Windows 7 installation hangs at "Completing Installation" – FIX

I have seen the following issue posted a few times now Directly after the first restart the installer hangs on “Completing Installation” I have installed Windows 7 on all of my machines (The RC 7100 build) ranging form Netbooks to Quad-Core powerhouses with 8gigs of RAM.  Recently I ran into this issue and figured out what I was doing wrong after 2 failed attempts. On the “Where do you want to install Windows” page I was just formatting the partition I wanted and clicking “Next” THAT IS WHAT I DID WRONG! I did the following and it was smooth sailing from there. DO NOT just hit “Format” “Delete” then “Allocate” […]