Help to replace hard drives, when I tried to reinstall windows 7 Ultimate I get message that "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on a hardware on this computer.

Nick Cannon

If the installation fails again, it may be a hardware incompatibility problem. Go to the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor on the Microsoft website to see if your computer can run Windows 7.

If you have compatible hardware and your computer still stops responding, disable any unnecessary material. Remove (USB) universal serial bus devices. Remove or disable network cards, sound cards and cards of the series; and then restart the installation.

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