Anyone still running Windows 7?
in Software ·
Hey everyone, just wanted to give you a quick rundown of what I'm dealing with... I'm trying to get Windows 7 running on a laptop that previously had XP. It was the 32-bit version, but the hardware itself is 64-bit, though I don't think that should be much of an issue. During the installation process, things got pretty glitchy—the installer would freeze up several times, forcing me to restart the whole thing. I honestly can't tell if it's a bad disc, a failing hard drive, or something else entirely, but after three tries, I finally managed to get the system up and running. It worked fine for about two days, but then out of nowhere, the whole computer just froze solid. I couldn't even pull up Task Manager or do anything, so I had no choice but to hard reboot by holding down the power button. Now, when I try to turn it back on, all I see is that little blinking cursor in the top left corner. Just... ugh. I tried popping in my Windows 7 disc to run a repair or something similar, and it starts off okay—it goes through the "copying files" phase, but once it hits that "LOADING" screen with the Microsoft Corporation logo, it just hangs there forever. Any ideas? Could this be a hardware failure, or has anyone dealt with something similar and actually fixed it? I'd really appreciate any insight you guys could share.