I installed Win7 clean and after the first restart fails to load. I tried in safe made and it locks after it says loaded: windows/system32/drivers/disk.sys

I am running i7 920, Gigabyte EX58-DS4, Sapphire 5870, Pioneer Blu-Ray BDC-S02, WD 1TB, Zalman 750W.

What is wrong?

disk.sys loads, and then any filter drivers (or disk drivers) that rely on disk.sys load. Sounds like, if this is just a clean install, the driver for your disk subsystem isn't loading properly. That board uses the ICH10R, which works fine out of the box in Win7 (I have many systems using that without issue), so I'm not sure what's happening. Is it the first restart after Windows finishes installing, or is it still installing?

Also, is this a 32 or 64bit install?

disk.sys loads, and then any filter drivers (or disk drivers) that rely on disk.sys load. Sounds like, if this is just a clean install, the driver for your disk subsystem isn't loading properly. That board uses the ICH10R, which works fine out of the box in Win7 (I have many systems using that without issue), so I'm not sure what's happening.

Is it the first restart after Windows finishes installing, or is it still installing?

Also, is this a 32 or 64bit install?

Windows is still installing, it's the restart that is part of the install.

This is 64 bit.

I've noticed the hard drive has an apple symbol on it, but it is a Western Digital WD1002FBYS, which should work with windows.

Edited December 21, 200916 yr by sween64

Is it a hologram install DVD, or is the install from a burned ISO or thumb/usb drive? I would think the hardware would be fine, although testing a downloaded source in a VM first is usually a good idea.

It is downloaded ISO Enterprise 90 day trial. I've been told that 6GB can some times conflict with the install. I'll take 2GB out and then try and install.

Didn't make a difference. I'm gonna burn the ISO image very slowly, that might make a difference.

PS I always verify my burns, is that enough?

It would probably be better to try the ISO itself in a virtual machine - it might not be the media at all.