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Question

problem in formatting laptop

Oct 18, 2011 11:28PM PDT

I have met some problem when formatting my laptop
when the formatting process reaches the complete installation of windows
7 part,it suddenly says that the windows cannot configure one or more
system components n ask me to restart the installation for windows 7.I
kept trying for many times but the result is still the same.So,i would
like to ask is there any ways to solve this problem??
Any advice would be appreciated.

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No need to post 3 times
Oct 18, 2011 11:31PM PDT

Once will do.

I have locked your other two threads.

Mark

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Many Acers only run the OS supplied.
Oct 19, 2011 12:20AM PDT

I wonder if you are encountering the "can't install 7 on this laptop" issue?
Bob

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Let's see...
Oct 21, 2011 2:37AM PDT

Have you run the Win7 adviser to see if your laptop is capable of supporting Win7? It should respond with any weakness or needs required to make it possible to run Win7. If you have an old laptop it may also conclude its better to run Win7-32bit version than the 64-bit version for the fact the cpu can't readily support it, even with a cpu that's hyper-threaded, it's a pitfall sorta thing. But, in this thread I see no details of the laptop, what version OS, etc., it's hard to determine what's going on here. Beware, that laptops provide thier unique install or set-up which the manufacturer knows and provides, this in turn makes the OS restore/recovery easier. However, any new OS or retail version introduces what the end user may not see until it happens. If any error posts, what are they in full.