Windows 7 Home stuck on "Completing installation"

[kassuba39]

I am re installing Windows 7 on a Dell Inspiron laptop. I used the disc that came with the system. Everything went smooth and restarted a couple of times but once it got to "Completing installation", it's been stuck on it for about an hour. I'm assuming that's not right because I've installed Windows 7 numerous times. The green status bar on the bottom isn't moving at all if that helps. What should I do?

Thanks

 

[Azn Cracker]

Ahh had that happen to me before. You have to restart the installation.

 

[kassuba39]

Ahh had that happen to me before. You have to restart the installation.

Darn! Just exit it then?

 

[smorizio]

make a hirem boot cd...boot from it and do and fdisk/mbr to clear out any damaged files in the mbr. the remove all the partion on the hard drive then make one new one. (just in case there a virus on your system. then do a full format to check for bad sectors on the hard drive. if there a bad spot you ned dos to blank it out so windows and any other program wont use it.

 

[cst1992]

Old thread, but if any future readers are having the same problem, be sure to unplug every single USB device besides the mouse and keyboard. Last time I installed 7, it was stuck for an hour and then I realized I had a hard drive attached and it was scanning the thing(God only knows why it does that). I yanked it out and the installation finished instantly.