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- Clean Windows 7 64bit install.
- 1x empty 250 GB Samsung SSD drive, AHCI.
- 16gb RAM tested with memtest86+.
- BIOS/Legacy mode (no UEFI)
Everything goes well during the first phase - reboot - OK.
After the reboot the installation is stuck at "Setup is starting services" screen.
It doesn't hang. The animation keeps playing. I gave it a good 1 hour. There are no error messages.
I reboot the system, same thing happens, tried starting it in Safe Mode with Command prompt - same thing - it still goes to "Setup is starting services" screen and gets stuck there (animation playing).
I tried pressing shift-F10, alt-tab or anything that would bring up a command prompt of any kind - nothing comes up.
There are quite a lot of google hits for people getting stuck at "Setup is starting services" screen, but nothing seems to work simply because I can't seem to get to Command Prompt or any sort-of error log.
What should I do?
JBeurer
Posted 2015-12-12T05:07:56.843
Reputation: 459
post more HW details. Do you boot in UEFI or BIOS/legacy mode? – magicandre1981 – 2015-12-12T08:05:27.413
@magicandre1981 BIOS/legacy mode – JBeurer – 2015-12-12T11:15:49.660
does it also happen in UEFI mode? – magicandre1981 – 2015-12-12T16:28:05.523