Comments on: Troubleshooting Windows 7 Installation http://www.cchsu.com/art-en/2009/09/07/202/ Chef Peon's Melange Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Shotsky http://www.cchsu.com/art-en/2009/09/07/202/comment-page-1/#comment-148 John Shotsky Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:08:15 +0000 http://www.cchsu.com/art-en/?p=202#comment-148 I was able to install Win 7 ultimate on a GM5485E without any special tricks. However, I burned a total of 5 DVD's before I got one that would work. It was burned on a computer that was already running Win 7, which may have had something to do with it. I also: UPdated everything from Gateway - the bios, the drivers, etc. Updated Vista, including IE8 and SP2. All updates were completed. Disabled the Intel Interface Engine Management feature in Vista's Device Manager. (Listed as not compatible in the compatability wizard.) Removed the modem, wifi and tv cards. Install went ok, but required one manual restart at the beginning. John I was able to install Win 7 ultimate on a GM5485E without any special tricks. However, I burned a total of 5 DVD’s before I got one that would work. It was burned on a computer that was already running Win 7, which may have had something to do with it.

I also:
UPdated everything from Gateway – the bios, the drivers, etc.
Updated Vista, including IE8 and SP2. All updates were completed.
Disabled the Intel Interface Engine Management feature in Vista’s Device Manager. (Listed as not compatible in the compatability wizard.)
Removed the modem, wifi and tv cards.
Install went ok, but required one manual restart at the beginning.
John

]]> By: John http://www.cchsu.com/art-en/2009/09/07/202/comment-page-1/#comment-146 John Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:17:20 +0000 http://www.cchsu.com/art-en/?p=202#comment-146 I have the same situation with a GM5485E, and I have release version of Windows 7. This method does not work for me, using the 32 bit version of Ultimate. It will boot, but it will not install and I get the same error messages as from the DVD install. It gets through the 'copying files' section, then a dos screen comes up saying 'windows failed to start', and that the 'winboot.exe' can't be found. I have disconnected the DVD entirely, but it makes no difference. I have updated to the most recent bios, and every driver has been updated. At this point, it appears that only an updated Bios will fix this problem for these computers. When I run the windows 7 compatability test from MS, it says the Intel Engine Management function is not compatible with Windows 7. Everything else is ok. I have not tried using the RC version of Windows 7, which I do have. Any suggestions? Thanks John I have the same situation with a GM5485E, and I have release version of Windows 7. This method does not work for me, using the 32 bit version of Ultimate. It will boot, but it will not install and I get the same error messages as from the DVD install.

It gets through the ‘copying files’ section, then a dos screen comes up saying ‘windows failed to start’, and that the ‘winboot.exe’ can’t be found.

I have disconnected the DVD entirely, but it makes no difference. I have updated to the most recent bios, and every driver has been updated.

At this point, it appears that only an updated Bios will fix this problem for these computers.

When I run the windows 7 compatability test from MS, it says the Intel Engine Management function is not compatible with Windows 7. Everything else is ok.

I have not tried using the RC version of Windows 7, which I do have.

Any suggestions?
Thanks
John

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