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      11-11-2010
I had a perfectly-functioning XP Pro machine. Wanted to replace the C: drive, so I bought a new HD. Planned to reassemble with the new (unformatted) HD as the C: drive and boot off the W7 CD. Install hangs at the "Press any key to boot" message. Any help most welcome!
 
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      11-12-2010
Have you disconnected the old drive? If not you should do so.

Edit: Another question, what flavor of W7 do you have? Upgrade Disk? Tell us a little more please?
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      11-12-2010
Go to BIOS and set your optical drive as your first boot device, and your NEW hard drive as the second.
 
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