windows 7 ultimate x64

[Mathewlisett]

ok, xp 32bit was fine to install etc.

now the windows 7 install seemed to be fine up untill the "completeing installation" part has been active for over an hour.

how long should it take for this to be done?

 

[mckillwashere]

Mine only took about 20 minutes for the entire install. Your A/v or firewall may be blocking the installer creating registry entries for the program.

 

[johngalt]

If you are upgrading it can take a long time (my laptop took somewhere around 3 hours).

If it is a clean install, it really should not take that long - anything over r1.5 hours and I'd stat a new install.

 

[Mathewlisett]

clean install on the vmware workstation , no firewall etc.

and now after a few hours its still visible moving dots on the completeing installation

 

[johngalt]

Hmmmm, not sure what to tell you there. Since this is a VM and not a live system, try forcing it to reboot and see what happens - since you are installing it right now it's not like you'll lose much....

 

[Mathewlisett]

ive now been getting can not install on this hard drive (the one created) even after i delete it and do a totally new set up. so ill rbeoot and see what happens

 

[Mathewlisett]

ok did a chkdisk on the physical drive last night, and it went through ti twice, first time was straight through and the 2nd took a few hours.

so after windows loaded, i started it off ie the vmware and did the setup and it went through swimmingly.

 

[rangerevo8]

a windows7 clean install only takes 15 minutes for me..
i installed 17 times.. and evertime was the same..

 

[johngalt]

Nice. But your installation defaults and setup and hardware may not be the same as this person is using, and this is in a virtual environment.

I performed an upgrade to my laptop that took 1.5 hours - b/c it was an upgrade. I installed to my desktop (clean install) in 23 minutes. I installed to Vbox and it took 45 minutes the first time b/c I loaded the ISO directly to boot and was watching a movie off the same drive.