RhysAndrews
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Hey everyone.
I'm turning my old computer into a HTPC, and part of this involves installing Windows 7 64-bit (I like the media center it has, + much faster than Vista).
So I have the release candidate, ISO burnt to a DVD... and I've had a number of issues while installing.
1. Got to the Windows Logo with "Starting Windows" just after it loads the installation files. It sits there forever. Had to restart a couple of times and then it worked.
2. Shows just the wallpaper and cursor, doesn't appear to be doing anything. I had to wait about 5 minutes for the initial screen to come up.
3. Now I've picked my partition and it is installing windows. "Copying Windows Files" was almost instantly ticked, and now it's taking forever @ "Expanding Windows Files". I've had it installing for about 10 minutes now and it is only 2% done.
These are my specs:
Athlon x2 6400+ 3.2ghz Processor
2GB Corsair DDR2 800MHz RAM
Gigabyte GA-M68SM (or something like that)
Palit 9600GT
Seagate 320GB Barracuda
Any ideas as to why it is taking so long to expand the Windows files?
Thanks
-Rhys
I'm turning my old computer into a HTPC, and part of this involves installing Windows 7 64-bit (I like the media center it has, + much faster than Vista).
So I have the release candidate, ISO burnt to a DVD... and I've had a number of issues while installing.
1. Got to the Windows Logo with "Starting Windows" just after it loads the installation files. It sits there forever. Had to restart a couple of times and then it worked.
2. Shows just the wallpaper and cursor, doesn't appear to be doing anything. I had to wait about 5 minutes for the initial screen to come up.
3. Now I've picked my partition and it is installing windows. "Copying Windows Files" was almost instantly ticked, and now it's taking forever @ "Expanding Windows Files". I've had it installing for about 10 minutes now and it is only 2% done.
These are my specs:
Athlon x2 6400+ 3.2ghz Processor
2GB Corsair DDR2 800MHz RAM
Gigabyte GA-M68SM (or something like that)
Palit 9600GT
Seagate 320GB Barracuda
Any ideas as to why it is taking so long to expand the Windows files?
Thanks
-Rhys