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Installing Window 7, need drivers for Ext. Optical Drive to continue?
This is a very new HP Envy 4-1030 Ultrabook, with 500G SATA, and 80G SSD. I upgraded to 8 right away, and it hosed the machine. Long story short, I have the Drives wiped, and no partitions. I tried to install 7 Ultimate, with UEFI, and normal Optical Drive install. ( External ) Each time, it pauses after starting install, the drive shuts down, and it says I need to load more drivers. I have bugged around, for drivers, but I get blank stares. If the drive worked to start install, why does it need more drivers. Is it due to the HDD/SSD architecture of this machine? I believe I should install the OS on the SSD.
Thanks in advance for the help. I could just throw this machine back at HP, but I really want to get 7 Ult. on it.