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Problem Installing 7

Jun 1, 2010 7:11AM PDT

Okay, so I've tried installing 7 three times now on a partition on my second hard drive. I get through most of the installation fine up until a certain point in the "Complete Installation" portion. My PC reboots, and seems to load Windows 7 and goes to a black screen with the "Windows 7" info in the bottom right corner. My mouse is visible and movable, but there's nothing to click, and I can't soft reset the PC. I've tried loading 7 in Safe Mode, but I get an error message that says that I cannot finish the installation in safe mode, which means that it ISN'T done installing the OS yet. When I hit F12 on the boot-up screen and have it access the DVD, it takes me back to the beginning of the whole process rather than continuing it.

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Given the machine's make and model.
Jun 1, 2010 9:31AM PDT

There isn't much to discuss yet.

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Problem Installing 7
Jun 1, 2010 3:57PM PDT

try installing on the primary hdd thats all I can as of now.