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I installed windows 7 as my main os. then i unsintalled and reinstalled vista but now im trying to go back to windows 7.

I ran the reformat everything worked fine and it rebooted. It shows the starting windows screen then goes to a black screen that says windows 7 for testing purposes only. It will not reach the starting windows for the first time screen. ive tried doing this 3 times now so i dont know what to do.
 
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I still have the black screen, i thought maybe my install disc was corrupted so i made another one from a different computer but now when i try to run it my bios wont even boot the disc. Help please
 
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What is the exact file size of the ISO of Windows 7 that was downloaded? You could also try to use a different program to burn the ISO also
 
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What is the exact file size of the ISO of Windows 7 that was downloaded? You could also try to use a different program to burn the ISO also

nothings wrong with the disc i had it running on windows 7 before.
 
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did you do a quick format or a full format?
 
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did you do a quick format or a full format?

Full...it fully completes too and stops right before it should show the "preparing to start windows for the first time" screen
 
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Full...it fully completes too and stops right before it should show the "preparing to start windows for the first time" screen

Have you restarted the computer at that time? And if so, did you just let it boot off the hard drive?
 

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Put in XP or Vista cd/dvd

Go and del the partion then hard shutdown the machine or reboot. Put you 7 dvd in and install the o/s.
 
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yea ive tried it all it seems

EDIT: i will try that hopefully it works
 
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Put in XP or Vista cd/dvd

Go and del the partion then hard shutdown the machine or reboot. Put you 7 dvd in and install the o/s.

tried it still nothing. i dont want to reinstall vista i only have x32 bit
 
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have u tried repairing startup from the boot dvd?
 
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have u tried repairing startup from the boot dvd?

Yea i tried that it said that there was no problems. Im just going to reformat vista on and hopefully that will at least work
 

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Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Beta Support Forum located here http://tinyurl.com/9fhdl5 . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You may want to post your question there.
 
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