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!
 
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?????
 
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
 
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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