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    Installing Windows on Sager5760

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by leo3an, May 8, 2007.

  1. leo3an

    leo3an Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey I am trying to install windows onto the machine but after I get a blue screen saying "Windows Setup" nothing changes...

    Could you guys tell me what I am doing wrong?

    1) Sager arrived, I opened it
    2) Plugged it in, turned it on
    3) Inserted Windows CD in
    4) Blue screen with "Windows Setup" on top
    5) Nothing happens

    Please help
     
    leo3an, May 8, 2007
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    leo3an Notebook Enthusiast

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    could anyone help?? Im totally stuck here.. =(
     
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  3. laee3

    laee3 Notebook Consultant

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    it should say something like press any key if you want to boot from the disc
    and when you get to that blue screen, it should have options like f10 to install windows.
     
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    leo3an Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks.. i don't know why, but it worked after about 10 tries...
     
    leo3an, May 8, 2007
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    laee3 Notebook Consultant

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    mine didn't do that, and i just recently received it like a week ago or so. maybe you didn't give enough time, i hope you enjoy that laptop.
     
    laee3, May 8, 2007
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    Elminst Some Network Guy

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    It sounds almost like it's having trouble reading the disk.

    Is the windows CD old? perhaps scratched or dirty?
    Or possibly a problem with the optical drive...
    Once the install got going, did you have any other problems during install?
    Get a bunch of CD's and DVD's and run/play them and see if they skip, stutter or freeze to test the optical drive once you've got windows up and running.
     
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    Exatrive Notebook Consultant

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    I just installed windows with RAID enabled in the BIOS, I integrated the SATA drivers into a new CD. Intel Matrix Storage, and stripped it down with nLite. HD performance actually went up a little.. Not night and day but its a slight noticeable difference, MAIN difference is in Windows Explorer file browsing. Anyways for my birthday I'm getting "Windows Vista Ultimate 64" from family. Should be interesting.
     
    Exatrive, May 8, 2007
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