Operating System installation problems

I've been stuck at this for the last THREE hours, please help.

Here's the problem. (It's a Win7 Ultimate x64)

The installation is fine, but after it gets to the final stage of "Completing the installation", I get an error saying "Setup cannot complete the installation", and it automatically restarts.

So I reboot it from hard drive, another error pops up "Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computer's hardware." Fortunately, I found the solution in this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...configure-windows-run-computers-hardware.html

So apparently I just put the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver in a USB, and run it when the installation prompts me if I need to install any seperate drivers, easy. I boot it from disk, try to run the driver before doing a fresh installation, and this hits me.

The problem part: My laptop isn't detecting the USB. I refresh(rescan) it over and over, it just doesn't see the USB when I am selecting drivers. So I burn the driver onto a fresh CD, that way I can install it from the disk and then put the windows disk back in, I realize there's no way of ejecting the disk.

If that line and arrow button on the top right of the laptop is the eject button, it doesn't work.

So here I am at a check mate, and angry as turd.

 

Have you tried a different, non USB 3.0, USB port? USB 3.0 won't work unless a driver is installed, which requires an OS to be installed.

 

Did you try one of the ports on the left hand side of the keyboard, Zanpakutou? That's a really odd problem. I loaded mine from the optical disk last weekend without problems... not that this helps you much.

You can build a USB Flash drive boot of Linux and eject it from linux after you boot it up to the flash drive. Instructions here:
Install Damn Small Linux to a Flash Drive in Windows | USB Pen Drive Linux

I hope you get it figured out!

Edit: I am a Bleach fan too.

 

Yes, in all likelihood you tried to use a USB 3.0 port for which there are no out-of-the-Windows-installation-drivers. Switch to a non-3.0 port (on the R3 - you didn't specify what you have), it's on the right hand side; left side are 3.0 (labelled "SS - Super Speed) ports.

And have the Intel RST boot-time (a.k.a. "F6") drivers unzipped on the USB stick.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...g&OSVersion=Windows 7 (64-bit)*&DownloadType=

 

I have a keyboard and mouse plugged on the right side, which was why I never tried them...

But after playing around with it I eventually figured it out on my own

Wish the replies came faster haha. Oh well, thanks for the help!

 

So what did you figure out? What finally worked to eject the disk?