Windows 7 RC1 installation problem

[londo342]

I have an install prob with RC1
Cannot get the win 7 (64bit) install to work. Sata HD, tried SATA & AHCI in the bios. The DVD says loading files, then the new win7 splash screen comes up.
I dont get the window to do anything after this. Nice blue background and a cursor. Curser isnt frozen though. Updated bios to the most recent version.
Thought it might be a bad disk so I made a USB stick, same result. can't get past the blue screen. Tried another HD drive ? same result.
Tried using an x86 DVD version same result. Running setup for the x86 from Win XP lets me install 7 though. For the life of me I can't work out what is going on.

Maybe somthing about AHCI, but I have tried all the combinations in the bios.

ASUS M3N78-EH mthbd
Phenom 8450
6 GB 1066 ddr3
WD 2500AA.
ATI 4850

Any suggestions?

 

[egale]

How long have you let it sit there? I did an upgrade last night and it took almost 2 1/2 hours! Seems really really slow.

 

[Linflas]

When I did the install on a machine at home it took a long time to get through a couple of those screens but I forced myself to be patient. I suspect that the issue in my case may have had something to do with a IDE-SATA dongle I had hooked up to the IDE port on my system to squeeze out and extra SATA port since that seemed to cause some issues once I had the system up and running as well. When I installed it on an old HP d530 at work the install was actually much quicker than Vista.

 

[Modelworks]

Did you verify the disc that you burned ?
A bad burn can cause all sorts of issues.

 

[Bozo Galora]

http://social.technet.microsof...9c0-ac27-212abaa4f66e/

 

[Bozo Galora]

http://www.nero.com/redir.php?id=4553

32-bit Windows 7 RC Build 7100 is accompanied by the following info:
MD5: 8867C13330F56A93944BCD46DCD73590 and
64-bit of the Release Candidate for Windows 7 comes with
MD5: 98341AF35655137966E382C4FEAA282D

 

[phantom404]

Mine did the same thing. I just had to wait long for some reason. Happened on both of my desktops. It took about 5 mins to get through that screen but it finally went. Not sure what the problem is. Im using SATA hd and SATA burners. Installed 7 on laptop and it didnt have that long pause.

 

[California Roll]

Just curious how large your hard drives are that you're installing it on? I've only done 2 installs, 100gb, 80gb drive, and it was blazing fast (under 30 minutes).

 

[hans030390]

Originally posted by: egale
How long have you let it sit there? I did an upgrade last night and it took almost 2 1/2 hours! Seems really really slow.

Weird. A clean install for me is ready to go in under a half-hour.

As mentioned above, it could very well be a bad burned disk.

 

[londo342]

Further info

Left it sit there for about 20 min, and the screen never appeared.

Used the disk on another PC fine. MD5 confirmed as correct.

250gb Hard drive.

 

[z1ggy]

Happened to me as I was doing the x64 today..Took 30 mins for the screen to actually do something.. you really need to be patient with this install, its a big pain. Try using daemon tools to mount the x86 from windows and install it to some blank partition in your HD (use Gparted live or something to do this real quick). That way you can watch it happen and if it messes up, you don't need to worry about loosing data if you didn't back it up. [which you should do anyways ]

 

[Bozo Galora]

Just might mention here that if you dont get BSOD or error message and disc works on one PC and not another, then it comes down to bios and hardware drivers/issues
The following may be of help if your install DOESNT go right
This is a new O/S with few specific drivers avail, so its best to have the most basic system when installing
That means definitely turning off mobo LAN, Sound, and USB, no wake or sleep modes, and leaving SATA in IDE mode, no PCI/PCIe cards (other than video), perhaps using IDE burner to install, NO Overclocking or overvolting, one stick RAM, and a cheap low level vidcard, preferred ATI, and only ONE monitor.
DSL modems and routers are the most problematic.
This means you choose a cutom install (fresh) and do NOT get updates (now)
Win 7 works very hard to configure a working system, and doesnt give up easily.
You may wish to use Seagate drive install floppies sw to create the partition for O/S in Dr. Dos which will auto make it primary.
Once you actually get it going, then you can zap things up.

Coupla great tips
http://social.technet.microsof...4e8f-b9f1-8dee2cb29e67

 

[londo342]

Yippee!!! Finally got 64bit installed. It did take close to 30 min until the install screen popped up. And the next couple of screens were 5-10 minute each. The actual install was a bit slow too(expanding the files etc). After all that it seems to be running fine. I had the Co-processor issue in Device manager too, but fixed that by installing the Chipset drivers.
The rating took a hit because of the primary hard drive (5.2) the rest of the ratings were in the 6 range.
Thanks for all the tips.

 

[spdfreak]

My laptop just reboots endlessly. it gets to the "press any key to boot from CD/DVD" and then reboots back to the bios screen. If I put it in the drive in windows, it comes right up with the install screen. Any suggestions? I just restored it back to xp for the time being.
I am going to install it on a separate drive in my desktop but I really wanted to try it on my laptop.