Windows 7 install hangs between bios and splash screen

[Louger]

If I press delete to enter bios it will enter bios after about 4 mins - if I press boot menu (F8) it will go to boot menu after about 6 mins. This gets boring but if I select the boot drive it will then boot up into windows. Motherboard P5N-E SLI ACPI Bios 0703 I could of course paste the whole of system info but i will spare you all that!

System Information report written at: 09/09/09 22:54:52
System Name: CHRIS-PC
[System Summary]

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name CHRIS-PC
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS P5N-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 0703, 09/08/2007
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
User Name Chris-PC\Chris
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.50 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.34 GB
Total Virtual Memory 7.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.76 GB
Page File Space 3.50 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

any ideas?

 

[buzznut]

You gave us a lot of info, but i don't know how pertinent it is.
Please tell us if this is a new issue, new build. Tell us if a new build did you use any old drives? What kind of drives and how many?

Sounds like a hardware issue of some kind, I suspect it may be hard drive related.
Please list all the hardware attached to the system. Knowing what time zone your in prolly won't help us much.

 

[Louger]

I have now resolved this issue and the system drive the hidden one appears to have been the problem