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Windows 7 Install Freezing at “Starting Windows” Animation

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Windows 7 was very troublesome to install on my system. My system specifications: Motherboard: Biostar TF8200 A2+ (nVidia chipset) Processor: AMD 4080e Athlon 64 x2 (45W version) Memory: 4GB Optical: Sony/NEC SATA DVD-RW Hard Disk: Seagate SATA 320GB, 7200RPM Installation would hang at the "Starting Windows" logo. By pressing ...

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Boot from USB Stick on Biostar TF8200 A2+

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

I was tired of burning perfectly good DVDs repeatedly for Windows 7 beta testing. Instead, I decided to follow these excellent instructions and copy the contents of the ISO image onto a USB stick and boot from that. My Biostar TF8200 A2+ motherboard has an American Megatrends BIOS. Configuring ...

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