Hello I just fixed the same issue with my computer and I've seen several other threads on this and I'm excited to tell anyone after wasting soo much time with my particular issue. Do I need to find a DVD-R? Or is the DVD+R ok but the 'Windows 7 USB DVD download tool' method is not good ? And if it's so, what software should I use to burn another DVD installation disk? I personally think it's the DVD+R's fault. I removed every component in his PC exept the vital ones (MOBO, CPU, RAM, HDD, DVD-ROM) and tried installing it again several times but it was still stuck on 0%.Ģ.Everytime I tried installing the Windows I deleted every partition, including the System reserved and recreated them, then formatted them.ģ.When I arrived home I also tried installing the Windows form the same disk on VirtualBox and the same problem: stuck at Expanding Windows files 0% I booted the DVD on my friend's PC and everything seemed fine untill the second installation step: 'Expanding Windows files'. I bought a DVD+R from a local shop and burned the Windows 7 ISO on it using 'Windows 7 USB DVD download tool'.
His motherboard is like 8 years old and has no option for USB booting, so I had to use the old DVD method. Yesterday, a friend of mine asked me to perform a clean Windows 7 install on his PC.
