custom install

Ok first thing is first, I'm not very good with computers, so if you go step-by-step it'll be great. I got a laptop not too long ago, and it came with Vista Home Premium. I disliked Vista after awhile, having problems with it, and Windows 7 seemed like a good idea. I installed Windows 7 today...

Hi there... I got 7600.16385.090713-1255 x64 Windows 7, but i'm really struggling at installing it. I currently have XP pro x32 service pack 3 on my pc, but it simply wont install. I know that it wont run from XP itself, as it gives me the "This Installation disc isn't compatible with...

I have a Dell laptop running on Vista. I put in the Win 7 cd. When i clicked install I to the 2options -upgrade -custom I selected upgrade so I could keep the files on pc untouched. Then this popped up: How am I going to install win 7 and keep files? Can i install the win7 when...

I am trying to install the Windows 7 RC 64-bit as a fresh install. I am coming from a Windows XP Home Edition. I backed up all my important data and restarted and booted to the Windows 7 RC DVD. I chose custom install and then formatted the partition (only took like 5 seconds. Strange) and...

I am attemtpting to install the win 64bit 7 RC on a brand new build. I am using a USB stick as my install media. The install boots, although it takes a VERY long time to get from when windows begins to load the setup files to the place where I have issues (about 15 - 20 minutes). Where the...

I have never had one of these "reserved partitions, because I have always formatted first. For those of you who haven't here's how to take care of it. On a fresh (custom) installation of Windows 7, where Windows 7 is installed onto a new hard disk with unallocated disk space (no partition or...

Over the past week, there have been many rumors surrounding RTM. We are close, but have not yet signed off on Windows 7. When we RTM you will most certainly hear it here. As we’ve said all along, we will RTM Windows 7 when it’s ready. As previously stated, we expect Windows 7 to RTM in the...

I just copied this from a Microsoft site. They call the pre-order editions Win 7 E:- Before you install an E edition of Windows 7, please visit windows.microsoft.com/install-windows-E for important information. When you install the E edition of Windows 7, you'll need to do a custom (clean)...

how do you upgrade when you have a new computer with no os installed, except for win 7 rc. do you have to pay full price or do a custom install?

I downloaded and tried to install Windows 7 RC Build 7100 yesterday because Windows 7 Beta kept saying it was going to expire by the end of month. When installing, it said I couldn't upgrade from the beta and forced me to custom install. It used my Recovery (D:) Drive to install on and now when...

Dowloaded ISO, burnt to DVD. Trying to install on Virtual drive using MS Virtual PC. Gets as far as starting "Expanding Windows Files (0%) and thats it. Tried burning another DVD of same image, exact same problem. Downloaded new ISO image, burnt new DVD at slowest speed, exact same problem...

I need help figuring out whether I should install a 64 bit or 62 bit version of Win 7 because I'm having some trouble deciding. Here's my system information: Component Details Processor AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 4.8 Memory (RAM)...

Okay so I have an HP a1700n computer, and it's a desktop. I have a Realtek Chipset thing, and I really need help because I can't hear anything. It says I have a high definition driver installed, I tried updating it and nothing happened. It's also saying my headphones and/or speakers aren't...

When I tried to choose custom installation so I can put windows 7 on my other partition I get this error "Windows installation encountered an unexpected error. Verify that the installation sources are accessible, and restart the installation. Error code: 0xE0000100" Should I just reburn the...

I have got Ubuntu installed on Disk 0, XP (C:) on 80GB partition, DATA (F:) on 287GB and new WIN7 (E:) 97GB partition (all NTFS) on Disk 1 and I'm trying to install Windows 7 RC in this new WIN7 partition restarted PC with Win 7 DVD followed instructions on Install Windows page...

I have 3 seperate drives in my system. I want to dual boot Windows Vista and Windows 7 RC1. Vista is install on the first drive (C) I want to install Windows 7 on the second drive D but there is currently files on the drive (some Videos and music etc). If i choose to install Windows 7 custom...

I'm going to install windows 7 rc next week on a laptop using the advanced custom install with a full unpartion. Any worries as far as drivers. Will be doing without backup. Connection worries or anything like that?

I have successfully Vlited Win7022 to the size of 1.27g so that it can run fast on my old laptop with 528 ram. Following is the vlite log of items removed, mostly Media Center, languages, drivers (I have my own)). To avoid having to download the huge MS add-on to vlite, simply install the old...

I have tried everything. The image file has the correct MD5,I burned the image at lowest speed,tried multiple programs like Infra Recorder,Img Burn,Nero. The install gets stuck at Expanding Files at 10% or 30% at one time. I'm all out of ideas... I'm installing a custom install not upgrade on...

I am trying to install Windows 7 32-bit onto a Compaq Presarion X6000. Here is the msg. I get. Windows cannot install required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070017. I know...