinite loop going on, then Press SHIFT+F10 and type in "compmgmtlauncher" as orbital shark has explained. You can start disabling items on the fly until you see progress with the install. Just go down the list, anything with a yellow ? just disable, my issue was a co-processor driver, about the 10th thing. Once that was gone it finished the install a minute.

Hope that helps some of you.

 

[saravanamuthu]

Hi Orbital Shark,

Thank you very much. I registered in sevenforums just to be able to thank you.

My restart loop problem (30 to 35 restarts), changing different BIOS settings, choosing an unsupported display setting that caused me to open the cabinet to reset BIOS config all came to a good end.

After reaching your post, it took me just 2 minutes to get the Windows 7 installation completed. Thank you for sharing your learning with all of us.

Warm Regards,
K Saravana Muthusamy

 

[kebitorrent]

thank you for the great post... I have one small issue here. Like everyone else I'm trying to install windows 7 on clean partition on acer emachine e725. I think that the problem is in the video card 'cause the installation wont go on after first reboot (just white cursor on the black screen). I've tried compmgmtlauncher command but it wont open window of device manager... is it any other possible way to manually disable video driver? or if you have any other suggestion i would appreciate it...

 

[polferis]

Thank you, thank you so much! I didn't know about this possibility! But I wonder, is possible to install a driver in this mode? I'll try in my first Windows fresh installation, and I'll post here. Thank you again!

 

[bubdrum]

my question may seem somewhat elementary but after you get in device manager and disable the suspected items do you reboot by hitting "OK" on the initial error message that appears when booting to safe mode? Or do you just wait to see if it completes the install ?


Thanks

 

[polferis]

@bubdrum, I tried to install my wireless driver in this way, and it works! After driver installation, you can continue the OS installation, as well. So, you can install any other driver (I think so, but I'm not sure with the display driver). You don't need to boot in Safe Mode.

 

[bubdrum]

I'm still a little fuzzy. I've already booted into safemode before initial startup after OS install and am in the Device manager right now and have disable everything I believe to be causing the install to not work. After I've disabled what I wanted do I need to reboot and let the install complete or will it auto continue once I exit out of device manager?

 

[polferis]

@bubdrum, Reboot in normal mode, of course.

 

[bubdrum]

Thats what I thought, but just wanted to be sure. Thanks for the clarity!!

 

[Dawnyell]

I think my problem is in the VGA (or something) interrupting the installation. My problem right now is that I can't enter safe mode using F8 to enter the devicemanager. For some reason it always goes staight to completinh the installation (where i always get blue screen). Even if I can enter safe mode after the blue screen i still need to reinstall windows due to it being interrupted the first time. An evil circle really. Aby way to enter safe mode other than F8 when windows is installed but I can't access it normally?

Edit: sorry for typos, typing on my phone.

 

[Brink]

Hello Dawnyell, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You might see if you may be able to boot to Safe Mode using a command prompt at boot in Option Three of the tutorial below.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/69585-safe-mode.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Ztruker]

Is there a Windows 8 equivalent for this?