Under Windows 7, if you take the DVD and boot with it, you can do a repair.
Did you try this?

thanks

Matt wrote:
>I have just completed a new build and was doing the first boot and it gets 
>as far as updating DMI and just sits there>>


Google "verifying dmi pool".  Seems you're not alone--you'll get about 
47000 answers. There are many possible causes.

This one is very good:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000474.htm

Don Penlington

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