Fresh installation of Windows 7 on an Acer laptop

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15. Maybe - but it's now installed Windows and I'm working on the drivers!

Maybe it's an overheating problem. I left the laptop off until a while ago. While on hold for a call (repair for my icemaker) I turned the laptop on and started Windows install yet again. It WORKED!

I thought about the DVD copy being bad - I've run into that before since Windows seems to be really picky about copies. If the DVD device is bad, that is relatively simple - and it gets more usage than most parts of this computer since my husband plays a lot of video games. And maybe there was just dust in the drawer - this laptop is filthy. I've cleaned the screen and keyboard, but didn't blow out the dust.

I'm stoked! If I can get through the drivers and updates without it crashing, then we're good. I'll leave it to my husband to get all his crap set back up. He said he backed it up, plus I copied some things, plus an earlier attempt at installing Windows made a backup which I copied to a flash drive.

But BEFORE I turn it over to him, I will create a backup/restore set of disks. He can set up incremental backups once his programs are installed but I want a nice clean backup in case it is his programs that were crashing the computer.