Missing CD/DVD Driver when installing Win7  

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  1. Posts : 18
    Windows 7
       #1

    Missing CD/DVD Driver when installing Win7


    Hi Everyone,

    I've been searching forums for over 3 days looking for something that works... so far nothing.

    I have an HP Pavillion DV6500 laptop with CD drive model: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20L ATA Device.
    I had Windows 7 64bit installed on it before and it worked great..

    I wanted to do a clean system restore due to an issue with my graphics card driver. When I tried that, it told me that there is a missing CD/DVD driver. I ended up restoring to Vista 32bit but I still want Win7 64bit.

    I already tried burning the iso at a slower speed. Didn't work.
    Tried putting the iso on a usb drive. Still getting the same error.
    Tried the regedit fix where you delete the lowerfilter. Didn't work.

    Please help!
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  2. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #2

    Normally if you are connected to the internet via hard wired ethernet connection during the install, win7 install/update will find almost all drivers needed for the install. :)
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  3. Posts : 18
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I'm going from 32bit to 64bit so I'm doing this before windows even boots up... does it still connect to the internet at that point?
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  4. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #4

    Of all the desktop computers I have installed, it connects with the boot up of the win7 DVD
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  5. Posts : 18
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    That too did not work...=(
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  6. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #6

    Looks like I have that same DVD drive, it did not need drivers during the win7 install.
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  7. Posts : 18
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    I've never had an issue with this before.... I had win7 even during the beta period and never had problems with it.... not sure why i'm having an issue now....it's driving me crazy.

    Can it be that I need to update the IDE driver? if so where do I find it.... not sure if this helps or not but I have an Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS graphics card....
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  8. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #8

    Since you are basically doing a clean install to x64, try looking at this tutorial to optimize your HD

    SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
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  9. Posts : 199
    Debian Squeeze Stable 64-bit
       #9

    Insert the DVD into the drive, then reboot, and install. Doesn't this work?
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  10. Posts : 18
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #10

    cmd187 said:
    Insert the DVD into the drive, then reboot, and install. Doesn't this work?
    unfortunately that doesn't work...
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