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| 1351396 | 2013-08-16 00:50:00 | Hey Thanks all. I have to go to work now so I'll have a go at following your suggestions tomorrow and let you know how I get on. Cheers. | Swampy (2426) | ||
| 1351397 | 2013-08-16 23:24:00 | Hello I’m back again. I followed the suggestions above and booted the lap top from the Win 7 installation dick. It created the partition and got to the point “Expanding Windows Files 0% “and then re-booted. And appears to have gone back to the beginning. I did this three times and it did not progress past the “Expanding Windows files”. The USB mouse works OK. Any further suggestions here please | Swampy (2426) | ||
| 1351398 | 2013-08-16 23:31:00 | It maybe a corrupted Win7 disk. Where did you get the disk? | bk T (215) | ||
| 1351399 | 2013-08-17 00:48:00 | I purchased it. I have used it on an installation once before and it appeared to work OK. | Swampy (2426) | ||
| 1351400 | 2013-08-17 02:38:00 | It would appear. to my limited knowledge , that the Acer Aspire 5520 will only accept a 160 GB hard drive as the bios is not flashable. Does seem correct to you folks ? | Swampy (2426) | ||
| 1351401 | 2013-08-17 02:45:00 | The BIOS like most systems should be flashable. What BIOS is on it now?? 1.33? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1351402 | 2013-08-17 04:05:00 | Does your new WD 500GB HDD detected correctly in BIOS? If BIOS detected correctly, I would get another W7 install disk to try out. You may download a copy if you can't borrow it from someone else. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1351403 | 2013-08-17 22:00:00 | Hi - I will borrow another WIN 7 disk and try it out. May take a couple of days but I'll come back and let you know how I go - Thanks All | Swampy (2426) | ||
| 1351404 | 2013-08-17 22:23:00 | You can also try cleaning the DVD. Even though its New, some of them need a wipe to clean off a sort of film thats there, the optical drive may not be able to read it correctly. Had that many times, I give them a clean with a soft tissue and isopropyl alcohol. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1351405 | 2013-08-18 00:08:00 | Just a reminder, if you've used the Win7 disks to install on another machine earlier (assuming that you also used the Product Key to activate your copy), you will need another set of Product Key to activate Win7 after the installation. You may use the same DVD to install Win7 but activation is another story. |
bk T (215) | ||
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