Upgrading from Vista home premium to win 7 hoe premium from DVD ex Digital river on gigabyte VM900m; core 2 duo 2.13GHz 2GB ram; Western digital 250GB HD.
Got as far as "Expanding Windows files …100% the error message "Computer encountered unexpected error… To install windows press OK to restart computer and reinstall windows"
The computer then reboots, loads Windows 7 (new logo) a essage that says "setup is starting services" then the error message comes back.
I can get into BIOS to change boot priority but the computer just ignores this and goes through the same sequence. At the point of "to boot from CD/DVD press any key" my keyboard is deactivated and i cannot make a choice and the sae sequence occurs.
I cannot break the sequence – I have push every key, disconnected every external device including HDMI screen, but nothing stops the loop.
Any ideas?
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Best Answer
Sounds like a memory issue. When Windows is expanding the files, it's usually extracting
.cabsand other compressed files in memory to prepare for the next step, copying files to disk. Give memtest86+ a go and report back with the results so we can help you further.