I have HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC ,it came with 2 drives, C & Recovery. I re-partitioned the hard using a windows 7 bootable dvd, I deleted the 2 drives, and then created a C and another one, installed the windows on the C and everything was ok until I restarted the computer, the windows didn't start, I forced it shut down, and then tried to re-install the windows again but it freezes on 'Setup is starting' screen.
I searched the problem, solutions like 'disable fdd' or 'disable non-essentials' didn't work, actually the bios screen doesn't give me many options, the menus are :
Main — the device features
Security — Power-on password
Diagnostics — Primary Hard Disk & Memory test
System Configuration — Language, Card Reader / 1349 Power Saving, Fan always On (enable/disable) & Boot options.
I even tried to boot from a USB drive but this too didn't work, since the Boot options only supports the following:
CD-ROM, Floppy & Internal Network Adapter boot.
Could this be a Hardware problem ?
thanks in advance.
Best Answer
I had the same issue with my Dell Inspirion 15R SE. The cause of the hang is the Graphics Output Protocol (GOP). Windows 7 doesn't support it and hangs here. The solution was to enable the old VGA option ROM loading (disabling fastBoot) in the UEFI.