b1017 Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 After getting hit with some nasty spyware I had to re-install Windows 7 from scratch. During the install I'm now randomly getting this error during the install. The weird part is that it happens randomly at different times during the install. I don't think it's the CD since its the same one I used when I first installed it.See the screen shot of the error here.Any help would be appreciated!Barry
Tripredacus Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Are you using an answer file? Also what Windows is it?
b1017 Posted June 9, 2011 Author Posted June 9, 2011 No answer file from what I'm aware. I'm using the OEM install CD from HP for Windows 7 32-bit that came with my HP Elite 8100.
b1017 Posted June 9, 2011 Author Posted June 9, 2011 physically looks ok, the error pops up after the file copy is done and it's configuring the components....
cluberti Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Hmm. Are you deleting partitions and selecting the new empty space on the disk when prompted, or does it just go right into installing Windows?
b1017 Posted June 9, 2011 Author Posted June 9, 2011 it lets me do a custom install, i wiped out all the partitions and still no luck
cluberti Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 That's very interesting. Is it always the same error message as the screenshot shows?
nice_guy75 Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 It is just a guess, is it something to do with "System Reserved" partition?
b1017 Posted June 10, 2011 Author Posted June 10, 2011 I was able to figure it out. Not sure why this worked but it did.I set the SATA mode to IDE, booted with a Windows 98 boot disk, ran an fdisk /mbr Next time I ran through the install, everything worked! Thanks for your assistanceBarry
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