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Well, I figured out my problem... I upgraded my vid card to a 7300 GT a while ago. The card requires a power supply because its AGP so I connected it to the power cord thinking it would be fine. However I only have a 300W PSU so its obviously not getting enough juice... This is probably what is...

k well time for an update lol. I gave up on W7 and decided to dual boot ubuntu to the shocking suprise of FREEZES! albeit later and less often they showed up. another forum sugested I use PC doctor to diagnose any problems. I got 2 results 1. The Cd drive test gave a slew of "drive not ready"...

How do you install FROM winrar????? (sorry if noob question)

anybody find a solution for the random install/system freezes yet

I have the same problem and now we can compare for common things here: 1. Do you use an older system (3+ years old) 2. do you use a AGP graphics card/have a mobo with AGP 3. onboard sound/video? If so name of chips 4. mobo model # 5. current BIOS I really think together we can figure this...

I guess I will try a SnS burn to see if that works, but I doubt it. About the BIOS update and hardware: I have added a AGP video card and a new stick of RAM since I bought it and It hasn't been updated since...

uhhh sorry scratch that (thanks anyways). Must have been one of the lucky times because it froze so I figured I would reinstall and MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE... and it froze during installation all 3 tries. any other ideas?

hmm. this could be it. I also have an AGP vid card (geforce 7300GT). What are the oldest drivers compatible with W7 (vista?). Although this wouldn't explain the freezing during installation... maybe I'll try to install using my onboard video... we might be on to something here :D UPDATE...

1. I've tried 4 different ISOs so I doubt that is the problem 2. I left it overnight on a couple of tries to no avail. The thing is when it freezes the HDD light either stays on or stays off. I don't think I have a HDD problem but I will check it with S.M.A.R.T. My main question here is how...

any other ideas?

As the title says. My install constantly freezes up (usuall during expanding files). This happens with 4 different ISOs both CD and USB. I managed to install it a couple of times but it just freezes then anyways. My comp is OLD (2004) but it easily meets the minimum specs and surpasses what...

either is fine

Well, if you read my last topic about the freezing I decided to get a fresh install. That did not help though. Either the install freezes during expanding files or completing installation, or if I get a "sucessfull" install it will freeze while running W7. Here are my CPU-Z results...

Whene I do a 'list disk' it only shows my main HDD, and not the flash drive...

Really? I guess I'll give it a try. I'm doing a BIOS update now to see if that helps. I tried the sticky but when I get to the "list disk" part It will only show my HDD. If I "list volume" then It shows it, but then I can't continue with the guide... If I just format the disk as NTFS can I...