I can boot from the Windows 7 Retail Installation disk and do a new bare metal install or Repair. That tells me that the disk is good as well as the drive.
But I cannot see the setup.exe file from within Windows because it is in the UDF file format.
Let's go for the obvious here. I think everything is fine with both your drive and your disc.
It seems your Windows system is missing its UDF driver or unable to use it, for whatever reason. That's why it can only read the bit on the disc which informs you that, well, you need an OS capable of reading the UDF filesystem (where all the actual setup files really live).
So the question is - did you install any CD/DVD burning suites like Roxio or Nero that install their own UDF filesystem driver? Or any so-called packet writing software? (This is software that lets you read/write to a CD/DVD as if it were just a big floppy disk; quite popular with rewritable discs.)
I have a hunch that this created some sort of conflict, disabling the system's UDF capability.
Does native Windows 7 really have a UDF file system driver? Perhaps you're on to something here. While I don't recall installing any CD/DVD burning software, I'm going to do something really radical to test out your theory. I'm going to take an Acronis image of my system and then completely wipe out that installation by doing a bare metal, fresh installation of Window 7. As you know, being a Windows 7 geek yourself, installing a new copy of Windows is not that time consuming, it's all the customized settings - email addresses, Outlook rules, etc, etc - that really take up the time. With a virgin copy of Window 7, I should be able to start the install disk within Windows and setup should start up. If I get the same thing that I'm getting now, then I will have eliminated your theory.
I'll try it out and get back to you.
Thanks for your creativity in search for a solution.
I just hope I put you on the right track. Anyway, let me know how it turns out, that's an interesting plan. :)
I am having a similar problem, but under a completely different circumstance.
I am doing a fresh install of Win7 on my son's PC. The DVD player does not read the upgrade disk.
So, I installed his old copy of WinXP first, thinking I was doing an 'upgrade' and maybe that was why I got the same message that Debley got. No luck. Then I installed SP3. No reading of the DVD. Then I tried other data DVD's. No problem! My PC reads the Win7 Upgrade disk, but not my son's.
This is a fresh XP install on a reformated hard disk. Nothing else is installed.
I'd love to hear what Techjunkiewest found. I'm thinking that the XP doesn't have a native UDF file system driver. If I could fix that, maybe other's could do the same, even if they have a Win7 problem.
Thanks.
Debley
i think ur disk is from msdn right ? just burn the iso or u might try to load it first without burning using any freeware like magic disk
Confirm the ISO or download another (freely available on the web) and burn to DVD using Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool or ImgBurn.
It isn't necessary to install XP or Vista to use Win7 Upgrade version. If there is no OS on the HD during Win7 Upgrade install, leave key blank until after install then do the quick registry workaround given here to activate Win7 on a new or cleaned HD: Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version
the clear and simple solution is here at this link to re-install native udf drivers that are replaced by 3rd party software as previously mentioned i.e. Nero. Roxio is the underlying native image burning software Windows 7 uses(As previously mentioned) and so this is the fix that will solve the problem. I personally had this exact issue downloading a pre release client of Windows 8 and the exact message Quoted in a text file was all that was visible until I re-installed this driver. Now it boots right from disc. Hope this helps. Adaptec UDF Reader Driver - CNET Download.com
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