W7 install problem

st@rgixxer

st@rgixxer

st@rgixxer

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Well, got my motherboard back from its RMA today so got the computer starting up as it should, so started installing W7 H Premium 64bit.

Spec as below.

CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 955BE
Cooler - Akasa Nero S
MB - Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G
RAM - Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
GPU - nvidia 8800GTS 320MB c/w Thermaltake HR03
PSU - OCZ Modstream Pro 700W
HDD - INtel X25-V 40GB SSD, Seagate 7200.12 1TB SATA
DVDRW - 22x LG IDE
Case - Antec 900
Fans - 120's - 2 front of case, 1 rear of case, GPU & CPU.

Problem is, its taking aaaaaaages.

It POST's, BIOS runs and starts windows, does the wee quick load (with the two status bars at bottom) they take about a minute, then it sits on a blue screen with white lines, some leaves and a hummingbird for atleast 30 minutes.
Last time it let me start installing, but I left it for over 2 hours and it was still at 3% of uncompressing files.

Any ideas????
 
update, ran it agin, hangin at 3% of expanding windows files and now im got the setup.exe warning....
"wrong volume is Drive. Please insert GRMCHPXFREO_EN_DVD into Drive."

This is worrying as the is a OEM Fully legal disc from OCUK!!!
 
New message....
"windows cannot install required files. file does not exist. make sure all files are available & restart. Error Code 0x80070003"

Aaaaaaargh!
 
something certainly aint kosher er! As stated DVD may be damaged/DVD. If you have a Min 4gb usb stick try installing from that using MS usb tool for installing Windows 7 get here:
http://images2.store.microsoft.com/prod/clustera/framework/w7udt/1.0/en-us/Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe
You will need an ISO which can be made from yuoour Windows 7 disk using IMgburn (which is free)
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
Other than that you have to check the components individually
Windows 7 should go on in under 20 mins.
I assume that your copy of Windows 7 is an ordinary OEM bought individually from OC and installed on a puter you have built yourself?
 
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Hi, yeah its an OEM disc bought from OCuk, which I'm installing on my new build.

I was beggining to suspect my DVD drive, I was wanting to change it to SATA but ran out of money, may have to do it anyway now.

I'll try the USB stick method tonight, many thanks for the suggestion.
 
This is doing my head in.
downloaded the image (3hrs!!!), but the tool wont let me use my USB stick (Sandisk Cruzer 4GB) even after I've formatted it.
Swapped the DVD drive and IDE cables, but still same. Also tried using the HDD/SDD on their own, and in AHCI mode, but no joy.

Is anyone on here from Edinburgh area fancy a challenge?????
 
Sandisk Cruzers are awful for things like this, get another type - I had nothing but problems with mine and you'll probably find W7 installs no problem.
 
Thanks marmalade, top help there.

Only problem I have now tho, is that I installed my HDD's (SSD 40GB & SATA 1TB) in IDE mode, not knowing this is slower than AHCI.
I changed the BIOS setting to AHCI and now windows wont load. It starts loading, then just reboots.

Do I need to reinstall with AHCI on from the beginning?

Cheers
 
st@rgixxer said:
Do I need to reinstall with AHCI on from the beginning?

Cheers
Click to expand...

There are posts in the hard drive forums (or generally on the net) about how to swap to AHCI mode after installing windows - it requires a bit of poking about in the registry iirc.

Since its a fresh install of windows anyway i would say the easiest way is to set it in the bios and reinstall
 
Here's the guide I used, with bios set to IDE mode and booted to windows:

1. Exit all Windows-based programs.
2. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
3. If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci
5. In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
7. On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.

After this you’ll have to restart your computer, go to BIOS and enable AHCI. When you log in to Windows again, you’ll notice the installation of drivers for AHCI. Another restart will be required to finish the driver installation.

After this you might want to instal your motherboards AHCI drivers if your HD's are showing in the 'safely remove hardware' dialog on the task bar.
 
Hmonind, I did all that and it still shows the HDD's in 'safely remove hardware' even after installing Gigabytes AHCI drivers. The drive is running faster now tho!

Thanks for the help!!!
 
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