Windows 7 error message: Windows could not complete the installation…

Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the installation.

This is definitely not a message you want to receive when you’re doing a new install…

But it’s what I encountered a few days ago when I chose to reinstall Windows 7 64 without losing my data.

What worked was shutting down the computer, and holding down Alt and F10 as soon as the computers power was back… I kept holding it down those keys until It brought me back to the reinstall menu. Depending on your computer you might have to use a different F key… but it’s worth a shot if it fixes the problem.

Ultimately I had to wipe out all the data since attempting to save the data brought the same error message again. I wasn’t too worried. I always back up my important files to another source (a external hard drive, and something else in my case) and so should you — if you aren’t already.

Photo Source: Orlando Sentinel

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curls and q

It is totally aggravating when computers don’t work! I have a couple of external hard drives. After working with computes for so long, I just don’t trust one! 😎 Paranoid!!!
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