Power cut during Windows 7 Install

Daaaveee · 23 Jan 2010 at 18:56

Hi all,

Build up my new rig today, fresh build, all new components.

Windows 7 64 bit had started installing, then we had a power cut!

Now it tries install again but stays:

The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation.

Clicking ok makes it restart and do the same process and come up with the same error.

Help

rz30 · 23 Jan 2010 at 18:58

If you have an xp disk, boot from that and delete the parition. Otherwise if you can i would download and burn something like hiren boot cd and use one of the partition managers to delete, recreate and format the partition.

millsy888 · 23 Jan 2010 at 18:59

Delete partition, create partition, format. That should sort it.

Daegan · 23 Jan 2010 at 19:00

All of which you can do from the Win7 DVD.

IAmATeaf · 23 Jan 2010 at 19:01

Can't you just boot back off the DVD and restart the install?

xb8browney · 23 Jan 2010 at 19:02

Daegan said:
All of which you can do from the Win7 DVD.

That's what I though.

Daaaveee · 23 Jan 2010 at 19:02

Makes sense that formatting it would work.

Don't have an XP disk.

With the Win 7 DVD it just automatically starts trying to resume the install, no option to create or format partition etc.

IAmATeaf · 23 Jan 2010 at 19:10

Daaaveee said:
Makes sense that formatting it would work.

Don't have an XP disk.

With the Win 7 DVD it just automatically starts trying to resume the install, no option to create or format partition etc.

But then it's not booting off the DVD, when it restarts just after the BIOS messages start hit the space key a few times and see it it'll boot up off the DVD. I assume your boot options within the BIOS are already set to make the DVD drive higher in the boot order then the hard drive, if need be remove the hard drive from the bootable list, then after the first reboot go back into the BIOS and add the hard drive back in.

Daaaveee · 23 Jan 2010 at 19:11

Just to be clear from my last post, can't access format option on Win 7 DVD, don't have any other OS install disks, and no way to burn a boot disk.

Any ideas?

Thanks for the help so far

Daaaveee · 23 Jan 2010 at 19:11

IAmATeaf said:
But then it's not booting off the DVD, when it restarts just after the BIOS messages start hit the space key a few times and see it it'll boot up off the DVD. I assume your boot options within the BIOS are already set to make the DVD drive higher in the boot order then the hard drive, if need be remove the hard drive from the bootable list, then after the first reboot go back into the BIOS and add the hard drive back in.

Ahh okay, will try this, I think the HDD is set higher priority.

Daaaveee · 23 Jan 2010 at 19:13

Sorted. So simple, I should have figured that out!

Thanks again.

Much love Teaf <3

Daaaveee · 23 Jan 2010 at 21:34

Up and running

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=15805574#post15805574

Cheers to all.