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Hello everyone, I am having an issue with installing Windows 7 onto my PC. I had built it myself and has been working before. I decided to start fresh, and I had no important files so I decided to do a wipe and then install it. I have done this before. I have these main components:
ASRock Socket 1155 Extreme4
Intel i7 3770k
8GB (4x2) of Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz RAM
Corsair TX750M PSU
EVGA Classified GTX 680
Seagate ST2000DX01 SSHD
Samsung Blu-Ray
I have cleared the CMOS, after this happened the first two times. The motherboard posts and everything, and I have wiped everything on the HDD, double checked by putting it in my backup PC and using the Disk Management tool and formatting it correctly. However every time I try to install Windows 7 now, it will freeze up at "Copying Windows files" and when I say freeze, I mean, the case buttons are unresponsive as well as the onboard buttons (Power, and Reset). The only way to have any type of response back is by holding down the power buttons (on the case or doing the onboard). So please, help me with this issue.
 
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The Seagate web site should have diagnostic programs that can check out your hard drive. Possibly reformatting it might be needed.

You could check out the asrock site for the possibility of applicable bios updates.
DO NOT update the bios unless it addresses your issue.
A bad update can brick your motherboard.

Try doing the windows install using the integrated graphics of your motherboard to eliminate the possibility of a bad graphics card.

Might this not be an opportune time to go to a SSD? A SSD will make everything you do feel so much quicker.
120gb will hold the os and a handful fo games. with 240gb, you may never need the hard drive at all.
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Memtest had no errors at all and there are no over clocks
 
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The Seagate web site should have diagnostic programs that can check out your hard drive. Possibly reformatting it might be needed.

You could check out the asrock site for the possibility of applicable bios updates.
DO NOT update the bios unless it addresses your issue.
A bad update can brick your motherboard.

Try doing the windows install using the integrated graphics of your motherboard to eliminate the possibility of a bad graphics card.

Might this not be an opportune time to go to a SSD? A SSD will make everything you do feel so much quicker.
120gb will hold the os and a handful fo games. with 240gb, you may never need the hard drive at all.
 
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Currently after Christmas I have no money to spend on a SSD, although if I find one for the right price then I would jump on it. Currently finishing the second pass of the Memtest and then Seagate has "SeaTools for DOS" so I'll do that afterwards, the GPU works fine as it always has. I'll check for a BIOS update as well, and I know the risks of doing such updates. I'll get back to you when these things are done. I wanted to let you know I appreciate the help.
 
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What incented you to start afresh?

In clearing the cmos, has anything changed?

For instance, is the sata mode AHCI?
You will want that of you ever expect to clone your os to a ssd.

Go over the bios options to see if any option looks different or strange.

 
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I am one of those people where I don't really delete anything that I do not need anymore such as files and games and older videos from editing and such and everything just kept piling up. So I did a clean wipe in the past and it worked fine, now I always freezing on the installation. I usually go through my BIOS to see things unusual, like how my RAM was at 1333MHz instead of 1600, and I always make sure SATA is on AHCI rather than IDE.
 
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In Memtest86, are iterations anything to worry about, or are they harmless and errors are the only things I should be worried about?
 
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Normally one pass will ferret out any ram issues.
Sometimes it may take overnight.

I would expect NO errors, for however long you choose to run.

Is it possible that you have a defect on your windows dvd?
Perhaps you can borrow a different dvd or download a iso and try that.
All are the same, differing only in 32/64 bit flavors.
It is the activation key that unlocks the different versions.
 
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I figured out the issue. The disc drive I had been using was faulty... I had used this thing not to long before I wiped my stuff. Time to return it, although I don't think I can because it is an OEM part.
 
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