Comments on: Windows 7 RTM – Expanding Windows Files Hangs at 21% – WAIT!

By: Meg Griffin

Meg Griffin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:08:24 +0000

21% is where it reboots, after it reboots I believe it may be checking files to make sure they aren’t corrupt or something. If you hold down the spacebar and the W key, it probably won’t help, so don’t even try that.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:28:40 +0000

Does anyone know what it is doing during this phase?

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:19:54 +0000

Disable all firewalls antivirus and security. I had the same problem now it works!!

By: J. Pisano

J. Pisano — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:15:44 +0000

Installing Windows Home Premium today..stuck on 21% for 50 minutes so far… will wait to see what happens.

By: djd

djd — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:00:13 +0000

o… and i should point out this is the european retail home premium, upgrading from Vista, and with the ‘check online for installation updates` selected. So in other words, if its a bug, its not fixed!

By: djd

djd — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:54:40 +0000

i was close to resetting myself just now… thankfully i double checked via a mobile device&google before i switched off!!!

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By: jj

jj — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:35:17 +0000

RTM version hung @ 21% for well over an hour. Finally moving forward @ 75% now. Thanks for the post. This should be documented or better yet, resolved in the RTM version – IMO.

By: Sukhbir

Sukhbir — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:38:53 +0000

I fail to understand, WHY should this happen in RTM version. I was checking the disk space usage during the halt period, and it didn’t even change by one byte. So what the installer is doing that time remains a mystery.

Microsoft should fix such problems. If the installation falters at install time, what expectations would a user have from the final OS?