Windows 7 When installing it freezes on "Starting Windows" screen

[Camdiggy]

I loaded it on a usb, go to install, windows loads files then freezes on the Starting Windows screen...I had the same problem when the BETA came out but gave up and now wanted to try again with the release candidate. I have heard a bunch of people with ASUS motherboards say this was a problem, so I have tried disabling Secondary LAN adapters in the bios and other random "fixes" but nothing seems to work. I will list my specs..(trying to install the 32 bit Windows 7 RC)
-Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
-AMD FX-60 Dual Core (turned off the overclock for install)
-2x 8800gt's in SLI
-4gb of DDR
Not sure if anyone has any idea what could be the problem

 

[usnbrendon]

Patience is truly a necessity with this install!

hey there, I feel your pain on this issue, but I must ask: How long did you wait at this "Starting Windows" screen before you gave up and assumed the install was not going to complete? It has been my experience with the beta and RC that people are jumping the gun and assuming the install has stalled when in fact it is working in the background. In my case, I am very patient, yet I thought several times that the installation must have hung because even my DVD burner would spin completely down and there seemed to be NO ACTIVITY at all for at least 5 minutes!

I don't intend to seem rude. HONEST. I just know how I felt the first few times attempts at installing 7 RC1 and getting to that same point you were at. My first gut instinct told me that due to the virtually non-existant hard drive activity and the ridiculously long wait, the system must have quit responding. I couldn't have been more wrong!

To tell you the truth, this is a really stupid thing that Microsoft can and should fix before going 'gold' on 7. There needs to be some indication as to what the hell is going on during each phase of the install. Just popping up a blue background and that Vista-inspired revolving "working" circle (that replaced the old hour-glass), well... it tells the average user NOTHING! This will lead better than 90% of those old XP users out there to believe this new OS has stopped responding. Remember with XP there was a steady stream of data displayed across the bottom of the screen to indicate files were being unpacked and loaded, etc? Well, that was a valuable troubleshooting tool for some who actually could see which file, driver, etc., was causing XP installations to hang or stall. If nothing else, it did give the user a feeling or sense that things were actually working, even though it might have taken over an hour to install the old OS! This new OS does however install quite quickly by XP standards. I can say that my installs have never taken more than 30 minutes to full desktop. That includes 2 reboots.

Your situation may be unique...but my response to you is to do what I did....just be patient. It is hard to do, but we just don't have any other choice in the matter--courtesy of M$!

Best of luck. I finally overcame my issue with pre-loading (F6) RAID drivers for the ICH10R on my Gigabyte board. Windows 7 is running extremely well now and my two Velociraptors in RAID 0 are outperforming my buddies OCZ Vertex SSDs! IT DOES WORK.

 

[Rini]

Do you have a nvidia grafic card?
I had that and it freeze too.
I justed a ati grafic card and it goed well.

 

[your_eviltwin]

I was having the same problem with my install as Link Removed,
my setup is;
ASUS - A8R32MVP
ATI 1900XT
AMD 64 X2 4400

I am using the x64 bit version if that makes any diffrence.

I solved the problem on my computer now, I updated my BIOS and it seems to work.

I am now using version 701 on my ASUS - A8R32MVP if any one needs to know.

 

[ftsk]

I have the same problem..