Windows 7 installation common problems and solutions

With the increasing number of genuine Windows 7 users, many users have begun to try their own systems for reinstalling or helping friends install Windows 7. However, the installation process of Windows 7 may not be able to continue the installation due to many external reasons. According to personal experience, the main reason is not only the incompatibility of hardware components or the hardware configuration of the system can not meet the minimum requirements of Windows 7, so in the troubleshooting should focus on this aspect, less detours. Below we analyze several of the most typical cases for analysis.

(1). The installer refuses to install or start

If the hardware components are not compatible with Windows 7, it may cause the installation to fail or the installer to fail to start. So make sure that Windows 7 can detect all system hardware before installation and that it is included in the Windows 7 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). It is recommended that you perform the necessary compatibility checks before installing Windows 7. If you have already started the installation, it is too late to check compatibility. If it is an upgrade installation or a dual system installation, I can see that I can reboot to the original system, and then start the installation program for detection with the following parameters. “/1394debug:” Enable kernel debugging on specific channels of the Firewire (IEEE 1394) port. “/debug” Enable kernel debugging via the COM1 or COM2 port. “ /usbdebug:” Enable kernel debugging by going to the USB port of a specific target device. These options put the installer in debug mode to help determine the cause of the failure. If the installer detects a hardware conflict, you can configure the hardware to eliminate the conflict.

(2). The installer reports a media or DVD error

If you install directly from the Windows 7 installation CD, or by publishing a share From a network installation, you may also experience a media error that causes the installation to fail. For the case of installing from a DVD, we can try to clean the DVD drive so that it can read the disk better, or replace the CD-ROM or CD-ROM. For enterprise users, the client generally performs shared installation from the shared release. Generally, the share does not include all the installation files, or there is a problem with the shared network connection. You can debug from these two aspects.

(3). Installer reports insufficient system resources

Microsoft recently announced the minimum hardware resource requirements for Windows 7 installation, namely at least 512MB of memory and approximately 25GB hard disk space. For some old machine users, the installer fails to start if the minimum memory requirements for Windows 7 installation are not met. If the installer can start, but it detects that there is not enough disk space, it will not be installed. Unless we rebuild the partition or delete the original partition, we have enough space to install the operating system. For such installation failures, Windows 7 will have a clear error message, and troubleshooting is of course very easy.