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Windows 7 install problem

by Imtiaz383 Jan 1, 2010 9:50PM PST

I was installing Windows 7 on my Windows ultimate laptop then this error came up "Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computer's hardware".
This happens everytime the installer reaches the completing installation point.
My laptop is an A300 PSAGCA - 03C010 satellite notebook.
2.27Ghz 4Gb ram 400 Gb harddrive and is Core2duo

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I'm still a newbie in 7 installs.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 2, 2010 1:09AM PST

But this happened twice. The first time it was the usual things plugged into the USB ports. Fix? Unplug everything, try again,.

The second time it was the old "trip up the install by formatting the drive ahead of time" issue. Fix? We removed all the drive partitions and let 7 partition the drive and install.

Hope this helps.

Now there is some talk about an old BIOS that caused this but I haven't seen that.
Bob

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