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Old Installed Still Won't Give Up Hard Drive Space
Before I begin, I want to mention that my XP Partition of my 250GB HDD is my D:/ drive, and my storage partition is my C:/ drive.Â Originally, I was excited about Windows 7, and I installed it on my C partition, because I figured with no Windows install on that partition, it should be fine. With about 25GB free, I installed Windows 7. Â It installed fine, but when I went back into XP, I noticed it moved my Documents and Settings (I do use the C partition for My Documents, by that, I mean, I have Windows use that as My Docs instead of on the D partition) and Program Files to a folder "Windows.Old".

So, at that point, I managed to move everything around so that I had my program files and docs/settings back, and I ordered a 500GB HDD to partition and install Windows 7 on, seperately. Â I figured, the only good way to get rid of the old install on the C partition would be to format, so I copied all files/folders except for "Windows", "Program Files" (the Windows 7 one) and "Program Files (x86) to my 500GB hdd, formatted my C partition, then installed Windows 7 on the other partition on my 500GB HDD, and copied all the files back to the C drive.Â

Here's the problem: Before I installed the original install of Windows 7 on the C partition, I had 25 GB free - now, after formatting, I only have 11GB free... Â When I moved the files around to get XP working normally again (before I reinstalled 7 on the other drive), I renamed 7's Docs/Settings, and I'm not sure if I deleted it, or if it just disappeared. Â The files I copied over are bigger than what they were before the original Windows 7 install. Where would big files be hiding?

Posted: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:15 AM

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Win 7 Clean Install Won't Detect SATA Drive
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my desktop that is currently running Vista and XP on a dual boot. I want to eliminate the dual boot and do a clean install with Windows 7. I have a Western Digital SATA drive WD2500KS. If I try to install "custom" it will not detect the drive and wants to load drivers.

If I try to upgrade it shows the drive and both partitions and want's to know which partition. I ran the Windows 7 compatibility program and it shows the drive and no issues pertaining to installation. How do I get a clean install to recognize the hard drive? Processor is Intel Core2 Quad CPU 2.4 Ghz.

Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010 7:51 PM

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XP And 7 Install Issues (Won't Boot Into Win 7 Install)
I have XP SP2 installed. I used EASEUS Partition Master to split my drive in half, one half being XP, the other half being a future install of Windows 7.

Put DVD in, selected the blank partition, began the install. Once it gets to the first reboot, it will reboot and go straight into XP. There is no option to choose Windows 7. The XP boot.ini has only one entry for XP.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking I need to add an entry for Windows 7, but have no clue what to put and I'm also guessing I'd have to add a few special tags because it's booting into the setup process of Win 7.

Posted: 11-01-2009

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Unattended Install - Win 7 RTM - Can't Format Or Partition
I just downloaded Win 7 RTM from Technet. I also downloaded Windows AIK for Windows 7 as well. I have spent hours trying figure out how to use the AIK, and finally after much reading I thought I had got the autounattend.xml right. The problem I'm facing is that the my unattended installation isn't formatting or partitioning my hard drive according to the settings within Autounattend.xml file.

Which means every time I have tried running my unattended install, the old files from my previous Vista/7 OS Windows and Program files, are moved into Windows.old folders. Notes:

The setup and unattended installation is working , as I haven't had to touch or type anything after I've run setup.exe from the Win7 DVD. The account, computer name are all being set. I haven't encountered any errors during the installation process.

Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 5:45 AM

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Most 32-bit Programs Won't Run In RTM
I've been using Win7 since the beta, and not once have I had this problem 'till now (and I've used builds 7000, 7100, 7229, and 7260 without issues).

But starting with build 7600.16384 (I have the RTM now (7600.16385)), I've been having trouble getting 32-bit programs to work. At first they were slow to start--now they won't start at all. Originally I could work around it by running them apps as Admin w/compatability for Vista SP2, but now even that doesn't work.

64-bit apps startup fine (Photoshop, IE8, any built-in app, etc.), but anything 32-bit will just sit in the Task Manager all day, with the memory usage never above 3-4MB, and simply fail to start. No error messages, no abrupt termination, just nothing. The only exceptions have been FL Studio 8 and Steam (but Steam games won't run), both of which run perfectly despite being 32-bit.

I can only last so long using IE and not being able to play any games.

Posted: 08-03-2009

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Computer Won't Recognize Any CD Drive For Win 7
I'm building a new computer.Â I have the following specs:

EVGA 790i motherboard Intel Quad Core 2.66 8gb ram 500gb western digital HDD I installed an 'upgrade' copy of windows 7 on my new HDD and it installed perfectly.Â

The problem, of course, is that I needed the full version, and the product ID wouldn't work.Â So once I realized that I had an upgrade version, I figured that I would just install Vista and then upgrade to 7.Â I tried this, but Windows 7 wouldn't allow it.

so I formatted the HDD in order to start over. Now when I turn on my computer, Windows 7 tries to boot but says that it's missing the bootmgr files, and to insert a bootable CD. But now my computer isn't recognizing ANY CD Drives. I have three different CD drives that I'm working with.Â Two are IDE and one is Sata.Â

None of them are recognized by this computer, but all of them work on my other computer using the same cables. I have gone into my BIOS and changed the boot priority to CD Drive and disabled all the other options. I have unplugged my HDD completely on reboot.

I have unplugged my motherboard battery and left it out for some time and tried again. I'm out of ideas and very frustrated.Â I feel like if I can get my system to recognize ANY of my CD drives then I will be able to reinstall windows.

Posted: Sunday, November 29, 2009 9:13 PM

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Matrox Win 7(x64) Display Driver Won't Install
I'm having problems installing my Matrox driver on windows 7(x64) version.

I've been using the 32bit version of windows 7, and i managed to get the matrox driver installed no problem. (i used the windows compatibility mode)

I've tried the same method again (Windows compatibility mode) and downloadedÂ the Vista(x64) version of the driver.Â It suggests the right diver to install but then says i have an incompatible version of windows.

I have read up on the problem, and i have seen suggestions to check that the device ID is listed in the display drivers .inf file.

I've checked that andÂ my device ID does exsist in the driver .inf file. So now i'm stumped, is there another way to install my driver?

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why my driver won't install.

Posted: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:30 PM

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Win 7 Won't Recognise My 3rd Hard Drive
I have 3 hard drives installed on my Pc with windows vista. Everything runned perfectly well. Then I decided to install Windows 7 RC. It installs properly on my first drive and also shows my second hard drive.

But in my computer there is nothing about the third hard drive. Is there a way so that Windows 7 can recognise it as well? When installing windows 7 it also showed it as a drive that could be used to install the windows but now that I installed them in another drive it does appear under my computer at all.

Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:42 PM

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RTM Won't Go Back To Sleep After One Wake Event - Network Driver Issue
I have a licensed MSDN Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit RTM build 7600 installed to test out some media center software. It will go to S3 sleep and wake once successfully with powercfg -lastwake showing the correct wake event. Having woken once, then subsequent attempts to sleep result in the PC resuming instantly with powercfg -lastwake not showing any reason for the wake event.

powercfg -devicequery wake_armed was showing only the network card being armed, as we want to use network events to wake the PC. The network chipset is Realtek RTL8111C Lan running the WHQL driver installed by Win7 RTM. This is an Asus P4-P5N9300 Barebone PC with 4GB RAM and E7400 CPU. It has an external USB Hauppauge dual tuner DVB-T tuner; PS2 keyboard and mouse; an X10 interface connected to the Com port. It has the BIOS set to S3 sleep; plug&play OS; all wake events disabled in the BIOS.

When it wakes the network shows incorrectly as no internet connectivity, but it does work when you use IE. I saw a suggestion of only using magic packets to wake the PC, so set the pattern match to disabled and made sure magic packets were enabled and selected the checkbox in the power management tab to require magic packets. Same problem - once it wakes after the first magic packet it won't go back to sleep.

The only way I can get the system to sleep more than once is to stop the network card waking the PC, which won't work in our desired use case of using WOL. Having established that it was a network card, I tried the latest Realtek drivers for Windows 7 - newer than then ones installed by RTM build, but this driver still prevents sleep after the first wake event.

I know NDIS 6.2 was introduced in Win7, so it looks like the WHQL testing needs to cover S3 sleep tests, as the Realtek RTL8111C driver is clearly broken ! Does anyone know if it's possible to install a Vista network driver under Win7, as this doesn't add the new packet matching support, or alternatively are there any registry overrides for the network wake events?

Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009 8:39 AM

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Win 7 Won't See Drive Partition / Chkdsk Finds No Problems
I have a bizarre problem in that every time that my machine boots it wants to run chkdsk for my second drive (assigned letter d:), chkdsk runs through and finds no errors but when windows finishes loading the drive shows up but as "Raw" or unformatted.Â I can again run chkdsk from a cmd window including with /f /r and it finds no problems.

I should also add that the windows event viewer has constant entries of error 55. If there is anything else that I can provide, please let me know.Â This really has me stumped and I really appreciate any help that anyone can provide.Â My google-fu is also not strong enough for this.

The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume D:.

Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:55 AM

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Install Drive Space Issue
I have no idea, the F drive has enough space to install it.

I don't know why they tell me that?!

Posted: 01-16-2009

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SB750 RAID Drivers Not In RTM.can't Install.slipstream?
So like half the world I got RTM from MSDN yesterday, with hopes of installing today. Well for the past 10 hours I have been trying to get this OS installed on a Asus M4A79T Deluxe motherboard with the AMD SB750 RAID drivers and unfortunately I have come upon some woes that I hope you all might be able to shed some light on.

In the RC the drivers were not present, as is the case with the current RTM, the process I would have to go thorough is as follows:

1. Click Next at the Language select screen
2. Click Install Now at the Install screen
3. Accept Terms and Next
4. Choose Custom install
5. It is at this point where I run into the lack of a driver with the RC, no drives are listed at theWhere do you want to install Windows?screen.
6. Click Load Driver
7. A message box pops up indicating To install the device driver needed to access your hard drive, insert the installation media containing the driver files, and then click OK.It is at this time that I click Browse
8. The browse for folder menu pops up and I navigate to my USB drive (have used a CD in the past) and select the AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controllerand click Next
At this point everything is good, the driver gets loaded and I continue on my merry way with the install of the RC.

Posted: 08-07-2009

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Losing Hard Drive Space With Win 7
So, I've done what I *think* is standard to check this; no spy junk or viruses, did a scandisk and disk cleanup, but I'm still losing a few gigs at a time to the air- 3 gigs today, 3 last week, and a gig here and there-

Is there a way to trace what your computer's downloaded during the day (nothing intentional, I assure you)?Â I also saw something about a 'shadow file', but I don't know where to check/change the settings to keep my comp from being gobbled up by gnomes.

BTW,this is 64 bit Windows 7 beta, dell studio, and my computer is black (that should help).

Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:03 AM

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All Programs Won't Display And Speech Recognition Won't Start
My speech recogntiion won't start. I don't have a system restore that far back, but it hasn't been working since 3, maybe 4 updates back and I am now just getting around to it, since I have had other concerns lately. The error I get is "Speech recognition could not start because the language configuration is not supported.

The recognizer language must match the language of the user interface. Please change the recognizer language in the Speech Recognition control panel under Advanced Options." I go there and press certain buttons and I sometimes get the error message "The requested task can not be carried out because the neccesary engine can not be created. Please select a different engine and/or audio device."

I have tried changing the laguage and then restarting and it still won't work. I am using the same mic I was using before when it worked. I have not installed any new sound drivers when it stopped although I have looked for the sound drivers since and there are no new ones.

I also had two other problems after the same Windows 7 update with the All Programs not displaying in the Start Menu, but I have dont a temporary fix with that, but it is still not working the way it is supposed to as I had to make a new sub folder in the Programs folder and change the location to that folder every time I start up Windows and so now I go into All Programs and then a second folder, which is ok for now, gonna write a batch file to do it for me anyway.

The other problem is that my sidebar wouldn't start, but I think I fixed that last night. As my gadgets are now working.

Posted: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:05 PM

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RTM Install Fails - Can Not Format New Hard Drive
Windows 7 will not format a new hard drive if there is a second internal hard drive attached. The 2nd drive is a logical drive and both drives are displayed properly during the start of the Windows 7 install. XP has no problem with a new unformatted drive but 7 fails to create the small 100MB system partition.

In my case after some hair pulling I removed the second drive and then 7 could create both the 100MB system partition and the primary partition needed to install the OS. Has anyone else seen this problem?

Posted: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:53 PM

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ATI Driver Won't Install
I have a Toshiba Satellite Laptop and I installed Windows 7 Build 7100 on it.

However, Open GL games do not work, and I have the ATI 8.56 graphics driver installed and I am trying to upgrade it to the latest 8.61. However, after I run the installer, my screen does not blink and once installation is complete, I do not see a change in the driver version - and catalyst is not installed as well.

However, when i am trying to re-install it says the drivers are already installed. Any ideas as to whats going wrong? Its a 32-bit OS. I cannot run any OpenGL games, they fail saying it could not load OpenGL.

Posted: 05-05-2009

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Network HP Printer Won't Install
Trying to install an HP 2100 tn printer through a Linksys router to a Win 7 62 Pro machine. Win 7 drivers for Asus MB, Marvell Card and latest firmware for Linksys router.

Tried Win 7 printer installation routines a jillion times...and it couldn't find the printer (power cycled router and printer several times). Used HP latest network diagnostic but it can't find the printer. Used latest PCL 5, 6 and PS drivers from HP - nothing. Used netsniffer with HP diagnostic and it looks like the diagnostic sees the printer (reports the correct i.p. address) but doesn't identify it as a printer.

Went back to XP where the printer works and found it is currently working with IPX protocol.

Anyone have any ideas? I don't want to buy a new printer, or stick with XP.

Posted: 2 Weeks Ago

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CD Drive Won't Display
Recently I've been installing/uninstalling DVD burner programs because the DVD maker that came with Windows 7 didn't seem to work for me. Of course, I had to uninstall many of the programs that I installed because it wasn't compatible with Windows 7. I think it was after I uninstalled the program Imgburn that I was no longer able to view my CD (F:) drive under my computer.

I found out that one of the drivers was disabled (code 32), so I tried repairing it following the solutions online. I mostly found that I could fix it by enabling the drive, but that wouldn't work. I tried disabling the drive and reenabling it, and even trying to edit it from regedit. Can someone help me? I have a Dell Inspiron 1545. The operating system is 64-bit and the processor is Pentium(R) dual core T4200. The driver that's having problems is TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L633B ATA Device.

Posted: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:45 AM

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Sigmatel Audio Drivers Won't Install
Have a tablet PC that I just installed Seven onto. Even though it's an old box, Windows update found nearly all of the drivers. The one it didn't find is for the AC97 Sigmatel audio.

So, I grabbed the drivers I used for Vista (they're actually XP drivers) and tried to install them. Did this again and again, using different compatibility modes every time. Got no indications of failure, but never worked, either.

Tried removing the device and having Windows Update search for a driver. No luck.

Tried installing driver from selecting from list. Only Sigmatel driver in the list is for HD -- which I don't have.

Even tried the MS WDM driver -- and it refused to install it.

I read in another thread that there are supposedly generic AC97 drivers --but I can't figure out how to install them.

The relevant driver files from Vista are STAC97.sys and staco.dll -- which tells me this is a STACS AC97 audio chip. But I just can't figure out how to get a driver installed.

Posted: 06-24-2009

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Conexant AC-Link Drivers Won't Install
I have a HP Pavilion zv600 (model zv6123cl).Â The drivers sectionÂ for my computer on HP.com only lists XP drivers, which fail to install. The Vista section (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=500261&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us&y=6&x=8) only has drivers for the quick launch buttons.

I've also downloaded the package suggested at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprohardware/thread/f4dfec8a-e2c9-44b0-ac8b-f8dcfe80ab4a, but these also fail, even when checked for running as admin in Vista compatibility mode.Â

Windows Update doesn't have any downloads.Â Device manager lists the device as "Muiltimedia Audio Controller", with the little exclamation point.

Does anyone have any other drivers for the Conexant CX20468-31 AC97 Audio that might work with Windows 7?

Posted: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:44 PM

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Canon LiDE 50 Scanner Won't Install
I have just installed Windows 7 64 bit dual booting with Windows Vista 32 bit.

I can't get drivers for my Canon CanoScan LiDE 50 Scanner to install on Windows 7 (works fine on Vista)

See on the Canon Website that they are not showing any Windows 7 drivers for this scanner which I can't get to work.

Tried LiDE 60 drivers but could not get these to install with my scanner.

Is there anything I can do to get this working. Or do I have to reboot Vista if I want to continue using this scanner?

Posted: 10-27-2009

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Adobe Flash Won't Install In Firefox 3
Have read previous threads on Flash, and made sure I'm the administrator: my first name (Barend) is shown as administrator.

Still, I am often getting the msg "Page can only be viewed with Flash player- Install?".
Instead of installing I only get the option to download.

Starting the download first leads to failure, then the W7 msg "Do you want to start with the approriate settings?" and then I can choose between IE and Firefox.

But it still doesn't install correctly, because empty pages and the msg as in line 2 keeps appearing.

Posted: Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:54 AM

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South Bridge Drivers Won't Install
I just built desktop with ASUS M4A78 Plus mobo and was getting BSODs constantly using windows 7 64-bit. I just installed XP 32-bit and ti's running fine. One thing I noticed is on XP the south bridge drivers installed but on Windows 7 whenever I tried to install them using catalyst manager or driver from ATI's site it would not install. It would attempt to install the north bridge drivers which the log would say successful but catalyst manger would always say they weren't installed.

Has anyone experienced this problem or now a fix for it?

Posted: 01-07-2010 at 05:05:16 PM

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Windows Upgrade Advisor Won't Install
Trying to install Win 7 Upgrade Advisor on a two-year old Vista machine (DELL XPS 420). Clicking the setup icon to install gets me nothing. No installation screens, no warnings, no errors, nothing. I tried installing on an older XP laptop and the software installs there just fine. I've checked the other related topics and they seem to be related to problems installing on XP, not Vista. Any ideas what I'm missing? I've never encountered an installation that fails before it even starts.

Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 11:24 AM

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Upgrade From Vista, Won't Finish Install
I've tried four times to upgrade my vista 64 bit to windows 7, everytime it gets to about 62% complete it just stays there.Â I'll leave it running for two days and it just won't finish.Â I've have over five thousandÂ my lastest build, and it all runs great on Vista 64.Â The compatibility wizard shows no issue before I start the upgrade.Â If I boot to the CDrom first with the windows 7, it starts coping the disc and then I get the Friggin BLUE Screen, everytime.Â

I've been building sytems for over fifteen years, I've owned every kind of windows ever made.Â I've probably paid for Bill Gates car (one of them anyway).I could do a clean install, but I don't want to pay for all the software I'veÂ installed again.

Posted: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:41 PM

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Network Drive Won't Reconnect
I'm havingÂ some network drive connectionÂ error codes and my network drive (NAS) won't reconnect after I log off and back on or reboot the machine.Â Everything used to work fine for a couple months until about 2 weeks ago when this issue started.Â I have scoured over the internet for a solution but have been unable to find one. Â I have a D-Link DNS-321 NAS system with (2) 1TB Seagate drives in it in a RAID 0.Â Running Windows 7 RC1 Build 7100 x64.Â

I can connect to the NAS by mapping the drive out over my network but when I either log off the computer or restart the computer it disconnects itself from the drive and will not allow me access back into it without remapping it.Â If I just double click on the drive without remapping after a reboot I get this error:An error occurred while reconnecting X: todlink-076522Volume_1Microsoft Windows Network: The account is not authorized to log in from this station.

The connection has not been restored.Here's the kicker, I have another computer on my network running the SAME EXACT version of Windows 7 RC1 Build 7100 x64 from the same disk no less and it reconnects with no issues.Â I also have another computer on the network running XP Pro x32 and it reconnects with no issues as well.Â

Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:24 AM

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Floppy Drive Won't Eject
My floppy drive (for DVD) will not eject when pushed.Â I opened the door to the drive, stuck a pin in the tiny hole and was able to pop it open so I could pull it out and retrieve my disk (which was not the problem).Â What could be wrong with the drive and how can it be fixed?

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:00 PM

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HP 64 Won't Boot Unless Dvd In In Drive
I am having a problem after installing Win 7 HP 64 bit. The installation completes, but when I reboot with out the install dvd in the drive, it says boot disk failure insert system disk and press enter. I am upgrading from Win XP Pro 32bit.

Prior to installing the retail version, I was dual booting XP pro and Win 7 RC on two hdd's. I formatted the Win 7 drive in XP, then did a clean install of Win 7, formatting the drive with the installer.Â Any ideas as what I need to do?Â Like I said, my problem is that Win 7 won't boot unless the install dvd is in the drive.

Posted: Saturday, October 31, 2009 4:51 AM

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Won't Boot Without DVD In Drive
Installed Win 7 RC 64bit as a stand alone OS on my machine. When booting, if the DVD is inserted, it will give me the "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD" message, if I wait until that message expires, then the OS boots fine.

If I remove the DVD, then the system does not see either drive as bootable. Drives are: C:Â (A0) Intel 64GB X25-E SSDÂ (OS installed here) D:Â (B0) Maxtor 1TB drive E:Â (B1) Pioneer CD/DVD burner Motherboard is EVGA nForce 750i SLI Probably doesn't matter, but just in case:

CPU: Q8400 RAM: 8GB Corsair 800 GPU: [2] GTX260 PSU: Cooler Master 1000W I've tried Installing multiple times now, with both drives installed, and also with removing the magnetic drive and installing with only the SSD & DVD in the system. The problem still persists through each installation. I've also tried changing the SATA mode in the BIOS. Any suggestions ?

Posted: Monday, May 18, 2009 5:18 PM

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