Help :(

Clarkson · 27 Jul 2011 at 15:17

Hi, I made a thread a couple of weeks back entitled 'PC Useless'...some may remember, or not.

Anyway, I came sort of to the conclusion that my HDD may have gone bad so I got another. However, when trying to install windows 7 on the new HDD it just won't happen.

It will complete the first 'phase' with the black screen and white bar saying it is loading files.
On the second 'phase' where there is a list of things it is supposed to then do, such as 'Install windows files', and 'expand windows files' etc, it gets stuck on the second one; 'Expand windows files'.

It then eventually comes up with these errors which I took pictures of.

Tells me the 'wrong volume is in the drive' :confused:

Windows is OEM version, but I can't see how it would mean anything when all I've changed is a HDD. Anything I should have done before trying to install on this new HDD?

Can't remember which order these errors occur but they seem somewhat similar anyway.

Mobo: Gigabyte P67-A UD3
Old HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB SATA-II
New HDD: WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s
Windows 7 Home Premium OEM

Any help appreciated for a first time buildee. :cool:

Jordan97 · 27 Jul 2011 at 15:20

Are you trying to install 32-bit or 64-bit? If you have it, try using the other disk.

R088ieS86 · 27 Jul 2011 at 15:22

If it gets stuck on the second phase it is most likely a faulty RAM module!
"Copying Windows Files" copies the contents of the disc to RAM, "Expanding Files" Copies from RAM to media (HDD/SDD).

Try taking out one of the modules and try the install again.
If it fails, swap it out for the other stick.

honosuseri · 27 Jul 2011 at 15:33

Worth running memtest to check the RAM.

I would lean towards the DVD drive, I don't think it's the HDD the error is saying it cant find the DVD (wrong volume). What is the OS DVD like is it scratched?

Clarkson · 27 Jul 2011 at 17:25

Well I did memtest before I got a new HDD and it reported no errors, so hopefully not the issue.

Not sure why it would be the DVD drive as it is hardly used, although I supose things just do break..

It is 64 bit OEM so there is only one disk and it is not scratched.

So should I try with one stick of RAM even though memtest reported all was fine?