windows 7 install, 1 hour -> 0%?!

panyan · 18 Nov 2011 at 20:55

i know it has been a while since i installed windows 7 on a hard drive, but still - 1 hour and still at 0%?!

it is a brand new i3 2100 with 8gb ram, could it be the old hard drive? it is a maxtor diamondmax 250gb that my friend asked me to use to save cost

EDIT: the drive had a fully functional version of windows 7 that i quickly booted up just before putting in the install disc (to do a clean fresh install) and all seemed fine

EDIT 2: i know it is still all doing its thing because the hdd activity light is blinking, but this is JUST WIERD!!!

EDIT 3: ironically this is my 2500th post

ancientmariner · 18 Nov 2011 at 20:56

Did a few win 7 installs recently and even on my old dual core, install time was 35 mins max. Sounds like might well be the drive

ancientmariner · 18 Nov 2011 at 21:02

Bad disc? or problems with dvd drive? Definetly shouldnt be messing about this long.

panyan · 18 Nov 2011 at 21:04

ancientmariner said:
install time was 35 mins max

yeah, thats more like it

ancientmariner said:
Bad disc?

used for an install last week and worked flawlessly

or problems with dvd drive?

the drive was in my computer and working fine

BluSky · 18 Nov 2011 at 21:04

Last time that happened to me I had to update the firmware on my dvd drive, then it all worked fine. Still don't understand exactly why that helped, but it did

andy_mk3 · 18 Nov 2011 at 21:07

I'd had a couple take forever for no reason. Leave it a bit longer and hope for the best

panyan · 18 Nov 2011 at 21:08

andy_mk3 said:
I'd had a couple take forever for no reason. Leave it a bit longer and hope for the best

yeah, ive plugged the monitor back into my machine and im just going to leave it till i go to bed

i just hope the little i3 cooler holds out - i dont know what temps are

panyan · 18 Nov 2011 at 22:09

it BSOD on the install: APC Index Mismatch... :mad:

Buchanan0204 · 18 Nov 2011 at 22:35

Don't install it from the desktop. Install it properly. Set the first boot device to the DVD drive and go from there. Delete all partitions, then create a new one and format.

panyan · 18 Nov 2011 at 22:38

Buchanan0204 said:
Don't install it from the desktop. Install it properly.

i always boot into the drive to install windows

Set the first boot device to the DVD drive and go from there.

yes, just like i normally do

Delete all partitions, then create a new one and format.

i have done

the thing just bluescreens on install - ive never seen this before!

im burning a new disc and if that doesnt fix it, try to install from usb

Buchanan0204 · 18 Nov 2011 at 22:43

panyan said:
the thing just bluescreens on install - ive never seen this before!

im burning a new disc and if that doesnt fix it, try to install from usb

In that case. Memtest it.

0% on installs coupled with a bluescreen, screams faulty memory to me.

Let me know how you get on.

panyan · 18 Nov 2011 at 22:47

Buchanan0204 said:
In that case. Memtest it.

0% on installs coupled with a bluescreen, screams faulty memory to me.

Let me know how you get on.

im going to burn a new disc, the other one may be scratched or whatever

if that doesnt work, ill try memtest

Buchanan0204 · 18 Nov 2011 at 23:39

panyan said:
im going to burn a new disc, the other one may be scratched or whatever

if that doesnt work, ill try memtest

I doubt a faulty disc would cause a bluescreen. However, can't be too sure.

trickynickyuk · 19 Nov 2011 at 00:30

i would run memtest or try install windows on the same hdd but in a different computer see if you get any faults or the same problem when you installing

Cupra · 19 Nov 2011 at 05:43

can you put the iso on a usb pen, see if its the drive/disk?
installs in 10 mins then

SouthEastBlue · 19 Nov 2011 at 09:57

If you burn a custom image of Windows 7 make sure you do it on the lowest speed possible, think I tried burning at x8 before and the disc wouldn't work correctly. Takes a little while longer, but will rule out any further problems.

panyan · 19 Nov 2011 at 10:58

ive tried it again with the freshly burned disc and i got MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSOD, so i reckon it is the RAM

trickynickyuk said:
i would run memtest or try install windows on the same hdd but in a different computer see if you get any faults or the same problem when you installing

yeah, i think ill try that later

Cupra said:
can you put the iso on a usb pen, see if its the drive/disk?
installs in 10 mins then

i can try it, but i doubt that is the problem, if it was the disc/dvd drive then it would install but then when i went to boot to the hdd, it would be corrupt no?

SouthEastBlue said:
If you burn a custom image of Windows 7 make sure you do it on the lowest speed possible, think I tried burning at x8 before and the disc wouldn't work correctly. Takes a little while longer, but will rule out any further problems.

i always burn important things like this at 4x on good quality dvd's

UPDATE: ive just phoned overclockers and they said that i need to try each of the sticks separately to see which of the sticks is faulty because i cant return both or i will be charged (which i think is a bit silly seeing as i bought them as a pair - why should i have to do the diagnostics?) anyway, im going to try that and report back later

Surveyor · 19 Nov 2011 at 11:19

panyan said:
UPDATE: ive just phoned overclockers and they said that i need to try each of the sticks separately to see which of the sticks is faulty because i cant return both or i will be charged (which i think is a bit silly seeing as i bought them as a pair - why should i have to do the diagnostics?) anyway, im going to try that and report back later

If you bought them as a matched pair then then they should both go back and you should get a new matched kit.

If you bought individual sticks then what OcUK said is correct.

panyan · 19 Nov 2011 at 11:55

Surveyor said:
If you bought them as a matched pair then then they should both go back and you should get a new matched kit.

If you bought individual sticks then what OcUK said is correct.

i bought them as a pair, and i said to the guy cant i just return both and hs said i would be charged if one stick wasnt faulty :confused:

Surveyor · 19 Nov 2011 at 12:24

panyan said:
i bought them as a pair, and i said to the guy cant i just return both and hs said i would be charged if one stick wasnt faulty

Things must have changed then.

They always insisted you send back both sticks of a matched pair even if only 1 stick was faulty.

If you keep one stick, and they replace one stick, you no longer have a matched pair.

And what if the RAM you're returning is no longer available? Do you keep one stick and they replace the faulty one with something different?

I'd post here and hopefully you'll get a more sensible answer.