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    Windows 7 7 running horribly slow

    XP is still installed in its own partition. The upgrade advisor said I shouldn't have a problem. I borrowed a disc from one of the techs at work and plan on trying this again when things at work calm down. I know the disc is good because the tech used it to install onto a custom built computer...
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    Windows 7 7 running horribly slow

    Updated to the latest BIOS. With minimal hardware connected and it still fails to install like it should. I got annoyed and rebooted into XP after an hour and a half. I requested that Newegg send me a new copy of it. If it happens with a second disc, I will be baffled, no idea why it would do this.
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    Windows 7 7 running horribly slow

    No, I am not running the latest BIOS. I can try. Its one of the few things I haven't changed. I took out all expansion cards and 3GBs of RAM. The computer was just the mobo, CPU, 1GB RAM, and a hard drive I know is good because XP is on one partition. Still took an hour to even get to the...
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    Windows 7 7 running horribly slow

    Yea, I know it isn't the OS. I have removed 3gigs of ram, the sound card, and both video cards. See it goes any faster.
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    Windows 7 7 running horribly slow

    1hr20mins and it is only at Expanding Windows files (18%)... As much as the long install time annoys me, it isn't what I am most concerned about. I want a usable OS not one stuck with the CPU at 100% for some odd reason.
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    Windows 7 7 running horribly slow

    Already ran it. Said I would have no problems. I hooked up my XP drive and ran it again just to check. Same results. Looking into some other issues in similar threads here. Perhaps I can find the cause. Can't blame 7 though, MS can't test thier OS with every hardware combo out there.
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    Windows 7 7 running horribly slow

    I am trying a different SATA cable. If that doesn't work I'll try another clean install. I am myself baffled I have played with 7 on work computers before and love it but this is pressing my nerves, mainly because I cannot find the problem. Anyone have any other ideas?
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    Windows 7 7 running horribly slow

    As I said in my previous post it was a clean install on a new hard drive. I am trying to mess with it to see if I can lock down exactly what is keeping the CPU at 100%
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    Windows 7 7 running horribly slow

    As the title says, I just got done installing 7 64bit (after like a 5 hour install) and now the OS is slow to respond to anything I request of it. XP ran perfectly on this rig My specs: Harddrive: WD Caviar Blue Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusc 7.1 CPU: Pentium D 940 Presler...
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