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From: wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: HP laptop dv6000 OS
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 23:54:12 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <iui606$mfe$1@dont-email.me>, BillW50  <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>
>Now I am thinking for yours to take 7 hours, well your CD/DVD drive can 
>be flaky and it could take that long. So that is just one suggestion on 
>what it could be.

	7 hour install means lots of retries on I/O, most likely, bad cd 
drive or bad hard drive, or bad media.

	Check event log for errors.