It takes a lot time during "Boot from CD/DVD" and fails aftwerwards.

Hello there, I just bought a new Windows 7 DVD; I insert the disc and waited until "Press any key to boot from CD". It took really long time and then it gave an error "Memory overflow error".

Please help about this; my windows vista disc is working normally but windows 7 gives error.

Thank you. :/

I got new RAM and new Graphics card; so it's definetely not the problem.

Follow firebirds advice about running the 7 upgrade advisor. This will tell you if your old hardware as well as software is compatible or not...the hardware on your mobo, not just the add on hardware.

I didn't think they released a 64 bit Vista starter, but we dodged the bullet on Vista, so I can't say for sure.

There's no 64 bit Windows 7 starter though, so I suspect it's 32 bit.

Having said that;

You may well have a bad DVD, if you're getting errors trying to boot to it. Will it boot in another computer ?? Preferably one known to be compatible.

Test your RAM - Test with Memtest86+ for 5-6 passes to stress test it.

Can you boot another CD or DVD successfully in that drive? If not swap it out for another, or write the Win7 ISO for your licensed version to a bootable flash stick using Step 1 and 2 from Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.

Boot stick under USB, Removable or HD's. If it fails, unplug the DVD drive.

Report back results.

bassfisher6522 said:

Follow firebirds advice about running the 7 upgrade advisor. This will tell you if your old hardware as well as software is compatible or not...the hardware on your mobo, not just the add on hardware.

My computer is not working; it was windows 7 before windows vista but my ram broke/burned so I booted my Windovs vista starter disc. But I am really sure that my computer is compatible. :)

pricetech said:

I didn't think they released a 64 bit Vista starter, but we dodged the bullet on Vista, so I can't say for sure.

There's no 64 bit Windows 7 starter though, so I suspect it's 32 bit.

Having said that;

You may well have a bad DVD, if you're getting errors trying to boot to it. Will it boot in another computer ?? Preferably one known to be compatible.

It is working on my notebook; my notebook is Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit. And I tryed on here and it booted normally.

gregrocker said:

Test your RAM - Test with Memtest86+ for 5-6 passes to stress test it.

Can you boot another CD or DVD successfully in that drive? If not swap it out for another, or write the Win7 ISO for your licensed version to a bootable flash stick using Step 1 and 2 from Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.

Boot stick under USB, Removable or HD's. If it fails, unplug the DVD drive.

Report back results.

I can boot my old Windows vista disc that comes with when I bought the computer; it is only one working I guess because I even tryed XP disc. :/
I even can't boot from USB disk; it gives another error; I dont remember the error now.


Thank you for your replies; hope you can understand me. :)

Where did you get Ultimate that you say is running on the PC now. This PC originally had Vista Starter?

Reset BIOS to Defaults: Clear CMOS - 3 Ways to Clear the CMOS - Reset BIOS

In BIOS setup set SATA controller to AHCI, set DVD drive to boot first, then HDD.

Now put Win7 DVD into drive, reboot. Is there a prompt to "Press any key to boot disk?"

gregrocker said:

Where did you get Ultimate that you say is running on the PC now. This PC originally had Vista Starter?

Reset BIOS to Defaults: Clear CMOS - 3 Ways to Clear the CMOS - Reset BIOS

In BIOS setup set SATA controller to AHCI, set DVD drive to boot first, then HDD.

Now put Win7 DVD into drive, reboot. Is there a prompt to "Press any key to boot disk?"

I have 2 computers; 1 desktop and 1 notebook. I will try to reset BIOS. Thank you.