So I just built a new desktop, and I've been trying to install 64-bit Win 7, but every time the install gets to 'Expanding Windows Files' the install will hang. I've waited ~1hr without any progress, numerous times. The percentage is not always the same, it has been stuck on 0%, 1%, 5%, 10%, 13%, 20%, and more. Based on other posts in this and other forums, I've tried a few things already: - Ejecting and reinserting install disk to encourage install to continue. - Bootable USB drive. - Various amounts of RAM: - All 2GB x 3 dimms - 2GB x 2 dimms - 2GB x 1 dimm - 2GB x 1 (different) dimm - Re-erasing target drive. - Disabling many mobo setting: - Intel Speedstep disabled - CPU freq spreading disabled - PCIe freq spreading disabled - toggle SATA II controller AHCI/IDE Nothing has worked.

The DVD is damaged. It doesn't take much, since there are way too many files in Windows, and the compression-expansion routine is a huge mess. You have a few options. -- Coat the DVD with that milky goo sold at music and movie shops to repair optical discs. -- Manually copy the missing files to the iMac's HDD from another working Windows 7. Again though. Stuck on expanding files. The exact copy of Win 7 I had installed on there still existed I had no idea. Yeah got a license for Win 7 but that's no worries I'll just use that to install in Bootcamp on my Macbook.

I don't suspect any hardware faults because I was able to successfully install and run 64-bit OpenSUSE 11.4 on the hardware before Windows arrived in the mail. I'm using OEM 64-bit Win 7 install disk for system builders, so there shouldn't be any issues with write speed/corrupted ISO. Hardware config as follows: - Sabertooth X58 mobo - Intel Core i7 (965 extreme edition?) - 64GB Crucial M4 SSD, plugged into SATA III - port 2 - 3 x 2GB dimm RAM (corsair, I think) - OEM Sony Optiarc DVD DL burner, plugged into SATA II - port 2 - evga Geforce GTX 560 - wireless logitech keyboard, and wireless offbrand mouse. Can't imagine these are causing problems When I get home I plan to do a memtest using the OpenSUSE install disk, and plugging the SSD and DVD drives into the first SATA III and SATA II ports respectively. But I'm not optimistic. Does anyone have experience with this sort of problem?

Thankyou for your detailed issue, you have said '- Re-erasing target drive. ' Does this mean that you have wiped the drive completely with a program like Darik's Boot software to eliminate reg/framework conflicting issues when loading the Os, sometimes a load will fill alot of the drive with temp as it unpacks, this can create issues with other operating systems (Very Rare) but it still happens never the less. Get your mobo settings as default again, because windows 7 will try and recognize your hardware as it load on the os, so you can use keyboard/mouse through the installation. Because once you have gone into the installation process the mobo reads the external devices through the operating system too so that can actually be used. Devices don't work magically So if you have played with your mobo setting there is a chance that it wont be going anywhere.

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By the sounds of this issue, there could be a million possibilities, and a few ways to fix this, this is not a certain fix, and it just one out of many ways you could resolve or start to troubleshoot this issue. Reset those setting and get back to us. Reset motherboard to default settings.

I have tried many permutations of motherboard settings, and they do not seem to be the issue. Shouldn't Windows be a little more robust? So mostly, I have just been deleting the partitions in the Windows install setup. I'm not sure if this is a full fledged disk partitioner though, since the options are limited. Tonight I hooked up the drive via a SATA-USB cable to another computer and used DISKPART to really make sure it was totally reformatted.

This got me to 15% before hang, but no joy. Suddenly, tonight, I seem to be getting an error message with my hangs. Perhaps I was not waiting long enough before. It says: [fixed]Windows cannot install required files. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation.