Problem with new Computer & Win 7 Setup

[RWebb]

same #105 error comes up when rebooting to that burned CD

I am reminded of a famous Louisiana saying used in a movie...

it goes like: if things are defintely not working out well...

then be like a crawfish and back on out of there.

[RWebb]

turns out the HDD was bad; seems to work ok with a new replacement - 72 hrs run in & a couple dozen reboots

[slodave]

Good news! Glad it's up and running.

[RWebb]

Thanks for all your help!

[RANDY P]

Originally Posted by RWebb

Problem on a custom built system where I had already installed Windows 7 (and it seemed to work fine for a few days). I was trying to install a new driver for an hp monitor and somehow it crashed, and I now cannot install (re-install Win 7).

I can boot Win 7 from the install CD (System Builder) but w/o that in drive D:\ the system will not boot. If I DO boot from the install CD, then installation of Win 7 cannot continue - I get an error msg that Windows cannot be installed to that disk. If I try to create a new partition, that fails also.

With Win 7 System Builder CD in drive D:
Goes past BIOS screen…
“Windows is Loading files” – black screen; then “Starting Windows”; then Language & Preferences Screen
if I Select “Install Now” (instead of Repair option)
- “Setup is Starting…” – on Blue screen with plant and white traces graphic; 35 minute wait
- License Acceptance Page
- Type of Installation – Upgrade or Custom (advanced); chose Custom
- Where do you want to install Windows: used to show 1 partition; now shows 2: Disk 0 Partition 1 : System Reserved 100 MB total; & Disk 0 Partition 2 931 GB – busy for 17 minutes
- “Windows cannot be installed to this disk; Disk 0 Partition 2” – Details: Hardware may not support booting to this disk. Check that disk’s controller is enabled in BIOS menu”
- had to Cancel Windows Installation as could not proceed

if I Select Repair Windows – Startup repair could not repair this computer
- cannot test system memory
- can go to Command Prompt – shows a drive “X:\”??; cannot access drive C:\ there

if I Select Repair Your Computer:
shows System Recovery Options, Use recovery tools.. Select an Op Sys (but none is listed)
- I get a chance to load drivers, but have no idea what filenames they might be on the Windows System Builder CD

With Motherboard Drivers CD in drive D:
Just a blank screen if I let it go past the BIOS

if I hit Del to Enter BIOS Setup:
to >SATA Configuration choice shows “SATA 1 Device : Hard Disk” & “SATA 2 Device : ATAPI CDROM”

Boot: identifies HDD first drive as “SATA:3M-WDC WD1002”

if I hit to Enter Bio-unLOCKing:
brings up Windows Boot Manager screen
says OS is Win 7
F8 to reach Adv. Options – unexpected I/O error & refers to Winload.exe

Turn On and let it run past the BIOS with no CD in D:
Goes past BIOS interrupt screen & then displays a blinking underline cursor in upper LH corner of screen, then screen goes blank

I have switched SATA cables and used a different socket on the motherboard, which did not help:
- With Win 7 System Builder CD in drive D:
same as above, then - Where do you want to install Windows: shows: Disk 0 Partition 1 : System Reserved 100 MB total; & Disk 0 Partition 2 931 GB
- told it to format Partition 2, but that failed
- back to the “Partition menu screen” and told it to Delete Partition 2… “failed to delete the selected partition”

- that's where I'm at now & it is starting to get frustrating...

Dang boy why don't you just go to Best Buy like the rest of us? That thing is a POS.

rjp

[red-beard]

Good that it is fixed. So, how does it run? What are the performance results? Run the "Windows Experience" and report it out.

[RWebb]

thx - am Xferring iTunes stuff right now

to me, the slowest problems with ye olden XP computer (Dell 8300; about 8 years old) are booting up, and loading a bunch of pgms - esp. any of the hated Adobe products

will run Win Experience & see what it sez

[RWebb]

Performance Info sez overall is 5.9, limited by the HDD

[slodave]

Really? What did it say about the drive? What's the model again?

[RWebb]

WD Black Caviar 1 Tbyte

[RWebb]

latest excitement is that Outlook 2000 will not work on Win 7 (!)

I can buy the new version of Office (in its entirety) for $24 (501c3) but we have to order 5 copies.

Instead I bought (I hope) a copy of Outlook 2003 which is supposed to work on Win 7 from some online place for $30.

I'd put everything in the cloud if [1] I trusted the cloud, and [2] could access the cloud way out in the boonies.

[Scott R]

Office 2k3 works just fine on Windows 7. Since I can stand the interface on Office 10 I still use 2k3.

Oh, and if at all possible, stay away from Western Digital in the future. I'm a tad biased since they burned me on a very large scale with their junk Caviar 1.2's back in the day, but I still see a ton of failures with them even to this day.

[red-beard]

Any rotating disk will report under 6. The SSDs report in the 7's.

I used a 64GB Adata drive for a new PC and it is super fast. The Kingstons don't seem to be as fast.

[RWebb]

I am not being made a fan of Win 7...

[red-beard]

What's wrong now? I'm using Office 2003 with multiple machines, no problems.

[RWebb]

Office 2000 -

Problem with new Computer & Win 7 Setup

I'm gonna start another thread on win 7