Win 7 Installation wont complete

[greganka]

Hello
I have a sony vaio laptop and i'm trying to reinstall it. I tried the USB key, DVD drive nothing seems to work. i swapped the RAM -> nothing. I put the hard drive in my other computer the install did work! but when i put it back into the laptop win 7 cannot start up and the startup repair wont work.
i put my other hdd in the laptop it works! its so frustrating i cannot seem to install it anymore has been trying it for days now. I tried Win 7 home premium x32 and x64, Win 7 ultimate x32.

The first few times i got this error
Error 0x80070570
but now it goes on and doesnt come up but when it restarts at the installation and trying to set up computer for use then it crashes saying it cannot be optimized for the hardware.

Oh i also tried win xp pro x32 but blue screen at the beggining of the install...
please help

 

[theog]

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

 

[gregrocker]

Unplug all other HD's and peripherals,

Boot into BIOS setup to enable Legacy BIOS if present. Next check BIOS Boot order for an EFI Boot Disk and if present remove it, set DVD drive first to boot, HD second. Then set SATA controller to AHCI. Save changes and Exit.

Then boot into installer DVD or flash stick burned or written using tool and latest ISO for your licensed OS version here.

At first installer screen Press Shift + F10 to open a Command Box, type:

DISKPART
LIST DISK
SELECT DISK 0 (after confirming Windows 7 target HD #)
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=102400 (for 100gb partition, adjust as desired)
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="WINDOWS 7"
ACTIVE
EXIT
EXIT

Next click Install Now to Clean Install Windows 7 to the partition you created. If it fails then report back at which step and the verbatim error message.

In addition read over these steps to understand the tools and methods which work best to get and maintain a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7. The steps are the same for retail.

 

[greganka]

i think the hard drive works fine since it was working in my other comp no problem...
but i will test it. now i got hiren's boot cd and testing the memory and other stuff. i will post the results soon

i just dont know why do older installs run fine on the laptop and the new one doesnt... :/

 

[gregrocker]

Where did you get Win7? Did you burn the disk yourself? Burn another ISO using the link provided.

How do you plan to activate Win7?

 

[greganka]

i got a home premium serial key with the laptop i bought. but honestly i would be happy enough even to get the trial working but theres nothing!! :S
win 7 burned it myself but i used like 4-5 different ones so far.
win xp original

for usb versions i used YUMI and it should work because it did work on my other comp. so theres no problem with the usb and the images

 

[gregrocker]

What trial? There is no trial version of Win7. Use the Product Key for the licensed version you have. If you have Upgrade version then leave the key blank during install and afterwards do the quick registry workaround in Option 3 of Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version to Activate Upgrade version on a wiped HD.

What happens when you run the steps I first gave you? They are quite specfiic and solve Installation problems in more than half of cases.

 

[greganka]

the mem test is still running when its done ill try your solution.
you can give the serial number later (thats what i meant by trial.)
and im always doing clean install. i format and delete the hard drive. then create the new partition and format again then install windows 7

 

[greganka]

Still getting Error 0x80070570

 

[greganka]

i got another hard drive formated it and did a clean install. it was working fine in my desktop i even went on the internet to download chrome and all the windows updates but when i put it into the laptop it comes all the way to "Starting Windows..." then quick blue screen and restart

 

[gregrocker]

You most often need to sysprep Win7 on original hardware before moving it to new hardware: SysPrep to move HD to another computer

What was the SATA controller setting and was there EFI BIOS on the problem PC?

What are the results of HD diagnostics and Disk Check run from installer's Command Line?

 

[greganka]

Seems like there is no problem with the hard drive. However i did a mem check in hiren's boot cd and several of them failed. The thing is i switched the RAM from my friend's sony vaio laptop and it still didn't work. Any ideas?
Manufacture warranty expired about a month ago and i dont wanna throw this out it was way too expensive to be a 1 year thing.

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.


A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
103424 file records processed. File verification completed.
125 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. 2 EA records processed. 44 reparse records processed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
143142 index entries processed. Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned. 0 unindexed files recovered. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
103424 file SDs/SIDs processed. Cleaning up 3089 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3089 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3089 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
19860 data files processed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
37239008 USN bytes processed. Usn Journal verification completed.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.

488282111 KB total disk space.
24737408 KB in 80207 files.
62712 KB in 19861 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
222471 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
463259520 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
122070527 total allocation units on disk.
115814880 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
00 94 01 00 ef 86 01 00 c1 26 03 00 00 00 00 00 .........&......
90 00 00 00 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....,...........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

 

[greganka]

"A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine"

 

[gregrocker]

You need RAM precisely spec'd for your specific PC before using it. To do this google the PC make/model + memory upgrade to see what choices are presented, compare them by running Crucial System Scanner software to find out what type of memory is in your computer.

Then change to the Google Shopping view to compare prices and availability for ordering your exact specified RAM, or go to the parts counter at a store like Tiger Direct, CompUSA or MicroCenter where they will spec it for you, sell it for a decent price, then be able to replace easier it if it doesn't work.

Until then remove the RAM you moved from another PC without spec'ing it first.

If there is any question about the exact specs, post back here for help.

 

[greganka]

the other laptop is exactly the same type and model.

 

[gregrocker]

Then do extended 6-8 passes or overnight tests of RAM - Test with Memtest86+ testing sticks and slots to isolate the problem RAM or slot.

Is this the same exact model mobo for both?