Installing Windows 7 little confused...

PikKOn

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Hi all, I was attempting to install Windows 7 the other day and I came across something really weird. I've installed previous OSs before however this version I have surprised me a little.

I've downloaded my XP, and Windows 7 from MSDN. When I placed the DVD (which has Windows 7 on it) and boot from DVD it didn't prompt me with whether I wanted to format etc (that blue screen) it dived straight into Windows 7...

It took a very long time to boot, I imagine this was because it was booting from DVD. Not sure why this happened but surely booting from DVD should have caused it to go into setup?

Thanks in advance!
 
I have XP already installed. I was kind of hoping that on setup I would be able to format the drive and install Windows 7 (kill 2 birds with one stone). Tried exploring the DVD in XP and threw an error stating I could't upgrade...

I just thought maybe its cause I have 2 DVD drives and maybe I placed the DVD into the wrong drive, i.e. I believe only one is on boot. Surely it shouldn't have booted from DVD? I'll try using my other DVD drive and see if that works.
 
Hi andshrew I didn't realise the installation took me to a screen like that. It was taking ages so I thought maybe it crashed. How long does it usually take to load that screen? I was expecting the gorgeous looking blue screen.

Thanks for pointing that out to me I'll wait for that interface to pop up tonight. I didn't realise they removed that blue screen! ARGH how amateur of me lol
 
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