I have used this disk countless times on the same laptop, but yesterday when I went to reinstall Windows, it locked up at the expanding files (0%) step, after it. However, the last Windows install I got it was complicated and I had a chkdisk issue, which I never could sit through Chkdisk. The computer ran. What is Windows stuck at loading files? To put it simply, when staring up a computer, Windows is unable to boot into the desktop, and hangs at a progress bar on black screen, saying Windows is loading filesAnother situation is Windows 7 install hangs at loading files, hence the installation won't go on.
Ok I have noticed alot of people have had problems with this myself included, and the answer is almost too simple. The problem I was having was once I got to the expanding files step it would get to 89% within a few minutes. Then it would hang for hours stuck at 89%. I tried restarting the installation 4 times.
Porsche Cayenne Diagnostic Tools. The first time it only got to 9% and stalled. So on my fourth attempt after watching it hang for a good 2 hours I ejected the installation disk in the middle of installation and popped in another another Windows 7 RC installation disk that I forgot I had just to see what would happen. What happened is it immediately finished expanding from 89% and the installation was complete in about 20 minutes. I should note that the first installation disk I was trying was a Memorex that had just been pulled from a jewel case prior to burning. The second disk I used was a Verbatim that had been burned some time ago and was actually pretty scratched up. Both of the disks where burned using the same.iso downloaded from MSDN using the same burner and ImgBurn as the burning software. Hope this helps some people.
Ya i had 2 discs both containing the iso i dl from digital river. I have the student version of windows 7. I made a disc containing the iso and burned it at 4x then i tried it and got an 8xo error. So then i made a disc containing the same iso but i burned it at 3x. This got the expanding files to 39% then i switched out the 3x and put in the 4x and got the expanding files to 68% so then i switched out the discs again. For some reason installation was getting hung up but when you swapped the discs windows installation was able to expand the files. Similar help and support threads Thread Forum Hey, so the past few times I installed Windows I got this once or twice until I installed w7 ultimate, but this time I've tried professional, home premium and ultimate and none will work I'm doing it by usb.