- Oct 4, 2010
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Alright, here's the deal -
1. I installed Office 365 University on my comp which ALREADY had Office 2010 on it (I wanted to compare the two - big surprise - the only difference is that 365 looks crappy and confusing and cost me money I don't have)
2. I uninstalled 2010
3. My boot time went from 20s to over 3min. It sits on the black Starting Windows screen 'thinking'
4. I have gone through reinstall hell for the last 5 hours. I have uninstalled reinstalled back and forth. Yes, I used Parted Magic and did secure erase. Yes, everything is plugged in as it should be.
Build
AsRock H77M
I7 3770
2x8GB silverline Mushkin 1333
C: SanDisk 240 Extreme SSD
I have Win 7 64 Home Premium, and then an upgrade disc to go to 7 Pro 64 (Both OEM)
This build was totally fine until this office fiasco
I have searched every forum, googled till I thought about throwing myself off a bridge, I am at the end of my rope
My mobo requires that I install the LAN driver from the disc. I checked and that is the version on the DL page for asrock (v 7048)
To make sure it wasn't the LAN driver, I did a quick restart to see if it 'hung' and it did not. yay.
Then I plugged in my other HDDs (2x4TB seagate, 1x2TB samsung), then the hang happens.
These HDDs are not involved in the installation process, and EVERYTHING WAS FINE!! ARRGGHH!
Does anyone have ANY idea what this is? I am baffled!
I'm putting this under 'Components' because it's clearly hardware related, I just don't know which hardware.
PS - since everything was fine before, I don't think flashing the BIOS will do anything different - and if after this whole ordeal I brick my mobo I WILL jump off a bridge.
Any help much appreciated,
Sarah
1. I installed Office 365 University on my comp which ALREADY had Office 2010 on it (I wanted to compare the two - big surprise - the only difference is that 365 looks crappy and confusing and cost me money I don't have)
2. I uninstalled 2010
3. My boot time went from 20s to over 3min. It sits on the black Starting Windows screen 'thinking'
4. I have gone through reinstall hell for the last 5 hours. I have uninstalled reinstalled back and forth. Yes, I used Parted Magic and did secure erase. Yes, everything is plugged in as it should be.
Build
AsRock H77M
I7 3770
2x8GB silverline Mushkin 1333
C: SanDisk 240 Extreme SSD
I have Win 7 64 Home Premium, and then an upgrade disc to go to 7 Pro 64 (Both OEM)
This build was totally fine until this office fiasco
I have searched every forum, googled till I thought about throwing myself off a bridge, I am at the end of my rope
My mobo requires that I install the LAN driver from the disc. I checked and that is the version on the DL page for asrock (v 7048)
To make sure it wasn't the LAN driver, I did a quick restart to see if it 'hung' and it did not. yay.
Then I plugged in my other HDDs (2x4TB seagate, 1x2TB samsung), then the hang happens.
These HDDs are not involved in the installation process, and EVERYTHING WAS FINE!! ARRGGHH!
Does anyone have ANY idea what this is? I am baffled!
I'm putting this under 'Components' because it's clearly hardware related, I just don't know which hardware.
PS - since everything was fine before, I don't think flashing the BIOS will do anything different - and if after this whole ordeal I brick my mobo I WILL jump off a bridge.
Any help much appreciated,
Sarah
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