Cant repair an aborted windows 7 install

[Angels75]

Hello,
I decided to give my acer aspire 5515 to my stepson, so i was reinstalling windows 7 on it and it accidently aborted before finishing installing. Now when I put my disc in it doesn't read it and never repairs it, never completes it, just keeps rebootiing. I have tried set up default settings, system repair, but nothing works. Please help. My drive is just making a whirring sound but never booting, but really it has always done that and would always eventually kick in, but not this time. I had an xp start up disc on a cd-r and it read that, but not my iso on a dvd-r.

 

[Angels75]

Hello,
I decided to give my acer aspire 5515 to my stepson, so i was reinstalling windows 7 on it and it accidently aborted before finishing installing. Now when I put my disc in it doesn't read it and never repairs it, never completes it, just keeps rebootiing. I have tried set up default settings, system repair, but nothing works. Please help. My drive is just making a whirring sound but never booting, but really it has always done that and would always eventually kick in, but not this time. I had an xp start up disc on a cd-r and it read that, but not my iso on a dvd-r.

 

[nhasian]

simply delete the partition and recreate it during install for a fresh new clean installation.

 

[nhasian]

simply delete the partition and recreate it during install for a fresh new clean installation.

 

[Angels75]

could you please explain excatley how to do that in simple directions please. I'll try anything.

 

[nhasian]

Here are detailed step by step instructions with pictures:

How Do I Perform a Clean Installation of Windows?

 

[dodger46]

Sounds to me as if you need a new Install disk.
Download ISO from here
http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/604187-legal-download-digitalriver-windows-7-sp1-13-languages.html (I usually put it on the desktop)
Burn to disk by double clicking the ISO icon (Recommend check 'Verify')

 

[Angels75]

ok the issue with this is that its not booting my iso dvd-r at all even when I change the boot sequence.

 

[RetiredChief]

You need to go into Bios and set the BOOT priority to BOOT from DVD.
It is probably set to boot to the HDD first, and the MBR is trashed.

Once you are able to boot to the DVD, then Slect custom install, on page that asks where to install click on advanced and DELET ALL partitions, Then select the NOW unpartitioned drive to install to.

That should solve your problem.

 

[womble]

I've managed to install Windows 7 on a netbook before using a USB install:-

http://emea.microsoftstore.com/UK/en-GB/Service-Centre/Windows-7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool

Karl

 

[Mousemonkey]

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