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Cannot install Windows 10 Tech Preview on my laptop
I am having trouble getting Windows 10 TP to install on my HP Pavilion zv6000 laptop. I have used this laptop to beta test Vista, Windows 7 and 8.0, as well as Office 2007 and 2010 and other software.
I Did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 only to make sure I had a clean machine. I first tried installing the Win 10 TP via the Update download, but, after nearly and hour I got the error that "Something happened and Windows cannot install", then I go back to my normal desktop. So I downloaded the 32 and 64 bit images and burned them each to a separate DVD using Nero, ImgBurn and the Windows 7 DVD burn software. I tried each DVD and all I got when I booted up after some length of time is the Blue Windows icon. It would go no further even after waiting two hours and I had to power off. I tried two different types of DVD media to make sure I had a good media and tried a moderate burn speed to see if that would make a difference. But, I got the same negative results. It will not install. I have used these same burn software many times before and have never had any failures.
While I am not a super computer expert, I am not a novice. I am an MS Tech Beta Tester and a MS MVP from 2005-2007, and I have been a MS Software and Computer instructor from 2005-2008 at two community colleges. I have tried everything I can think of to get the Win 10 TP to install on my test machine, and it has been upgraded to meet the requirements of the Win7 and Windows 8.1. So I don't see any reason why it should not be sufficient for Win 10 TP.
All other Windows versions have installed without issue and run fine on this machine. I had Win 8.1 installed on this machine until 3 months ago and it ran fine.
I have also tried the same install process on one of my other test machines and get the same results. So I am not sure what the problem is.
I am hoping that someone here might have some suggestions or information they can provide that will help me get the Win 10 TP to install.