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Computer froze during windows 7 reinstallation.

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Last response: August 15, 2012 6:18 AM in Windows 7

Momentai

August 15, 2012 4:27:01 AM

After my computer froze during the reinstallation I get a message telling me to restart my computer to allow the installation to finish, however it never does. Any help is appreciated

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dodger46

Windows 7 Expert

August 15, 2012 4:30:27 AM

Did you re-install to a formatted drive/partition?

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Momentai

August 15, 2012 5:19:13 AM

no. Is that what I was supposed to do?

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dodger46

Windows 7 Expert

August 15, 2012 5:23:36 AM

Yep, a 'Clean Install' is always recommended, saves the type of hassles you're experiencing... if you have huge amounts of data to back up and no external storage, it's possible to create a new partition to re-install Windows. Then remove the old Windows when you're done.

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Momentai

August 15, 2012 5:35:40 AM

So is there anything I can do at this point?

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dodger46

Windows 7 Expert

August 15, 2012 5:43:07 AM

Depends on whether you have data to recover.
You should still be able to use the installation disk to get to the 'Where do you want to install Windows' screen. There you can format drives/partitions etc. though personally I prefer to use a bootable version of EaseUs Partition Master. If you have no data to recover, simply format the drive where you want to install Windows under 'Drive Options (Advanced)