Windows 7 wont install.

[reece86]

Hi first time to these forums. have a problem installing windows 7, about a week ago got a 7 disc sent to me tried to install, started to install itself but then stopped and a error message came up , (The files may be corrupt or missing.
Make sure all files required for installation are available and restart the installation.
Error code: 0x80070241) Tried all day redoing it, even did a system recovery back to factory. so the guy then sent me the ISO image on a usb drive burnt the image to disc and still wont work. anyone got any answers? thanks guys in advance.

 

[Tews]

The first thing that comes to mind is always know where the ISO image came from .... Microsoft/Official partner, or was it downloaded from a torrent site.. it sounds like it came from option # 2... Here is a link for Windows 7 Enterprise Edition ... it is good for 90 days ... Get it legally -=> here

 

[zigzag3143]

99% of the time its a bad image, or bad burn

 

[reece86]

No its real I would never trust something enough from a torrent as big and put it on my computer, its from someone that works at Microsoft. and its Windows 7 Professional.

 

[reece86]

99% of the time its a bad image, or bad burn

well thats what we thought first thats why he sent the usb drive, we thought maybe my disc drive could not read it cause it wasnt strong enough.

 

[Tews]

No its real I would never trust something enough from a torrent as big and put it on my computer, its from someone that works at Microsoft. and its Windows 7 Professional.

Good, I was't accusing you, just getting the unasked question out of the way... You may want to make a small 10gb partition and extract the files from the thumb drive, then run the setup.exe file from there... If you still have problems installing it, then the chances are that you have a bad image... Good Luck...

 

[reece86]

How do I make a new partition? and extract the iso onto it?

 

[reece86]

anyone?

 

[Dave76]

How do I make a new partition? and extract the iso onto it?

You can find a lot of very good tutorials at Seven Forums.
The Seven Forums tutorial:

How to Create a New Partition or Volume in Windows 7

You can find many good programs here:
FREE Great Programs for Window 7

7 zip will extract the ISO for you.

 

[reece86]

im doing this for vista so i can load 7 onto my pc.

 

[DocBrown]

What build # & Version of the Win_7 ?
Where did you get the iso file from ?
How did you burn the DVD ? At a slow x4 speed ?
Any Over Clocking of ram or cpu ?
Best to have 2gb ram or less for initial install !
Suggestion, remove everything not essential to loading Win_7, from the system.
No printers, gamepads, second monitors, scanners, external devices, flash drives etc...

 

[reece86]

can i make a new partion and try to install it on there?

 

[reece86]

What build # & Version of the Win_7 ?
Where did you get the iso file from ?
How did you burn the DVD ? At a slow x4 speed ?
Any Over Clocking of ram or cpu ?
Best to have 2gb ram or less for initial install !
Suggestion, remove everything not essential to loading Win_7, from the system.
No printers, gamepads, second monitors, scanners, external devices, flash drives etc...

windows 7 pro
from someone that works for microsoft
slower then 4
overclocking?
nothing else plugged in.

 

[wallyinnc]

windows 7 pro
from someone that works for microsoft
slower then 4
overclocking?
nothing else plugged in.

Reece, I take that you are installing a version (32 or 64bit) compatible with your laptop, right? I couldn't find if it is 64bit capable in its specs
By disconnecting devices Doc meant disabling them in the BIOS. You should have:
Card Reader - 5 in 1 -> disable
Networking - Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g -> disable
Wireless NIC - Acer InviLink 802.11b/g -> disable
Telecom - Fax / modem - 56 Kbps -> disable

let us know

 

[Dave76]

im doing this for vista so i can load 7 onto my pc.

To create a new partition will be the same. There is also a tutorial at the Vistax64 site.

How to Shrink and Create a Partition with Disk Management in Vista

FREE Great Programs for Vista

7 zip will work in vista as well.


If you suspect your installation DVD might be corrupt try this.

You mentioned you got your ISO on a memory stick, copy it to you hard drive then follow the tutorial and you'll have a bootable USB stick. The Seven Forums tutorial will work on your Vista OS.

If you have a minimum 4GB USB memory stick, put Windows 7 on it, it will load faster and no burn errors.

The Seven Forums tutorial explains how to do it.

How to Create a Windows 7 Installation USB Key

This is easy and fast to put on a memory stick, less time then burning to a DVD. It will also install Windows 7 faster.

 

[reece86]

This all so confusing why wont it just do a clean install from the disc. lol

 

[reece86]

would it work if i booted it from the disc at start up?

 

[DocBrown]

If you boot from the DVD right at starup, you should see an option in one of the the lower corners to Format your hard disk for a new clean install

 

[reece86]

Omg guys did it lol finally after a week windows 7 is installed on my PC, you know what i did? booted the install disc from startup. lol thanks for all your help guys. i love this forum, better then the Whirlpool forums where people are mean and pick on you lol.

 

[DocBrown]

Omg guys did it lol finally after a week windows 7 is installed on my PC, you know what i did? booted the install disc from startup. lol thanks for all your help guys. i love this forum, better then the Whirlpool forums where people are mean and pick on you lol.

Congrats reece86


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