I am trying to reinstall a Windows 7 OS onto a laptop that won't take it. It originally had 7 on it and was running just fine. Reinstalled the OS because of corruption problems- but I am running into a lot of issues when trying to reinstall 7.
My first issue was that during the setup process using an installation CD- the computer would blue screen with the error code 0x0000007E and then shut down. This kept on repeating and I was never successfully able to boot into 7 period.
■ I ran the WD Data Lifeguard Tool on the HDD on another computer and it passed the SMART, short, and long tests with flying colors. I then wrote zeroes to the drive and tried reinstalling Windows 7 again. I no longer am getting a blue screen error but instead, another error message that says the following:
"The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation." This message keeps repeating itself every time the computer restarts now unless I boot from CD- but it leads up to the same errors.
The final thing I did was run MRI on the computer and after 8 hours of testing, MRI came back saying that the computer passed all tests. I have yet to run UBCD or other known hardware tests on the laptop. It
Ran mini XP mode on the laptop in Hirens and it ran fine with no problems. Having a really hard time determining what is causing this issue. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
- Yes, I did try another CD of Windows 7 and will also try installing 7 using a flash drive next to see if that somehow fixes my problem.
My first issue was that during the setup process using an installation CD- the computer would blue screen with the error code 0x0000007E and then shut down. This kept on repeating and I was never successfully able to boot into 7 period.
■ I ran the WD Data Lifeguard Tool on the HDD on another computer and it passed the SMART, short, and long tests with flying colors. I then wrote zeroes to the drive and tried reinstalling Windows 7 again. I no longer am getting a blue screen error but instead, another error message that says the following:
"The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation." This message keeps repeating itself every time the computer restarts now unless I boot from CD- but it leads up to the same errors.
The final thing I did was run MRI on the computer and after 8 hours of testing, MRI came back saying that the computer passed all tests. I have yet to run UBCD or other known hardware tests on the laptop. It
Ran mini XP mode on the laptop in Hirens and it ran fine with no problems. Having a really hard time determining what is causing this issue. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
- Yes, I did try another CD of Windows 7 and will also try installing 7 using a flash drive next to see if that somehow fixes my problem.