Windows 8 installation stucks at midway

[dipakharwara]

I have recently formatted my old windows. But now I am not able to install windows 8(actually even windows XP and seven) . When I try to boot from USB setup starts But 'Expanding windows files' (which is second step of installation) stucks at midway like at 14% or 52% or 74% i.e. at any arbitary percentage and nothing happens . Actually I am able to move my cursor but installation no more proceeds further . I have tried to format many times and to run installation but every time installation stucks at midaway without any error .

My laptop specs are as following:
Acer aspire 5745 , 500GB HDD , 3GB RAM , intel core i3 processor .

If anyone has idea to fix this problem please do let me know . Any help will be appriciated . (Sorry if my english is poor)

[Geek-9pm]

Hard to say. Can you please explain what you think happened to your laptop?
Did it have Windows 7? How old was it?
If the laptop had a major failure with the HDD, doing a reformat does  not eliminate then problem. Did you not try the restore or repair features of the laptop?  Did it have a recovery partition?

[dipakharwara]

@Geek- 9pm : My laptop suddenly went extremely slow. I had windows 8.1 recently installed . So I decided to format and install 8. After formatting when I tried to install windows 8 , It took much long time than usual and not even installed successfully . Installation process was very slow and stucked at midway(in expanding windows files while installation) . Now whenever I try to install windows it stucks at midway. I does not have recovery partition. Can you suggest me anything?

[Geek-9pm]

In other words, you had a warning that something was wrong and nyou ndecided to try Windows 8. In general,  installing a new OS is not the best way to  isolate a possible hardware issue.

Frankly, the best  recommendation is to get another hard drive and try to install the same OS you had before. It does not have to be a new drive, just one that works. The failure rate of Hard drives is not easy to determine. Sometimes they go for years. When you system slows down, that is often a sign of coming HDD failure.

A quick check on eBay has Fujitsu 120 GB Internal 5400 RPM,2.5"  for about $20 and come with a 14 day return policy. That is a whole lot cheaper than going to a local technician, if you live in California.

[patio]

Where is this Win8 DVD from ? ?

[dipakharwara]

Ok . Thanks to all for replying . There was a problem with my HDD . So I have replaced it it with new one . The topic can now be closed .