Windows 7 64bit does not install on dual boot system

[Sari]

1. I have Windows XP Sp3 (32bit)
2. I clean installed Windows 7 Professional (64bit) on a different partition for a dual boot.
3. Windows 7 installed nicely. I was on my new desktop.
4. Went to have coffee and chat with the neighbor
5. Came back and the new Windows 7 hung there, and my taskbar disappeared. Desktop with nothing on it.
6. Restarted my system, chose Windows 7 to load, got to the 'windows starting' with the nice colored logo. And then... Black screen and system hang. Tried again, same thing.
7. Reinstalled Windows 7. Got through untill the last part of installation, again got to the logo, and then black screen and system hang.

Now I can't finish installing.
My Xp Sp3 still boots and functions perfectly.

Any sugestions

 

[Dandukovic]

Probably some installation problems.... I have MacBook Pro and I run OSX Snow Leopard and Windows 7 64 bit without any problems.

 

[Dave76]

Welcome to Seven Forums Sari,

Nice job on the system specs. Is it a custom build or OEM?

Are you saying in #3 that Win7 installed and was fully functional?

Did you format the partition on the second attempt?

Are you using a MS DVD or a down load iso file?

Download and run the Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor from XP. Let us know what it says.

Have a look at this sticky thread and answer as many questions as you can, this will help us to give better suggestions.

Questions to use for help with Installation Issues

With some more information we can proceed.

 

[Sari]

Thanks for the welcome Dave.
My system is a custom build. I score music for film and TV, as well as produce records. So most of my work is in pro audio.

- Actually on the first install (#3 in my original post) Win7 imstalled and was functional, for about 20 minutes.
- I did not reformat the partition on the second attemp.
- I am using a MS DVD.
- I had downloaded Win 7 Upgrade Advisor, and had not found major problems. Or maybe I thought they were not. I will send you what it says as soon as I get in front of my computer. I'll check the sticky thread.

Thanx again.

 

[torrentg]

You could try booting to vga mode and uninstalling the video driver in device manager by right clicking on your graphics card. Then reboot normally and see what happens.

I don't think it will fix it, but it is easy enough to try with minimal effort.

 

[Sari]

Dave,

Here's what Win 7 Upgrade Advisor came up with.
Basically everything was cool except the following:

Intel(R) Management Engine Interface Not Compatible with Windows 7.
D-Link Wireless N USB Adapter DWA-130 Download new driver.

Actually there are no win7 drivers for my D-Link DWA-130. I'll try the Vista 64bit one. Also I had unplgged it when installing Win7.
Could the Intel(R) Management Engine Interface be my problem?

Sari

 

[Dave76]

Sari,

The Intel(R) Management Engine Interface driver would be a good place to start.

Still looking for info on the Intel(R) Management Engine Interface, Intel says to use your OEM driver, lot of help there.
Since your going from 32bit to 64bit you will need a 64bit driver.

I found this article from Intel, it's not much help but explains it somewhat.
Management Engine Interface (MEI) and Serial over LAN (SOL) Device Driver Compatibility in Windows 7.
I'll let you know if I find anything more on this.

Your Vista 64bit drivers for my D-Link DWA-130 should work, if it doesn't like it, install it in Vista compatible mode.


EDIT:
Found this Intel® ME: Management Engine Driver for Intel 3 Series Chipset-Based Desktop Boards, down load it and put on a USB key.

Re-install Win7, format the partition, and add the driver at: Custom (advanced) > click on Load Driver, and point it to your USB key. It's a Vista 64bit driver, if it doesn't load the first time, load it in Vista compatibility mode.

For reference: Clean Installation with Windows 7
Step #8 in the tutorial to ad drivers.

For more installation tutorials have a look at this sticky thread: Tutorial quick reference list for Installing Windows 7

Let us know if it installs.

 

[Sari]

Dave,

Thanx for the prompt reply. Will follow your directions. I'll keep you posted.

 

[Sari]

Dave,

Here's where I'm at:

I'm reinstalling Win7 from DVD. When I boot my system I get the message: 'Select CD-Rom Boot type' I can choose 1 or 2. Only 1 is a good choice. If I choose 2 I get 'Non-system disk' message.

I continue install and at custom>advanced when I try to load my Intel ME Interface driver (Vista 64) I get te message that 'No signed devices were found ...' I don't have the option to load in Vista Compatiblity Mode. (any ideas on why!)

But I continue installation ... I get to 'complting installation' and then ...I get Black Screen fore about 2 minutes. Then system then reboots on its own. I get the dual boot option screen, I choose windows 7, and continue to a Black Screen. Win 7 does not complete it's installation.

P.S. If I bootto XP SP3 I can see the new win7.



Sari

 

[Sari]

Solved

Dave,

I restarted with F8 switch and selected low res video mode. And ... Yeah win7 started beautifully. Adjusted my screen res. And life is good again.

Thanks for your support.

Sari

 

[Dave76]

Your welcome,

Glad that you got it working.

You have good trouble shooting skills.

Let us know if there's any other questions.

 

[TheEggman]

same problem no dual boot with win xp

Hi this is my first post here and I am glad to have found this useful forum. I have the same problem with a new clean installation of Windows 7 64 bit hanging after all steps of installation except boot up to the OS (i.e., like 75% completed and hangs after final reboot of system). I am also dual booting from separate hard drives. My XP SP3 32bit home edition is on my Raptor drive and Win 7 64 was installed onto the brand new Vertex SSD after clean format. I have run the upgrade advisor with no real hardware issues other than it indicates that my GTX 295 is not aero compliant (??). Some things to help:

1. I purchased the 64bit edition via a download with a licence key and made the ISO boot disc
2. all SATA drives are set a legacy IDE mode (I have not tried ICHA mode becasue it seems one can lock onself out of the BIOS this way (??)
3. Three reinstalls of the Win 7 OS have not helped and 1 reformat of the SSD
4. XP boots up fine when selected during POST
5. I have flashed to the most recent BIOS for my Mobo (F12)
6. I have set my system OC back to default and reinstalled with no luck
7. I have NOT tried taking out my GTX 295 and booting up in Win 7 (hope to avoid this if possible but will do if necessary)
8. I have unplugged all USB devices and reinstalled to no avail

That's about it. I would really appreciate any feedback to help as it has been very frustrating and especailly with the new SSD. I am Jonsing to get Win 7 working on it.

system includes:

Gigabyte GA P35c DRS3 rev 1.1
Q6600 @3.6
4gb Dominator 1066 @ 1045
GTX 295
X-Fi XtremeGamer
Vertex 120gb SSD
Raptor 150gb
WD 500gb

thanks

TheEggman

 

[torrentg]

Hi.

Try making a USB key instead of burning. Then install from USB.

You'll have to set your bios to boot from USB. In many cases, to do that, you have to select HDD as first device and then choose the correct USB device.

 

[TheEggman]

thanks but why would this differ from a USB key. I beleive my DVD to be fine and was burt at 2x.

 

[torrentg]

There's plenty of reasons, one of them being the burning of the DVD. It's an unnecessary step and prone to failure.

Also, contrary to popular belief, the fastest speed to burn is best because the drive is designed to burn that way.

My advice is make a USB key and it will save you lots of trouble....like I said, for reasons other than just a bad burn.

 

[TheEggman]

OK thanks I will give this a go.

cheers!

 

[TheEggman]

Hey torrentg I looked at your avatar (I dont know why just curious) and are those paradigm studio monitors with the real oak finish circa 1998 or so ? I have the same if so....

 

[torrentg]

Heh heh cool! but no.

It's a Mesa/Boogie speaker cabinet for guitar amps.

 

[TheEggman]

solved windows 7 hang on final installation

Hi. Thanks all for the suggestions here. Unfortunately, the USB drive install made not difference. I always suspected my video driver was the culprit and I was right. I solved my installation with the help of this post below. It really worked well and after installing the latest Nvidia drivers for my GTX 295, I am in the money. Now I have a stable overclocked dual boot system and I am enjoying Win7 with TRIM functionality for my SSD. Life is good. MS needs to fix this issue however as many of us have high end video cards and spending a week trying to install their product is not a good way to sell Win 7. Nonetheless it is a very nice OS.

In the instructions below I left mine to the balnk screen and hit reset and selected Win 7 from the dual boot menu and then got the ioptiond for booting in safe mode, but here I hit shift f10 and she worked for me and I followed the reamining instructions. excellent!

The solution is as posted by Zidane in the following post and further elaborated from another post that I have lost the link to.

cheers,

eggman




Let me copy his solution here and add a couple of useful comments for anyone else reading this:

IF YOU REACH A BLACK SCREEN WITH A CURSOR DURING THE WINDOWS 7 INSTALL THE FOLLOWING COULD HELP.

When installing Windows 7 let it get to the part where it reboots (for the second time) just after the' completing installation' stage. When it restarts press F8 and boot the new install in safe mode.

Alternatively leave the install running until you reach the 'black screen' and do a hard reboot (hold power for 5 seconds). On restart you'll be asked if you want to boot into safe mode, click 'yes'.

While booting in safe mode you'll eventually get an error saying "setup cannot continue in safe mode. click ok to reboot". don't press OK!. Press shift F10 and type "compmgmt.msc" and hit enter. When the computer management screen comes up go to device manager and disable the video card (not uninstall it). You will still get video so don't worry.

Close device manager and click 'ok' on the message and continue the install as normal, alternatively just do a reset. When the machine reboots this time you should have video, albeit it at a crippled resolution.

 

[gregrocker]

Black screen with cursor flashing during Win7 install is becoming a daily thing here.

Zidane's fix works often enough it should be stickied.

Hopefully this will help bump it on Google.