However I would like to share another trick I found somewhere else. Hit the red Arrow at the top right corner. Then hit "NO". In about 2 mins the installer will start expanding files. Strange I know. Thursday, December 31, AM. Thursday, December 31, PM. I had the same issue when trying to install and the fix turned out to be stupidly simple yet so unapparent that I stumbled on it by mistake - I ejected the DVD and re-inserted it.
Windows complained about not having the disc, but after clicking the button to continue the installation it continued. After a minute or so, the expanding process sped up substantially and the rest of the installation went without a hitch.
Proposed as answer by mfvisuals Friday, January 1, AM. Friday, January 1, AM. A huge thanks for everyone who replied to this post! Thursday, January 7, PM.
Anybody have a quick fix for that one? Sorry if this is a little off topic. Friday, January 8, AM. Hi, I'm having the same issue and would appreciate help. My system Intel i7 Quad. Sunday, January 10, PM. Try setting the power option in windows to high performance. Friday, January 15, AM. Thanks for this. I got pissed enough to look up this thread.
Set it to the setting you suggested and restarted the computer. When it got to the Expanding Windows Files part, it blew right threw it. Who knows how long it would have taken if I hadn't done this. I was about to just go to sleep with my fingers crossed and hope that it would be done when I woke up. Now, I have 7 installed. Much thanks good sir. Saturday, January 23, AM. I have a retail copy of win7 64 bit, and my system is doing the same thing.
I had already disabled the floppy drive. It does not look any better at the moment. I am going to try turning off HT in the bios next if this does not work. Saturday, January 23, PM. I then thought to myself, what would happen if I removed half of my ram I removed 6 of my 12 GB, and this resolved the problem. I am only guessing at this point, but it seems like winPE the os used to install win7 does not like 12 GB of ram.
It installed in less than 20 minuites. I hope this helps someone else out. Have a good day! And here I thought my days of dealing with floppy drive problems were over long ago!
Sunday, January 24, AM. My issue was random hangs during the "Expanding Files Sunday, January 31, PM. Huge thanks to all who posted here.
Tried everything and it was the SpeedStep that finally did it. Wednesday, February 10, AM. Basically the two major reasons I have seen Windows 7 hang during installation are: 1 Bad installation media - either the DVD was not burned at a slow speed like 4x, is scratched, or the DVD-ROM drive itself is failing.
Some people also claim that removing extra RAM sticks helped solve the problem for them. I have been having the same problems that everyone else was having and tried everything from bios adjustments to different copies on different formats. I even downloaded the ISO file 3 times to make sure I had it right. None of those things worked. In the end I went and bought a gb windows 7 compatible hard drive and it worked like a charm. Not only is the installation smooth but the performance is 20X more amazing then the previous installs.
I figured it was my hard drive because during the installations it seemed as if there was poor communication between the DVD drive and the HDD. So I bought a new one of each. However the hard drive did work and well I am bragging about it now. Thanks for every ones input, I'm not sure I would have figured it out if all of this information was not posted. Sunday, April 18, AM. Hi, I figured it out Thursday, May 13, PM. HI all, was browsing for a solution to this as I am having the same issue.
Wednesday, May 19, PM. I turned off Floppy Drive support all together and now I don't get the hangs on installation. Thanks for the tip. Wednesday, June 2, AM. I had the same problems - super slow installation, stalls, etc.
Thought I had a bad Seagate Mobo is Abit ip35e with 4 Gig. The installation was less than 15mins. I don't yet know if I have a bad port 1.
Good luck. Friday, July 9, PM. Sunday, July 25, PM. I burnt the DVD on several different media BUT NO. I didn't format this time. I just deleted that fricking partition and left it as unallocated space. Oh, I gotta go enter the product key. Good luck, ya'all. Thanks for sharing. Love the tubes! Sunday, August 15, AM. Proposed as answer by joan calavera Wednesday, August 18, PM. Wednesday, August 18, PM. If both are at the same interface, everything works ok. Friday, September 3, PM.
Tuesday, September 7, AM. Tuesday, September 7, PM. I tried 3 different dvd' as stated above and also 2 different hard disks.
Thanks to everyone for the help you left behind!! Wednesday, September 8, PM. Tuesday, September 28, PM. Sunday, October 3, PM. Add my name to the list of people with this problem. Read many many many threads on possible solutions, unfortunately none of them worked. The worst human interface in existance Microsoft Windows. Thursday, December 9, AM. I'm now going to try copying the files of my DVD onto a partition, then using the command prompt to force an install in Windows Vista's Repair environment.
I then took out the Windows 7 DVD ran setup. It's installing now Just hoping to help someone in need in the future. Again, thanks for the pointers above. KingRaptor , Oct 19, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content.
Similar Threads - Windows installation hangs. Replies: 14 Views: Also, make sure it's a primary partition dark blue border and not a secondary one. The mbr that Windows writes only allows for the creation of 4 primary partitions and only the partition tagged System which should be your XP partition should be marked Active.
I would also delete the boot system files of W 7 bootmgr and the folder Boot if they have already been placed on your System partition and delete any temporary files usually identifiable by long alpha numerical names if there are any on the partitions that you are not installing W 7on.
Re: Windows 7 install hangs at expanding files by Cornflake » Fri Sep 03, am Alright, I think deleting the boot files got me a little bit further. This is the 2nd motherboard in a row to have fried USB ports, and i disabled the USB chipset altogether but it didn't seem to help the situation So looking for any other suggestions. On a side note, I noticed my Windows Vista discs are showing the same symptoms.
Note: Please perform step j as detailed below, startup repair must be run multiple times At least 3 times. Reboot the computer. You can see everything but when you choose an option it just sits there and does nothing. Tried 3 Windows DVD install disc and 2 dvd drives. This is not gonna work!! Tried Install with Thumbdrive. Same thing you can see what to choose but it goes nowhere. Windows System Restore don't work - Can't find 1 and there are over Windows Recovery Disc will not work - It just sits there after you choose an option.
Discs made on that pc. I Removed Hard drive and coppied an operating system on it last nite. Renamed first windows, Old Windows. Reinstalled Hard drive. Computer can't start windows. Tested hard drive with 4 test, and it's good. I am thinking Motherboard or Processor.
Was hoping someone could suggest something to try that maybe I overlooked. I am about to make a boat anchor out of it. Any Help would be Greatly Appreciated. The girl that owns this computer is very poor with 4 kids and no husband or boy friend, I am just trying to help her out. Her mother used to be my best friend in the world, but was killed a year ago in a car accident.
I was sure hoping to help her out. This is the first computer, I can say I don't know what's wrong with it. I have fixed Hundreds of computers. But this 1 has me stumped. If it was mine, I would. Let memtest run for as long as you can: 2,4,6,8 or more hours at least 3 full passes , if no errors by then your ram is OK. I tried F1, and boot menu. Computer will not run it. Pauses for 2 min and starts windows repair utility.
Tried F1 and boot menu. Pauses 5 min and starts Windows Repair Utility. This is an HP I googled it last night and found there is an overheating issue. Seams HP didn't provide enough vent holes for adaquit cooling. Some are saying Processor over heats and fails. Read all my symptoms and please tell me if this sounds like a processor.
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