Windows Installation taking forever
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on a machine that was running Win7 perfectly until I decided to format and reinstall. I've tried a bootable USB and a DVD, but I'm getting the same result, I'm talking around 6-8 hours at the "Expanding Windows Files", very slow response before, and during the initial "Please setup username" section, it's just as slow. I've replaced the hard drive and taken out all but one of the ram sticks.. what could be the issue? It's a standard HP Pavilion, nothing too fancy, but please note, Win7 was running flawlessly until I reinstalled it (bought it from a friend so wanted a clean install).
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My PC was also seemingly stuck at the expanding windows files. I took the dvd out and cleaned it and it started working really fast. So I suggest if you have this problem to first try cleaning the dvd, and if that doesnt work try reburning it i guess.
Seems people have reported this over at Microsoft. Couple different options you can try. Most involve some form of BIOS disable. You can work your way through the options and see what works for you. Find it here.
Are you using the appropriate SATA Driver? Also, you can prepare and diagnose the volume of the drive using GPARTED and just Google to download.. It is about ~100MB Download ISO file.. Cool stuff.
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