Installing from USB device

thoward

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Jan 9, 2014
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I've got a desktop where the hard drive bit the dust.

I've got a 120GB internal SSD that I wanted to install Windows 7 on fresh.

I got the guy on Microsoft support to put a bootable ISO of Windows 7 on my USB stick, it's good to go.

I turn on my desktop, enter the BIOS, tell it to boot from the USB containing the file.

Install Windows comes up (choose your language, country, etc.). I select the first few options, tell it to install onto the SSD. It happily progresses through a few checklists, then enters a routine re-start.

It sends me back to the initial installer screen. Rinse, repeat. Cannot progress farther than this.
I've tinkered with a few things, but this continues to happen.

Any idea as to what may be happening?