I have same kind of a problem here. I am now running 32 bit build 7000 of Windows 7 and trying to do a clean installation of the 64 bit RC. So, I downloaded the image and burned it to a dvd and set my bios to boot from dvd. The installation "starts" normally when the computer asks to press any key to boot from a dvd. Then an installation bar (Windows is extracting files or something like that) appears and after that a Windows 7 boot logo and it goes to a desktop-like screen where it gets stuck. Anyone has any hints to get it work properly? My system is 64-bit capable. Thank you.
Thank you very much maqqaRa,Thanks for posting cmn
Haven't done that waiting thing yet but here are some stats from my computer:
Motherboard: MSI K9N NEO-F V3, Chipset nForce 560
CPU: AMD Athlon 64X2 5200+
RAM: 4096 Mbytes (2x2048mbytes) of A-Data DDR2 800Mhz memory
PCI-E: Ati Radeon HD4850 512Mb
USB: Logitech MX500 gaming mouse
PS2: Labtec Ultraflat Wireless Keyboard.
Power Supply: Urgh, some 500 Watt, dont know the make but it came with the case, no problems that I'd know about
I tried an upgrade from Windows Vista 64 bit to Windows 7 64bit (downloaded from the Microsoft site May 5th). The installation hangs, leaving a wounded OS version that runs a few things, but mostly ignores programs). It has no taskbar. It sees but will not open Word documents, but it will run Google Earth. It will not run IE8, and does not find Help files. The screen that does show show up says Windows 7 Build 7100 but I wonder if the programs that do work are still using Vista 64 bit. There was very little software on this machine but it ran fine before the upgrade attempt.
System specs are:
Polywell X5800A Tower
Motherboard: ASUS P6T DeLuxe
CPU: Intel i7-940, 2.93 GHz
Memory: 6GB, DDR3 1333 PC3 (3x2GB Memory)
750W V2.2 EPS Power Supply
Hard Drives (2): Seagate 300 GB SAS 15K RPM and a Seagate 500 GB SATA-II
All-in-One Internal Card Reader
Logitech PS2 Keyboard, Model Number Y-UM78A
Logitech LX-7 Optical Mouse (Cordless)
Any suggestion of what to do next are appreciated. Thanks.
I have same kind of a problem here. I am now running 32 bit build 7000 of Windows 7 and trying to do a clean installation of the 64 bit RC. So, I downloaded the image and burned it to a dvd and set my bios to boot from dvd. The installation "starts" normally when the computer asks to press any key to boot from a dvd. Then an installation bar (Windows is extracting files or something like that) appears and after that a Windows 7 boot logo and it goes to a desktop-like screen where it gets stuck. Anyone has any hints to get it work properly? My system is 64-bit capable. Thank you.