Can't start Windows 7 install!

[slyfox2151]

having a problem getting windows 7 setup to start.........


i have tried both a 4GB Flash drive and a DVD.....
i verified the DVD twice and formatted the Flash drive 3 times..

but no matter what i cannot get windows 7 setup to start. i put either the Disk or flash drive in to the pc. select the boot option to boot the dvd or flash drive....

boots up to the 1st bios screen... then the 2nd screen where it says "verifing DMI data pool.............." and gets stuck there (or if im trying to boot from the DVD it will get stuck at "boot from CD/DVD".


does anyone have any ideas?

i have done a Bios reset.

 

[Easy Rhino]

typically when i have seen this happen it has been with optical media and the optical drive is dieing. i dont know about those flash drives though. in a strange way sometimes when i move the mouse while it is doing all of the initial loading and the installing it works just fine.

 

[Deleted member 74752]

Usually when that happens to me I will pull out the Vista disk and do a quick format then go back to Win7. No idea why it works, but it does.

 

[slyfox2151]

mmm, guess i might try the server 2008 disk, see if that one boots....

 

[Shou Miko]

have you remember to change the bootcode on the usb flash drive to the Windows 7 iso/dvd bootcode like this:

Source: How To: Install Windows 7/Vista From USB Drive [Detailed 100% Working Guide] (IntoWindows.com)

 

[Frick]

Same as Easy Rhino said here. I've only seen that on bad DVD-drives.

BTW, can you boot from other discs?

 

[slyfox2151]

Ok i have fixed the problem with booting,


i went back to scratch with the flash drive and re did all the partitions and re copied all the files and that fixed it,

except now its stuck loading the setup...... it gets to the end of the white bar (loading windows setup bar) and its stuck again.....

iv left it for 40 mins and its still there...






now before i put it into the pc i tried it on my laptop first and it booted to the windows setup just fine. so its not the stick anymore but the pc.

any idea's ?



Edit:
this is where its stuck at.. except the white bar is FULL to the end.. it just wont go to the next step
http://lh4.ggpht.com/jnamaya/RweiWwypjVI/AAAAAAAABLs/-PGeDGMzhiA/setup.jpg

 

[Shou Miko]

i know it may be a long shot, but tired to install with only 1 memory stick in the motherboard, and maybe non-oc?

 

[slyfox2151]

ill try one stick,


its not overclocked, its not the system in my system specs... its an AMD system.



EDIT:

well i removed 1 stick and so far so good..
its getting further into the install menu, so far i have picked language and clicked install

 

[Shou Miko]

hehe, how many sticks you using?

if you use more than 2 sticks of memory on a Asus board and some others try to give them a little more voltage from Auto, that sometimes helps the memory to be more stable so it don't make crashes or freezing throw the Windows installation.

 

[slyfox2151]

well its fixed well so far


windows is now installed again and the stick has been put back in..... its survived 3 restarts so far


thanks for your help

re copying the ISO to the flash drive and taking out 1 stick of ram fixed it.



EDIT:
just 2 sticks of ram

 

[starams5]

+1 for puma99dk|, good shooting. Windows 7 installation is funny about some memory types and configurations. Mixed memory types and some single channel configurations (3 sticks) would be good examples. Windows 7 installation is also funny about some of the older IDE DVD/CD drives, setup used to take 10 minutes+ to go from one screen to the next with my old Lite-On IDE drives, updating to SATA drives resolved the issue.

 

[Shou Miko]

+1 for puma99dk|, good shooting. Windows 7 installation is funny about some memory types and configurations. Mixed memory types and some single channel configurations (3 sticks) would be good examples. Windows 7 installation is also funny about some of the older IDE DVD/CD drives, setup used to take 10 minutes+ to go from one screen to the next with my old Lite-On IDE drives, updating to SATA drives resolved the issue.

it was a long shoot, but i have been working with the pre-beta's of Windows 7 aswell, before it became official beta so i learned a thing or to, along the way starams5 but it could also just be the voltage for the memory, that they just don't get enough juice for "auto voltage" that happens alot for mange boards.

 

[starams5]

it was a long shoot, but i have been working with the pre-beta's of Windows 7 aswell, before it became official beta so i learned a thing or to, along the way starams5 but it could also just be the voltage for the memory, that they just don't get enough juice for "auto voltage" that happens alot for mange boards.

You have a good point there because I have installed Windows 7 on a computer with a single stick (single channel) and didn't have any problems, could very well be related to one of the mem setting being that its more common with 3+ sticks.

 

[Shou Miko]

You have a good point there because I have installed Windows 7 on a computer with a single stick (single channel) and didn't have any problems, could very well be related to one of the mem setting being that its more common with 3+ sticks.

ino it's mostly Asus boards if you running all with stock, than they are not always as stabile as other boards on "Auto" Voltage for Memory, if you use more than 2 sticks, it's common problems for Asus boards, but some other boards have that aswell, if it's the chipsets or the way the boards is build up or just bios' that's not made 100% correct for "Auto" Voltage i can't really tell ya.