Win7-64 installation pauses on the "flower" graphic

[swapjim]

I'm trying to install Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate on a 8-year-old PC and it just pauses on the Windows background graphic (the first graphical screen that you see just after the CD loads files). I'm supposed to see the window where you click Next to proceed with the installation but that window isn't there. I can move the mouse though.

At one point, I left the PC and went to grab some food. When I came back, the window was there. Such a big delay, though, is not normal. And when I proceeded with the installation it, again, paused when it was supposed to unpack the files.

I tried disconnecting the two optical drives and the HDD, and booted from a USB cdrom. Same thing. Tried "Fail Safe Defaults" on BIOS. Nothing. The only PCI card connected is the VGA.

Strange thing is that I installed on this same machine Win7 a few days ago (had to swap HDDs so I need to re-install).

So, what is this? And what can I try?

 

[Iron Woode]

it's an 8 year old PC.

so it's not super fast at installing win7 but so what?

try installing from a usb stick instead.

 

[swapjim]

No no no! It is fast at installing Win7. Have installed multiple times. It's the first time that this delay takes place. I'm suspecting of a hardware failure.

 

[sbpromania]

* Try installing from an USB
* Try burning a new dvd with Windows 7
* Can you provide the specs of your computer?

 

[Raduque]

If it's a spinner drive, it might be failing. Maybe buy an SSD and use that instead? I installed Windows 7 on an ancient AMD S939 PC with 4gb ram and an SSD, and it was about 15 minutes from install to desktop.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I'd try another hard drive and see if it exhibits the same behavior and if its not the drive then reseat/replace the data cable.