Installed Windows 7 on my desktop this morning, and ran into a little issue. The installation was taking FOREVER, the install sat at “Setup is Starting…” for at least 10 minutes. A couple of quick tweaks later and I had it fixed. Posting here in case anyone else runs into similar issues.
- Make sure your SATA drives are plugged into the first available ports. SATA_0 on your motherboard should be your boot drive.
- If you have an old-ass 3.5″ floppy drive, like I do, try disabling it in the BIOS (or completely unplug it from the system).
Following those two steps fixed the issue for me!
