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READ THIS: I got myself a DVD-drive and burned the ISO image on a DVD. The same problem still occurs without an USB device.

I'm trying to install Windows 7 Professional SP1 using a USB stick.

The installation slows down when I see the glowing Windows logo and the "Starting Windows" text. The logo animation is running and HDD led is on so I'm pretty sure it's about ridiculously slow I/O speed.

My motherboard is Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3.

What I've tried:

  • Different USB sticks

  • Different USB ports

  • Booting Ubuntu from the USB sticks (It's fast!)

  • Recreating the USB stick's contents

  • Finding floppy related settings from BIOS and disabling them. This was mentioned on few sites I found using Google. Sadly there was no settings related to Floppies. I can choose whether to boot from the USB device as a "Floppy", "Force FDD", "Hard disk" and "CD-ROM". I've tried all of those and only "Hard disk" seems to work.

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The HDD LED turns on when you boot from your USB stick? – Mehrdad Jan 11 at 2:08
@Mehrdad, The USB stick boots as a HDD so the HDD LED turns on when the USB stick is used I guess. The USB stick itself has a LED too and both of them flash identically. – RCE Jan 11 at 2:15
Oooh I see, ok... – Mehrdad Jan 11 at 2:20
How did you create the bootable USB stick? Using the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool or a different WinPE system? – Robert Jan 11 at 19:07
I've tried the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool and WinSetupFromUSB and both have the same problem. – RCE Jan 12 at 12:18
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You could try using a bootmanager such add grub or PLOP and select the USB to be booted from there

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