Posted January 19, 201212 yr Have read other posts on error "Win7 Setup Exited with 31" and the behaviour is the same for me..i verified the downloaded iso, and verified the crc of the burnt disc, the crc value is as it should be. the farthest i get in the install is right beyond the point where you select the system drive and it moves on to copying windows files, and expanding windows files etc.. once it hits expanding windows files is where the install errors out about 15 secs in before it ever even hits 1 Tried several different hard drives, RAID, IDE, swapped out memory, NIC is connected to router..tried all sorts of BISO settigns and have now re-set BIOS defaults. Nothing makes a difference. This is a brand new HP MicroServer, 2GB MEM, 250GB HDD..install media is DVD. Am running out of ideas. Also noticed that if i connect a USB key to install a driver it will read the drive and soon as I exit or select any .inf driver the install hangs. not sure if this is related to the error 31 I'm getting. Any suggestions? Continue reading...
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