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window7 reinstall tims out

Dell Inspiron
New WD caviar black
Reinstall Cd fm Dell
on power up I get "windows is loading files"and a progress bar fills. Then "Starting windows".Then the 4 color symbol. Then the pc power off. Long wait betwee each step.
Hrdwre setup sees the WD as 2d boot device

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John

Are you sure the hard drive is good?

Ronald Hicks

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Not tested. Brand new WD Caviar Black fm MicroCenter this week. I'll pull it now and connect it externally and see what I can see.

Ronald Hicks

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This was more weird than I like. I tried to reinstall to a different HDD and to my great joy and surprise it went right past the 4-color windows logo into the installation routine --- but only as far as asking me which drive to install to. Then I noticed I hadn't this time connected the drive to the data or power cables. So it wasn't the different drive that made a difference because there was none at all. So I pulled that one and put in the new WD again and this time it worked where it had not gotten past the windows logo a dozen times before. The only differnece was that the machine was on its wide with the side plate off but that wouldn't have done it. Anyway, Win7 is on and all the drivers from the Resouce CD and I'm typing this message on the machine that we giving me fits. I have no idea what made setup start working. Thanks for your suggestions. Awarding nearly equal points. Ron Hicks