Windows 7 Ultimate x64 install hangs on Bootcamp MacBook Pro 13 Late 2010

I have created my partition and am installing using the W7 64 bit DVD. Everything goes ok until I get to Expanding Windows Files - it hangs on 0%. Any ideas?

MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Apr 21, 2010 4:16 PM

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May 3, 2010 9:33 PM in response to Fairuzan

Same issue here, but it seems I just solved it.
I tried tu burn 2 DVDs of Windows 7, but both of them showed the same error.
Before that I tried to get some of my USB Devices to boot the setup from there which didn't work either.

Now I did the following trick: The Windows DVD boots, but doesnt install. So I booted from DVD until the welcome screen from the dvd cam up and plugged in my flashdrive with the windows setup files copied on it.
The I opened up a command window with shift + f10, changed to the flash drive in the subdirectory sources and executed the following command:
setup.exe /m:f:\sources /installfrom:f:\sources\install.wim

This starts the setup from the flashdrive and specifies the install image which should be used during setup. f: is the drive letter of the flash drive.

The usb drive and the dvd is only needed during the first phase of the setup where the image is copied to your HD.
As I'm now at 56% of "Expanding Windows files" it seems to work for me.

edit:
Here is an explanation what the various command line switches do:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766446(WS.10).aspx

Message was edited by: Andy19882

Jul 14, 2010 4:05 AM in response to kookachoo

Exactly this is happening with me with a Windows 7 64-Bit Professional N edition and my new MacBook Pro 13" 2.66Ghz.

It worked absolutely fine last night with my 15" 2.66Ghz MacBook Pro but out of 4 times attempting the install today on my 13", it hangs at Completeing Installation 3 times and I managed to get it to boot up but then hung when I tried to login.

Why, oh why, do Apple make you shut your machine down whilst holding the mouse to eject the windows CD. At one point I was in windows but couldn't eject the windows installation CD in order to insert the Snow Leopard disc to install the windows drivers.

Jul 23, 2010 7:15 AM in response to Tdott

go to safe mode windows 7 and install nvidia drivers that you can find on "laptop video 2 go" I recommend the 258.69 version that is the one i used. the 258.96 version has some kind of combatibility problem generally, don't use for now. I just did this and then it didn't stuck, it loged on normally. tell me if it works for you

Jul 23, 2010 9:53 AM in response to Tdott

zzzCookie and tdott: I was having the same problem doing a custom install (I already had xp installed in the boot camp partition and wanted to replace this with Windows 7). What eventually worked for me was to uninstall the nvidia drivers in windows (also make sure anti-virus is not running), do the upgrade (or custom install) to Windows 7 and then reinstall all boot camp drivers from the Mac OSX installation disk.

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