Anyone still running Windows 7?
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Installing Windows 7
I’ve been trying to get Windows 7 up and running, but I keep hitting this wall right at the very end—maybe about five or seven minutes before the finishing touches are supposed to complete—where the whole process just... stalls. It doesn't even freeze or crash; it just sits there, completely motionless, as if it’s forgotten what it’s doing. I guess I’ve tried leaving it alone for two days straight, thinking maybe it just needed time, but nothing happens. I’m using a SATA hard drive, and I suspect that might be where the issue lies, because when I swap it out for an old 20GB IDE drive, the installation finishes in about 25 minutes without any drama.
I currently have Windows XP running on this machine, but I really want to have Windows 7 installed alongside it.
Does anyone have any idea what could possibly be causing this hang-up?
Can anyone help me out here?
I’ve been trying to get Windows 7 up and running, but I keep hitting this wall right at the very end—maybe about five or seven minutes before the finishing touches are supposed to complete—where the whole process just... stalls. It doesn't even freeze or crash; it just sits there, completely motionless, as if it’s forgotten what it’s doing. I guess I’ve tried leaving it alone for two days straight, thinking maybe it just needed time, but nothing happens. I’m using a SATA hard drive, and I suspect that might be where the issue lies, because when I swap it out for an old 20GB IDE drive, the installation finishes in about 25 minutes without any drama.
I currently have Windows XP running on this machine, but I really want to have Windows 7 installed alongside it.
Does anyone have any idea what could possibly be causing this hang-up?
Can anyone help me out here?