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Disk Installation Conundrum.
Hi guys, I'm new to the forums, and I have something QUITE strange that is happening to me.
I've built a pc for my friend, and I'm TRYING to install Win7 Ultimate x64.
Specs:
i7-3930k @(Currently Stock)
Radeon 5450
16 GB Corsair Vengeance
WD Blue 500GB
Asrock Extreme6 X79
I looked on the forums, and PROPERLY BURNED an installation DVD, and loaded it up on the custom pc. I set the SATA drives to AHCI, left only 1 stick of 4GB RAM in, and fired the thing up. When asked to choose between the 500gb HDD and the ODD, i chose the ODD. However, I was shown a black screen, with a blinking cursor in the top left of the screen. Huh.
I tried the DVD on my laptop, and for whatever reason, the installation screen appeared, and the disk booted.
I had a extremely old disk with Windows 7 Beta on it, and tried to load it up on the custom PC. For whatever reason, the files loaded, and the "click to install screen" appeared! That beta disk, btw, also works on my laptop. Now, when I move the installation files with one of the guides on the forums onto a USB drive. That booted on the custom pc, but I received the "missing dvd/cd driver" prompt. I got out my driver disk, and LITERALLY TRIED EVERY SINGLE DRIVER that was disk/storage related, yet Windows still would not continue. At this point, I'm lost, please help, I'm actually about to throw my laptop.