Windows 7 Really Slow (6+ Hours) and Failing Installation.

[CLock]

Introduction​

I recently installed Windows 7 and have encountered some significant installation problems that I can't seem to resolve.

Installation Issues​

The first sign of trouble was how long the installation took. Most people report that the process takes roughly 20 minutes, but for me, it took about **6 hours**. After the installation, I faced further issues: the system displays the "Starting Windows" screen with the glowing Windows logo, then transitions to a black screen for a few minutes. Ultimately, I end up with a black screen featuring just a cursor, and it never progresses past that point.

I assure you, I am using the same disc that I created from a verified MD5 ISO file, burnt at the lowest speed. This same disc installed smoothly on my friend's laptop, so I am puzzled as to why my installation is faltering.

Troubleshooting Steps Taken​

In my attempts to resolve these issues, I have taken several steps:
1. Tried **3 different DVD drives** on my computer, encountering the same problems with all of them.
2. Removed unnecessary hardware, such as my **sound card**, and disabled onboard **LAN**, but this did not help either.
3. Notably, each step in the installation process seems significantly slower on my system. For example, the installation language choice screen appeared within seconds on my friend's laptop, whereas it took **15 minutes** on mine, and even then, it was laggy when selecting options.
4. I reset the **BIOS** to factory settings, thinking that might resolve the slow performance, but it didn’t yield any improvements.

Request for Help​

I've conducted extensive research online but have not found anyone else encountering a similar issue with Windows 7 installation. My computer specs are noted in my signature.

Any guidance or insights into what could be causing these installation problems would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help!

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[Radenight]

Sounds to me like you got a corrupt ISO.. there are a few of those floating around.. so you may have downloaded a bad ISO or it became corrupt when you burned it.. my suggestion would be to re-download it from Microsoft directly and reinstall it and see if that makes a difference.. there are some examples on this forum of other people having pretty much the same problem, and after re-downloading it seemed to solve their problem.. hopefully that will work for you..

The only other thing I could see it maybe being is a hardware issue, but since you said you removed some components and it still didn't make a difference I'm thinking it's a corrupt ISO moreso than a hardware issue.. Just out of curiousity though, what are your compy's specs???

 

[CLock]

If it were corrupt wouldn't it have done the same thing on my friend's laptop though? I'm using the same disc I used on his, and it worked perfectly for his laptop.
Also, specs are:
-Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
-C2D e6700 @ 3.0GHz
-2x2GB Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2-800
-Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum
-2x250GB Samsung Spinpoint
-Samsung SyncMaster 225BW + Samsung SyncMaster T220HD

Tried a couple more things. First thing I tried was just burning another DVD to see if it'd give me any luck, but it didn't. The second thing I tried was installing Vista x64, which I would then try the upgrade route from. Well, the Vista install took about 40 minutes, and the OS is running completely terrible. By terrible I mean that it's so slow that the cursor moves across the screen in jumps. The CPU is constantly being used even though it doesn't show anything using it, and it's just the desktop, no programs running. This is just how the Windows 7 install was acting. The odd thing is that I tried Vista on this computer before and it worked just fine. What could be the problem here? I'm so confused. I'm going to download the x86 version and see what happens. Is there any reason why my computer would have a problem with 64 bit? I just don't understand what would be causing all of this to happen.

 

[nate212]

Endless install

I Installed windows 7 on my laptop and a friend installed it on his computer both installed beautifully.
Now installing it on a freshly built system micro atx board with 2.8 ghz intel processor 1 gb ddr2 , lg dvd r/rw and a 160 gb western digital caviar hard drive connected by sata . it just sits at the starting windows screen and has for the last hour. tried restarting made sure hard drive works, reset bios and checked all jumper settings, then loaded optimized defaults.

Dont say its my burned copy it works as im using it as i type this message.

 

[mutant_builder]

try running a memory diagnostic. sounds more like a hardware issue as you are loading the same software on another system with no problems

Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

 

[Leupold]

Win 7 install

I'm having extreme slow install also right now(e6600,4GBRAM Sli 8800 Ultra's).I'm trying out the 64 bit version.I installed the 32 bit on another machine(AMD 1.7Ghz,1GB RAM,7600GS),went like lightning.Thinking slowness might be because 64 or HARDWARE difference.First install was upgrade from Vista(Test,Fun Drive).Second is on fresh 320GB disk.Even after format,Slowwwww.

 

[aealden]

I had this problem and solved it

Hopefully this saved someone the major stress that I suffered with this.. installed it on 2 x computers with no issues. A dream like install. When it comes to my main desktop it takes forever dvd drive not reading nothing happening.

solution? after hours of wasted time, removed hard disk drives etc ... unplugged all USB devices so just running with keyboard and mouse solved! installed in 20 minutes!

 

[SIW2]

You are not alone. Thousands are having massive problems:

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