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    Win 7 installation stuck at the first splash screen

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by TankJr_, May 25, 2015.

  1. TankJr_

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    Hello, I've been trying to install Windows 7 sp1 without any success so far. Has anyone had a similar problem?

    I have usb 3.0 drivers mounted into the windows installation, I switched from RAID to AHCI. I also used diskpart (while Windows 8 was still there) and formatted into GPT every SSD I have. My USB stick is also formatted to support GPT.

    What else can I try to fix this issue? Any help would be much appreciated.

    P.S. Windows 8 installation had no issues at all.​
     
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    AFAIK, you have to add drivers to boot.wim, is that what you've done? Loading drivers after booting the USB drive won't help.
    The other alternative is to add drivers to the USB drive by using Easy2boot or similar.
    Edit: There may be an option to emulate USB 2.0 in BIOS.

    http://codeabitwiser.com/2014/03/how-to-install-windows-7-with-only-usb-3-0-ports/

    If you don't feel like messing with any of that, you can put the SSD in a computer with USB 2.0 ports, start the installation, and turn off the computer when the first boot is about to happen. Put the SSD back in the first computer and continue the installation.

    I assume you're trying to install from USB? You can always burn a DVD...
     
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    I used boot.wim to add the usb 3.0 drivers, like you mentioned. I'm not even sure if that is the issue, people installing from usb 3.0 reported that they were unable to choose language settings because their mouse/keyboard did not react on input.

    I don't have an optical drive installed in my laptop :(
     
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    It does not allow me to write my Windows 7 image to the USB drive using MBR. The error message says that my Windows 7 iso file is not suitable for this.
     
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    Perhaps I am missing some other driver?
     
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    How do you copy W7 to the USB drive?
     
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    Does your iso work on other computers, there's nothing wrong with it?

    If you get it working, I'd suggest disabling or removing all the other SSD's, otherwise you'll risk having the install (boot partitions) spread out on more than one drive, ESPECIALLY if all of them are formatted. This could be a bad thing in the long run, making the system dependant on more drives than necessary.
     
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    I tried running it on my old laptop, but it has legacy bios and mbr drives, it couldn't even find the usb drive in the boot menu. I'll try to leave 1 ssd enabled and unplug the rest now, thanks.
     
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    That is only for making the install good like I mentioned above, I doubt it will help you actually starting the installation.
     
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    Nvm
     
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    The problem was a bad image.
     
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